[Marxism] struggle.ws: Cuba..socialist paradise or Castro's fiefdom?

[Muammar Kris Khaira <kris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What are your thoughts on this article? It was published in
struggle.ws, an anarchist website.

http://struggle.ws/ws93/cuba40.html

Snippets:

"Castro had been a follower of the Partido Ortodoxo which was a
nationalist organisation who put their faith in the 1940
constitution. Now, according to re-written history he became a
Marxist-Leninist. Che Guevara's story of this time is more
enlightening, they "...had neither ideological awareness nor 'esprit
de corp'.... "2. Castro goes on to contradict this history of his own
making by saying that "the proclamation of socialism during the
period of instructional struggle would not have been understood"3."

...

"It comes as no surprise to learn that Castro chose to call himself a
Marxist-Leninist. "I am a Marxist-Leninist and will remain one until
the last day of my life" said Castro in 1961. This is a good
political philosophy to adhere to if one intends to remain in power
for 30 years and never release the reins of control to the working
class.

How does Cuba function? On this Caribbean island you have a ruling
class composed of the bureaucracy which came from the July 26th
Movement. You have the remnants of the Stalinist Partido Socialista
(Cuban Communist Party) who saw the Revolution and the
nationalisation that followed as a means to strengthen their positions."

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