Of course it makes no difference to Cuba. We are totally irrelevant. I have no illusions about that or any pretentions. But it makes a difference to us. And since we care, it matters at least to us.
--- Yoshie Furuhashi <critical.montages at gmail.com> wrote:
> I sent the previous message before finishing it.
> :-0
>
> On 12/23/06, andie nachgeborenen
> > The upshot is that the Cuban Revolution deserves
> what
> > Trotskyists called out "critical defense" --
> defense
> > for its accomplishments, criticism for its
> failings
> > and abuses, including most of its policies towards
> > GLBTs. Brian's flat out condemnation is
> insufficiently
> > nuanced, even if Cuba has been a disappointment on
> > this dimension.
>
> One thing that I have been saying for some time is
> that, at this point
> in history, no government in the world, even a
> socialist government,
> is likely to _really_ care about whatever defense or
> friendly
> criticism or even flat-out condemnation that comes
> from leftists in
> the USA, for there is no social force behind it that
> makes it matter
> politically.
>
> I bet they care far more about what the Russian
> government, the
> Chinese government, etc. have to say than what
> American leftists have
> to say.
>
> To think that our "critical support," or lack
> thereof, makes a
> difference to anyone other than ourselves seems to
> me to be a sign
> that we have gotten too comfortable in our permanent
> opposition ghetto
> and become unable to see the true extent of our
> stature in the world.
> There is something slightly ridiculous about leftist
> pretensions here.
> --
> Yoshie
> <http://montages.blogspot.com/>
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> <http://monthlyreview.org/>
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