I’ve thought about dividing my time betwee opposition to the Iraq war on the one hand and opposition to the Embargo of Cuba on the other. Doubtless, ending a unilaterial embargo of a country which has no critical resources desired by America’s rulers would be orders of mangnitude easier than extricating the United States from Iraq, where the lives of untold hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have been ended or destroyed. My question is: Does that make the Embargo a more or less evil than the War on Iraq?

my husband, Dirk, and me, we want to join the “sincere thanks” of Giorgio and the enjoyment of Lloyd Rowsey.
Dirk found your article yesterday, printed it, and then we read it to each other.
By our own experience we can confirm each detail. However, being unknown people ourselves, we have to cite serious or valuable sources when reporting about Cuba. So far, for instance, we referred to the Canadian author, Arnold August and his book, “Democracy in Cuba and the 1997-98 Elections”, ISBN 0-9685084-05 or to articles by the US lawyer Tom Crumpacker about Cuban democracy, he was one of those US authors allowing us to translate his articles published at “counter punch” who unfortunately passed away in 2006, but now we can cite or quote another valuable source yet, if you don’t mind.
(Other authors to whom we are grateful too are: James Petras, Wayne S. Smith, Noam Chomsky, Michael Parenti, Saul Landau etc.)
As you all certainly know, the German mass medias are fully integrated in what is called “US Public Diplomacy” or public relation.
(Just now, our chancellor, Angela Merkel, is on tour representing US foreign policy against Russia, which certainly will not serve peace.)
That is, why it is so difficult for us to publish the details about the “Cuban Five” and to reach the people, when at the same time misinformation about Cuba is distributed.
Yes, dear Giorgio, you are right when asking if the Cuban model is “close to what was intended for the American population by the authors of US Constitution and Bill of Rights? :-/”
Cuban people are trying to fulfill the dreams of most human beings on earth on their island. Cuba is a laboratory for democracy. In our own interest we should support it, although we can’t copy it, we can learn and perhaps transfer this model somehow modified to each respective region for a free world. Tell this George W. Bush, better still the advisors of your next president relating to their plans of the “transmission for a free Cuba”.
Sincerely to all of you
Josie

That Cuba has created a true democracy is not new to me, but I appreciated, particularly, the details provided by Dr Morris, permitting a better understanding of the *structure* of the Cuban democratic process, the truly democratic aspects of which I’d not fully understood.

Meanwhile, I tend to scratch my head, thinking, is this Cuban model not *uncannily* close to what was intended for the American population by the authors of US Constitution and Bill of Rights? :-/

Sincere thanks to Rick Smith and Dr Doug Morris for this instructive interview.

Lucky you, Lloyd Rowsey, for having had the opportunity to visit the island!

PS: See also the video, ‘Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil’. I believe parts of it are available online, but being in possession of the DVD has made sharing the information more congenial, in my experience.

Viva Change!

Y hablando en la differencia. I visited Cuba in 1998 and 2002. One of the most obvious changes over those years was the presence of “Patria es Humanidad” at the Havana Airport only in 1998. Not a good change, like DV’s.

But. Dissident Voice is much closer to home, for us PST folks anyway.