> > https://links.org.au/notes-reading-cuban-reality
Thanks for posting. > Regardless of one’s various positions, sympathies or antipathies towards > Cuba, its government and its system, if one wishes to be objective and not > fall prey to the propaganda that often emerges from both sides, it is > necessary to understand that the causes of the current crisis are manifold. > They range from the extremely severe and criminal US blockade, in all its > forms; the effects of the current international situation; and also, and no > less importantly, the mistakes that have been made in the management of > Cuba’s economy and the delay in implementing economic reform, the need for > which has been evident for more than three decades now. > > > ... > I will conclude with a key point. The national crisis that Cuba is > experiencing can only be resolved by implementing a comprehensive and > far-reaching program of economic reforms that restores the country’s > efficiency and productive capacity. This means transforming many aspects of > the current system while we move toward a model in which markets play a much > more active role, subject to the necessary regulations of a state that must > guarantee social justice and the country’s sovereignty, while also promoting > a new strategy for economic and democratic development. > > The lifting of the blockade and a change in US policy could play an essential > role in the process. However, that is beyond Cuba’s control. Solutions must > be devised and implemented on an urgent basis despite this increased > pressure, although the first priority is defending Cuba’s sovereignty. > I believe that Cuba has survived the six-decade US embargo by both the efforts of its people and the support from other international revolutions - the USSR, China, and Venezuela. I don't believe that "giving markets a more active role" can defend Cuba from the belligerent super-power next to it. But I wonder if Cuba has more control than J. Carranza assumes: The US people should view Cuba as another US overseas military adventure, and majority of US citizens have voted against overseas wars but instead got the worst kind of them. A reinvigorated Cuba could help fuel an anti-imperialist movement in the US against US imperialist adventures the Americas as well as western Asia. Mark -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#41681): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/41681 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/119217005/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
