Archive for January 3rd, 2009
Cuba: Stalinism isn’t socialism
Posted by John, January 3rd, 2009 - under Middle class, Peasants, Socialism, Socialist democracy, Stalinism, State capitalism.
Tags: Capitalism, Castro, Class struggle, Classes, Communist Party, Cuba, Democracy
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One of Marx’s unique and profound contributions to socialism is his idea that the emancipation of the working class is the act of the working class. Â This is the very reason Cuba isn’t socialist. In 1956 Castro arrived in Cuba with 82 middle class nationalists to overthrow the US backed Batista dictatorship. Â After being attacked […]