[lbo-talk] Re: Fidel

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sun Dec 31 05:59:54 PST 2006


On Dec 31, 2006, at 4:54 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


> It's all well and good that the Venceramos Brigades had a positive
> impact on the Cuban government, but they haven't managed to change the
> US government's policy toward Cuba and to lift the embargo, and _it's
> the latter that is the more important task in "critical solidarity."_
> The embargo diminishes the quality of life of gay Cubans as well as
> straight Cubans.

I'm confused. You keep harping on the powerlessness of the U.S. and the rest of the western left, which is true enough - and then conclude the only thing that left can do is support Islamists? What do we add to their delightful plate?

Doug



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