Bill Mitchell:
>why castro would even have the old bastard in cuba amazes me.
>
One important reason is that the Pope has told reporters that he is for
ending the US trade embargo. One of the things that is missing in this
discussion is politics. The sole criterion that any revolutionary leader
has to address is whether a particular intiative like this weakens or
strengthens the revolution. If the Pope speaks out against the blockade, it
will have tremendous moral force. Right now the gusano community in Miami
is going berserk because it views Castro as having the upper hand in all
this. Meanwhile the Reuters article that Jim Devine refers to has a tabloid
head "Pope Denounces Communism", but the body of the article reports on a
rather mild performance by the pope. He says that no ideology should come
before the Church. Big surprise. If the blockade is weakened, then
socialism will be strengthened. That's a fact.
Louis Proyect
