By SJ
Otto
I am
leaving for Cuba
this Saturday. I will be travelling with Pastors
for Peace. For that reason my blogs will probably not be in use for the
next two weeks. I do not know what the situation for WIFY or computer use is while I
will be in Cuba .
I will be there for two weeks.
I
will have plenty to post when I return. But as to what I will post while I am
there, I have no idea.
As a
socialist, on this site a democratic socialist, this will be the chance of a
lifetime. I will get to see, first hand, what it is like in a real
Marxist-Leninist socialist country. There are very few of these left. Vietnam , Laos
and China
come to mind as Marxist-Leninist. They all have mixed economies. They are not
actual full-scale Marxist-Leninist countries. Cuba may not be a fully socialist
Marxist-Leninist country, but they are just about the only country that is
dedicated to creating such a system.[1]
We do
have socialist nations, such as Venezuela ,
who are busy standing up to US-imperialism. But they are not following the pure
Marxist-Leninist ideology. In Nicaragua ,
where I have actually been, they once had a Marxist revolution. Today a member
of the Sandinista Party, Daniel Ortega, holds power, as an elected leader.
Today the Sandinistas follow a Democratic Socialist ideology. Despite all of
that, our
Idiot President Donald Trump has sanctioned the country as if it has the same
government as Cuba does.
I may
have problems coming back from Cuba ,
such as losing my souvenirs. That is because the
Idiot Trump has turned back the clock to the cold war days to the past and
has forbidden US citizens from travelling to Cuba .
This
is my chance to see how a truly Marxist-Leninist country actually works. It may
be my last time to see that. We never know how long such a revolution will
last. While Cuba
is not democratic socialist, they are worth defending against US imperialism—a
system that does not discriminate against any socialism nation. The US opposes ALL
forms of socialism—thanks to the Idiot Trump, democracy does not matter to him
and his ilk.
I am
looking forward to this trip. I will return about July 5. Soon after that, I
will be posting my experience on Otto’s
War Room (毛派), The Idiot Factor: Corruption Folly,
Counter-culture
Journals (文革) and
possibly my personal blog, Artsy
Fartsy (អាភៀន).
[1] For example, see by Mage,
Wohlforth and Robertson, 17 August 1960, https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/document/icl-spartacists/cuba/cuba-mt.html