Re: [Marxism] An open letter to our Cubaholic [was: Cuba policy as a U.S. domestic political issue]

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Fred wrote:
>I consider this "open letter" to be a more serious disruption of discussion
>on the list than anything I have ever seen Walter do. It is an indication of
>how far Joaquin is from breaking with the sectarian tradition that most of
>us who write for the list are dealing with in one way or another.

I find it much more of an indication of how counter-productive 
Walter's non-stop intervention is since Joaquin at one time was quite 
warm to Walter personally and in solidarity with much of his 
political analysis. If, for example, somebody like Mark Lause or 
David Thorstad started writing open letters to Marxmail complaining 
about me, I'd take that very much to heart.

>Is Cuba a domestic issue? Well, for some business and domestic social groups
>it is -- re such things as opposing the embargo or particular parts of it.

Fred, the embargo is considered by just about everybody in the world 
as a foreign policy issue. In the 1970s, Nixon and Kissinger went to 
China to begin the process of taking advantage of political/economic 
openings. That visit was not a "domestic" issue, even though powerful 
sectors of the American bourgeoisie obviously favored it. Right?

>Then of course there is the domestic importance of Cuba from the standpoint
>of people who believe in a new American revolution, and have less than a 300
>year minimum perspective for possibly achieving it.

This sounds intriguing. Do you have hopes that Cuba might one day 
invade the U.S. and impose a proletarian dictatorship? I can't wait.



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