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By *Tim Anderson* September 14, 2010 -- Misunderstandings over Cuba run very deep, and not just among the enemies of socialism, or those who have had little contact with the country. Let's look at some recent misinterpretations. The corporate media has seized on Fidel Castro's comment to US journalist Jeffrey Goldberg of the /Atlantic /magazine that "the 'Cuban model' now doesn't work even for us" as an admission that Cuban socialism had failed and that Cuba would now have to take on US-style capitalism. Julia Sweig, Goldberg's adviser on Cuba, said she took the comment "to be an acknowledgment that ... the state has much too big a role in the economic life of the country". Goldberg excitedly interpreted the comment to mean "Cuba is beginning to adopt the sort of economic ideas that America has long-demanded it adopt". Goldberg's article launched thousands of other stories. Full article at http://links.org.au/node/1891 ********************************* Subscribe free to Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal at http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=343373 You can also follow Links on Twitter at http://twitter.com/LinksSocialism Or join the Links Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10865397643 ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
