On Nov 26, 2008, at 9:32 PM, SA wrote:
> Doug Henwood wrote:
>
>> But, not that I can speak for Lou, Cuba is a case of a rather
>> successful revolution. I'm sure we could all make a list of its
>> shortcomings, but there's a lot to admire there, and making lists
>> of shortcomings is easy for us.
>
> Sure, there are lots of people, at various points on the left
> spectrum, who feel that way. But the impression I get - I may be
> wrong about this - is that there's a certain strand of Marxism that
> goes further. They believe something like - after all the failings
> and disappointments of the Second and Third Internationals, and
> China and Yugoslavia - finally Castro, for the first time, managed
> to "get socialism right." I recall reading somewhere that there was
> a big split among Trotskyists about Cuba in the 60's or 70's, and
> then I noticed that Proyect puts a lot of emphasis on Cuba too. So
> wonder if there's a more elaborate theory to this (knowing
> Leninists, how could there not be?) and if so, what it is.
>
> SA
>
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