The conference could be an opportunity for the PCC to build the national unity needed and claimed by calling for dialogue—as part of the meeting—with the participation of socialist and democratic forces that hold positions and proposals other than those approved in last April’s Sixth Congress.
Read MoreFollowing the speech by President Raul Castro before the National Assembly on August 1, Granma newspaper (the official organ of the Communist Party of Cuba, or PCC) began publishing a series of incisive articles against the bureaucracy, in support of workers participation in decision-making (even in the allocation of earnings), and in support of cooperativism.
Read MoreIf the “fruit” ended up maturing and fulfilling the prediction made by the sixth president of the United States, we would have to “thank” that model implanted in Cuba in the name of “socialism and working class power.”
Read MoreIt’s now impossible to conceal the most dangerous counter-revolutionary forces because they have the capacity to hold back the necessary changes. They are within the very own bureaucracy of the party/government. They are the forces that speak of change but don’t change anything, those who oppose the slightest basic change.
Read MoreFor years, some of us within the revolutionary ranks have been advocating changes toward a participative and democratic form of socialism as well as the holding of a national dialogue with all blocs involved.
Read More“I tell people that in Cuba there are revolutionary reserves that can help prevent a collapse and that these forces haven’t conceded the possibility of an advance toward socialism in Cuba.”
Read More“I’ve never criticized people; I criticize the methods, enthroned sectarianism; the democratic, socializing and libertarian deficits of the statist system that are presented as socialist. I involve myself in the world of ideas,” said Pedro Campos in an extensive interview with Havana Times.
Read MoreAt the beginning of the revolutionary process, the disproportionate presence of guerillas fighters in the government and party leadership could be justified. Fifty years later, and after an unprecedented cultural revolution, such a presence of military men and “historicos” is a divisive error.
Read MoreInciting violence in Cuba today would serve the aims of imperialism. To avoid a Libyan situation here, let’s begin the dialogue and work together to improve our political system.
Read MoreModern communications technology can help us get beyond the narrow leadership exercised over society by the group that continues to head the government/party. This is the action demanded for a new more inclusive socialist society.
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