The msg below suggests to me that when Fidel goes to his reward, the shit hits the fan in Cuba, even without a US invasion. Has anybody ever considered what the US left ought to be saying and doing with regard to such circumstances? MBS ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 16:27:07 -0500 (EST) From: Jim Hurd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Jason A Schulman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Re[2]: dsanet: Unity Proceedures Reply-to: Jim Hurd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A member of the Cuban Communist Party was at a party I had the other night. This CP member has a more negative analysis of the Cuban Revolution than do you! Isn't a bit strange that Castro, has never once in all his years in power be overruled on a decision (internally)? Even in a very deformed "workers state" wouldn't there be some breaks on one man's will? That he isn't as quirky as Pol Pot, The Talibans, Kim il Sung, Ceaucescu etc, is testimony to a certain mental stability-- but the guy is an absolute dictator. I would prefer him as a Communist to say Stalin, in the same sense that I would prefer Harold Washington to Jane Byrne as a Democrat, but the workers in Cuba have no real power. =================================================== Max B. Sawicky Economic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202-775-0819 (fax) Washington, DC 20036 Opinions above do not necessarily reflect the views of anyone associated with the Economic Policy Institute. ===================================================