Archive for the 'Cuba' Category

Cuba, ALBA Nations Condone Sri Lanka, Revisionism Further Exposed
November 22, 2009

Cuba, ALBA Nations Condone Sri Lanka, Revisionism Further Exposed
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Revisionism was on display in recent events. Recently Cuba gave an official statement reassuring its international relations with Sri Lanka. Both countries claim to be socialist in some sense. Deputy Foreign Minister Marcos Rodriguez Costa stated that friendship between the two nations would continue to flourish. These [...]

Coup d’état in Honduras underway, Amerikkkan involvement alleged
June 28, 2009

Coup d’état in Honduras underway, Amerikkkan involvement alleged 
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Elected president Manuel Zelaya of Honduras is fighting against a military coup d’état. Days ago, tanks rolled through the streets. A dozen soldiers disarmed his personal security and entered his compound outside the capitol city of Tegucigalpa. Zelaya and his bodyguards were reportedly beaten and then exiled to [...]

President Barack Obama continues to outsource torture
February 14, 2009

 

President Barack Obama continues to outsource torture 
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President Barack Obama has issued an executive order that extends the CIA’s ability to carry out renditions. (1) Obama has chosen to continue the Bush administrations controversial “torture by proxy” policies that have come under fire even by the bourgeoisie. To those paying attention, it is no surprise that [...]

inniu: Chinese Capitalism Praised
October 31, 2008

Chinese Capitalism Praised
(source: inniu.wordpress.com) * see MSH editorial comment
The recent comments from a Cuban journalist praising Chinese capitalism and quoted by the Xinhua news agency have gone without comment -
“The economic growth and technological advances China has achieved in the 30 years of reform and opening-up are remarkable, said Cuban journalists Thursday.
“China has become a [...]

More revisionist rot: Raúl Castro redefines “socialism” as liberal capitalism
August 14, 2008

More revisionist rot: Raúl Castro redefines “socialism” as liberal capitalism
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Cuba’s new president Raúl Castro, in an address to the National Assembly a few weeks ago, announced that “Socialism means social justice and equality, but equality of rights, of opportunities, not of income.” Echoing capitalists, he went on to say that “egalitarianism is in itself a [...]