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Thursday, June 20, 2019

Going to Cuba—most blog activity suspended until after July 5

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).