What is revolutionary in Cuba today is to link the socialist, democratic and anti-imperialist currents in support of a consensus-built socialist program that rescues the original democratic and emancipatory content of the 1959 revolution.
Read MoreIn comments made by Cuban bureaucrats interested in maintaining the status quo and not “changing anything that must be changed,” it’s common to see in their “arguments” the assert that: “While we are under siege by imperialism, it is not the time to make sharp criticism of corruption, bureaucracy or deviations committed in the emancipatory, democratic and socialist advance of the Revolution.”
Read MoreThe origin of the joke is not so clear. It’s not possible to specify if it was conceived by the “official” counterrevolutionary forces or the “chameleons.”
Read MoreEsteban Morales, PhD., has been “separated from the ranks” of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) for his publication of an article denouncing what he considers the counter-revolutionary corruption and bureaucracy that exists in the country.
Read MoreThe economic situation is at its most critical point; social stagnation is chronic; the international campaign to isolate the government is worsening; the opposition is gathering strength, and measures by the state to alleviate some internal tensions are interpreted as weakness in the face of international pressure.
Read MoreAs long as the priority is to make money, to find profitable advantages on the international market and to obtain profits —regardless of how this is organized, be it by private capitalists or by a state— the world will be in danger of disasters like that now taking place in the Gulf. We will be in danger of extinction.
Read MoreWe heap all the blame on the imperialist countries: the major consumers and leading producers of all the garbage and gases that are destroying the planet. But are the imperialists the only ones responsible? What about the underdeveloped countries of the Third World where the predatory-productive system of capitalism dominates and where, moreover, most oil burned by the rich developed countries is produced?
Read MoreDespite the strong opposition it now faces in the Colombian parliament, the military agreement between that country and the US continues being put into operation. This began to become evidenced this past December when the first detachments of Marines and equipment started to arrive.
Read MoreThe bureaucratic apparatuses, interested in maintaining centralized control, will oppose the development of proposals for self-management, which would develop labor and social collectives to obtain their own resources. However, this would run counter to the general strategic line of the country’s leadership, which -still with its contradictions- is beginning to lean toward the decentralization of the control of resources and decisions.
Read MoreThe problem of racism was, and is, essentially a problem of power. This is especially in the sense of power being an element in the capacity for decision-making and action. In this manner, the existence of hierarchy and the concentration of power condition the possibility for the existence of discrimination. Dispersed power, distributed power and -especially- distributed and socialized economic and political power would eliminate the conditions that facilitate racial discrimination (as well as other social problems).
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