----- Original Message ----- From: "Luke Benjamin Weiger" <lweiger at umich.edu> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 2:52 PM Subject: Re: Cuba
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> On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Doug Henwood wrote:
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> > We don't. There are plenty of states that are authoritarian without
> > inspiration from the U.S. That Cuba is "mildly authoritarian,"
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> Seems to be the consensus view of all but the right-wing hysterics. I'm
> curious as to how it compares to regimes like Pinochet's Chile and
> Franco's Spain?
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> > is a point greatly in its favor. But my argument is that any
> > country taking a path that doesn't please the U.S. is shoved in an
> > authoritarian direction because of the U.S.'s propensity to subvert
> > and overthrow regimes it doesn't like. And I've yet to hear a
> > credible nonauthoritarian way of defending a revolution against
> > Langley.
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> In practice it does seem easier to overthrow an elected left-wing head of
> state than his dictatorial counterparts. I wonder why that is.
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> -- Luke
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