Re: Cuban Women: randall's Reassesment

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>Louis: No revolution in Latin America, perhaps in the whole XX-XXI
>century, has done so much for women than Cuba under Castro, but Margaret
>Randall has become more critical of the Cuban experiment in changing gender
>relations since Cuban Women Now" was originally published in the 1970s. (I
>assume you are referring to the latest edition). Cf. her more recent work,
>"Gathering Rage: The Failure of 20th Century Revolutions to Develop a
>Feminist Agenda"
>(NY: Monthly Review Press, 1992). Chapter four is dedicated to Cuba.
>Revolutionary Greetings,
>Julio Cesar

Yes, Yoshie referred to this. The only question I am interested at this
point, however, is whether it was right or wrong to rehabilitate
prostitutes. Somehow I doubt that Randall came out in favor of socialist
brothels, especially since the book was published by MR.

Louis Proyect
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