Cuban Democracy at Work (was Re: RES: a trip to North

[Michael Hoover]

> Two most significant features of Cuban political system are grassroots
> organizations:  Committees to Defend the Revolution (CDR) that perfor
> defense, education, and community functions *and* Organs of Popular
> Power (OPP), elected assemblies designed to make party and national
> government responsive to local needs.     Michael Hoover
> ((((((((((((((((((
> CB: Yes, this is important instiutional evidence of Cuba's popular 
> sovereignty , the number one touchstone of democracy. The CDR are close 
> to direct democratic , i.e. not republican, forms.
> CB

a basic premise of Madisonian democracy is restraint on mass
political power...   Michael Hoover