Re: [Marxism] Oppressed people of the world support Cuba: why doesn't SWP?

[Jscotlive@xxxxxxx]

Interesting piece.  I organised a film screening of The  Revolution Will Not
Be Televised a few months ago on behalf of G8 Alternatives,  a coalition set
up to mobilise against July's G8 Summit held in Scotland. I was  persuaded by
comrades, SWPers to be sure, that Mike Gonzalez should come and  speak at the
screening, as he was an authority on Latin America. He took the  floor and
proceeded to talk about Venezuela and Bolivia as inspirations for  
anti-capitalist
movements that are arising all over Latin America. I was  astounded that he
failed to mention Cuba, for there is no  doubt in my mind that without Cuba as
the original inspiration and example  for others to follow there would not be
a Venezuela, etc. He began to denounce  Cuba as state capitalist, Fidel as a
dictator, and blah, blah, blah. When I  pointed out that Chavez is a close ally
of Fidel and the Cuban Revolution,  Gonzalez attempted to describe the
relationship as an example of  opportunism by the Cuban Government.

The (UK) SWP remind me very much of the ISO in the US, in  that
organisationally they are very pro-active and effective but their  politics 
stink. They do
well with students and academics, but have singularly  failed to connect with
or establish roots in the working class. Their analysis  of Cuba, like the
ISO's, is ludicrous to be frank, and is to their great  discredit.

Long live the Cuban Revolution.


J
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