Re: [Marxism] Raul Castro proves no lightweight in leading Cuba

["Sayan Bhattacharyya" <ok.president+marxmail@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 7/26/07, Fred Feldman <ffeldman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> That is, I am opposed to "parceling out" land
> in a way that permits buying and selling, the transfer of land for debt or
> anything of that kind (likewise for people's houses, by the way). I am
> opposed to privatizing land in the current sense, turning it into alienable
> private property. And I also question doing this with the homes people live
> in, except perhaps when they leave them for another.  But not because they
> can no longer afford the one they have.  You get my drift?
>
> A subtle question is raised  by opening up the tourist industry to Cubans?
> If this is only to Cubans who can afford the prices charged by the big
> hotels, restaurants, etc.  If you open them up on the kind of terms that
> Cubans customarily get for vacations, the imperialist and other capitalist
> firms in the industry will start pulling out.  So is the tourist trade to
> become a playground for the Cuban rich.

Setting up (or "parcelling" resources into)  worker-owned
co-operatives may be a good middle ground. Venezuela is currently
experimenting massively with worker-owned co-operatives, and perhaps
Cuba would look in that direction for models ?

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