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>> This borders on religion, and in the case of those leftists, and homosexuals, who opposed the crimes of the Cuban regime against same-sex love, instead of criticizing the lack of humanity, and even the bigotry, of the official policy of harassment, persecution, and discriminination against homosexuals, it supported the official barbarism. << Comment Official barbarism. Cuban policy towards homosexuals is classified as barbarism. Is this not "over the top?" The root historical problems of the national revolutionary movement of the past eras reside exclusively with the proletariat in the imperial center. Note the word "root." Mistakes - real or perceived, in the former colonial theater are secondary to this "root" problem, which was the inability of the proletariat in the imperial center to emancipate itself much less the colonials. Actually, a decisive section of the proletariat in the imperial centers - not just "leaders," supported colonial oppression and exploitation because the proletariat sensed its material well being was bound up with colonialism and real barbarism against the world's people. To the point: A capitalist China is better than, more lofty and desirable than a China ruled by the imperialist. Anyone that doubts this for a moment should consult the people of China, their government and state. A Cuba governed by Cubans, Argentina, Brazil, Vietnam - be it capitalist or socialist, is better than, more lofty and desirable than one rule by American imperialists. The same applies world wide in all instances of the former colonies. More interesting is why it was not possible for the proletariat in any of the historical imperial centers to overthrow the power of capital. Let me guess the reason for this inability according to "Trotskyism" - the Stalin polarity. Here's the clincher. Demanding that revolutionaries in another theater do precisely what the guys in the imperial center cannot do is the logic of a hypocrite. The historic support by revolutionaries in the imperial centers of the national revolutionary movements of the previous eras, flows from the common sense understanding that no one wants to be oppressed by us. WL. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
