On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Louis Proyect wrote: > This happened all the time in Cuba, except they didn' t have unemployment > like in Jamaica or the Dominican Republic. Incidentally, I was just in Jamaica thanks to a family reunion. The poverty there is something ferocious to behold -- the thing is, all the violence is internalized. I saw two fights break out between street vendors, arguing over turf while trying to sell knickknacks to a bunch of us white First World tourists, and suddenly, all of Bob Marley's songs just made so much sense: the system rules because it gets us all to fight one another. Jah Love is the mightiest weapon against the powers of Babylon -- and isn't that what most ordinary Cubans feel towards Fidel, and why the Cuban Revolution keeps on keeping on? -- Dennis
