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Actually, the Cuban revolution was launched in 1953 - on Julky 26. Krushchev did take a special interest in Cuba and also, as is not so widely known, in the FSLN, from the time of its inception in 1961. El pueblo armado jamas sera aplastado! ________________________________ From: Louis Thiemann <kiw...@gmail.com> To: Mr. Goodman <godisamethod...@yahoo.com> Sent: Saturday, July 7, 2012 10:17 PM Subject: Re: [Marxism] Sam Farber and Cuba ====================================================================== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. ====================================================================== > > Cuba was already veering toward the USSR as early as 1959, primarily due > to the efforts of Raul. > This was well before any blockade. > Fidel Castro has often thanked his good luck for having failed to make the revolution in 1953, they were quite close then already. Do you know why? Because Stalin would not have supported them the same way Krushchev did, and he would inevitably have been overrun like Jacobo Arbenz. In 1959, the leadership were more conscious about this factor, they clearly anticipated a full response by the U.S. that could *only* be checked by the USSR. Nevertheless, trade agreements with the USSR were always concluded as a response to a corresponding step of the US in the direction of blockade and invasion. And that is how the Cuban revolution survived the Cold War a few dozen miles off the Florida coast. As friends of the USSR, but not as lackeys. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/godisamethodist%40yahoo.com ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
