[lbo-talk] Cuba petition

[Nathan Newman]

Well, to get the facts correct-- the coexistence language was abandoned
after Browder until Krushchev and it was that period that coincided with the
height of McCarthyism.

And the folks being imprisoned in Cuba are themselves officially committed
to working within the Cuban system and changing things politically.  Most
are associated with the grassroots Varela petition project.

So again, there is no condition in that regard that is really different
about the CPUSA in the early 1950s and the Cuban dissidents presently being
jailed in Cuba.

-- Nathan Newman

  ----- Original Message -----

  From: andie nachgeborenen

  To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org

  Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 3:10 PM

  Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Cuba petition

  Actually, oddicially, the USSR had abandoned the goal of ovethrowing the
US system under Khrushchev. The watchword was "peaceful coexistence." The
CPUSA was (whatever some its members may have privately hoped) officially
committed to peaceful change through electoral means (Practically speaking
it was (since 1936 or so) and is entirely under the wing of the Democratic
Party.) You cold war liberals never get even the basic facts right.  jks

  Luke Weiger <lweiger at umich.edu> wrote:

    > Officially, the Soviet Union was trying to overthrow the US system,
which

    is

    > one reason they were funding the CPUSA. Everything people say seems to
be

    > supporting McCarthy in his arguments.

    >

    > -- Nathan Newman

    The only difference is the likelihood that the government in question
might

    be overthrown.

    -- Luke

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