Re: [Marxism] Re: Peak oil and politics

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

> John Flanders  labels Cuba a "socialist society".  I  am curious to know
> John's definition of socialism and how Cuba fits into
> this  definition.
>              Ralph

I think that John meant that Cuba was in transition from capitalism to
socialism, in the same fashion that Trotsky described the USSR in
"Revolution Betrayed". Such societies can move forward, as Cuba is
obviously doing, or they can lapse backwards into capitalism as China and
Russia have, among all the other countries that constituted the Soviet
bloc. Since you are new to Marxmail, or at least posting to Marxmail, a
word or two about the "Russian questions". We try to devote as little time
as possible to them here since they inevitably lead to bitter disputes
about "betrayal", etc.


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