By Diana Raby.
In the early 1990s there was near unanimity in the media, in Western
political circles, and even among academics that the collapse of the
Cuban revolution was imminent. Even today, many observers regard it
as only a matter of time for Cuba to undergo a transition to
democracy (understood as a narrowly defined polyarchy) and a "market economy."
But the fact that Cuban socialism has survived the extraordinary
rigors of the "Special Period" and is still functioning nearly twenty
years after the fall of the Berlin Wall should give pause for
thought. Even the prolonged incapacity of Fidel Castro and his
subsequent resignation as president has not led to chaos or upheaval,
as many predicted. Why then has Cuba survived, and what does it mean
for socialist and progressive politics today?
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