[Marxism] Fidel's thoughts on freedom of the press (from Ignacio Ramonet's book "100 Hours with Fidel"

[Pat Costello <pt_costello@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ramonet: You showed me an impressive amount of reading material which you read 
and consult every morning to keep up with whatâ??s going on in the world: 
scores of cables and articles translated from the international press. And in 
regard to this, Iâ??d like to talk for a bit about news in Cuba. The impression 
one has is that, although excellent journalists exist, thereâ??s very little 
criticism about whatâ??s going on in Cuba. Whatâ??s your opinion about that?
 Fidel: Look, honestly, our press is not in the hands of the Revolutionâ??s 
enemies, nor is it in the hands of U.S. agents. Itâ??s in the hands of 
revolutionaries.
 Our press is revolutionary, our journalists, in radio or television, are 
revolutionary. We have plenty of periodicals; each organization has its own 
press - the workers, the youth, the Party, the campesinos, the Armed Forces. 
There are scores......
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