Communist Web Saturday 20th May 2000 9.30pm gmt The dictatorship of the vast majority . This was President Fidel Castro's response to attacks on the Cuban system of government . If necessary, we are prepared to unleash a campaign twice as strong and efficient as the five-month-long battle for the return of Eli�n BY RAISA PAGES (Granma International staff writer) IT is easier to put an end to a political system than to build a new one. The biggest credit to a people is the construction of a new political, economic and social system, and we are still learning, said President Fidel Castro. He made these comments during the closing session of the 9th Campesino Congress held in Havana, which was attended by more than 800 representatives of this sector together with guests from 15 Latin American countries, the United States and Spain. Fidel went on to say that this is a Revolution for all citizens, which is the secret of our strength. We are all committed to the creation of a new social system and we have moved forward in terms of organization and efficiency, he noted. Referring to accusations that a dictatorship exists in Cuba, Fidel answered that here we have a dictatorship of the vast majority of the people. The dictatorship of ideas, of thought, of ethical and moral values is what exists in Cuba, the Cuban president stressed. When ideas have been sown, no one and nothing can destroy them. We are not only fighting for social justice, but for the survival of the human species, Fidel pointed out, adding that in this battle for a sustainable society, people of different philosophical outlooks, religious or otherwise, are united. He denounced the fact that $1 trillion USD are spent every year in the world on advertising and said that what the developed capitalist world does is brainwash people with its excessive consumer propaganda. With regard to the U.S. electoral system, Fidel indicated that "it is the same team with a different uniform," the biggest single party state in the world. That is not democracy. He pointed out that the presidential system of that nation is a disaster and remarked that the Caribbean's parliamentary system is better because the government enjoys consensus. As for the battle of ideas waged by the Cuban people for Eli�n's return, the president said that we are prepared, if necessary, to wage a battle twice as strong and more efficient than the one carried out over the last five months. Referring to agriculture, Fidel commented that a test of strength over recent years is the sugar industry. He explained that the current price of sugar is half of what it was at the start of the special period and that the country had subsidized this sector to prevent the half a million people working in it from being laid off. This is a just... http://www.billkath.demon.co.uk/cw/thedictator/thedictator.html
