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April 16 1961 For the first time, Prime Minister Castro defines the Cuban revolution as socialist: " ... we have made a revolution, a socialist revolution, right here under the very nose of the United States."
Following a year of severely strained relations between the United States and Cuba, Cuban leader Fidel Castro openly declares that he is a Marxist-Leninist. The announcement sealed the bitter Cold War animosity between the two nations.
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Definition of SOCIALISM
1: any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods
2 a: a system of society or group living in which there is no private property b: a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
3: a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done.
The Socialist Party fights for socialism – a democratic society run for the needs of all and not the profits of a few. We also oppose every cut, fighting in our day-to-day campaigning for every possible improvement for working class people.
The organised working class has the potential power to stop the cuts and transform society.
As capitalism dominates the globe, the struggle for genuine socialism must be international.
The Socialist Party is part of the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI), a socialist international that organises in over 40 countries.
Our demands include:
Public services
N30: millions of public sector workers went on strike on 30 November 2011, photo Senan
N30: millions of public sector workers went on strike on 30 November 2011, photo Senan
No to ALL cuts in jobs, public services and benefits. Defend our pensions.
No to privatisation and the Private Finance Initiative (PFI). Renationalise all privatised utilities and services, with compensation paid only on the basis of proven need.
Fully fund all services and run them under accountable, democratic committees that include representatives of service workers and users.
Free, publicly run, good quality education, available to all at any age. Abolish university tuition fees now and introduce a living grant. No to academies and 'Free schools'!
A socialist NHS to provide for everyone's health needs - free at the point of use and under democratic control. Kick out private contractors!
Keep council housing publicly owned. For a massive building programme of publicly owned housing, on an environmentally sustainable basis, to provide good quality homes with low rents.
Originally posted by davesmart
hi op
i do hear what you are saying...but
socialism in the uk can work
as you said castro was really a commie
heres what the socialist alternative party say here in coventry
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as myself has slowly seen the nhs being run for profit
the socialist alternative party sounds like a dream
not just to me but for many others..
but i read your thread with great interest
cheers
dave
Originally posted by mamabeth
Anyone who believes that their lives will be improved by embracing
socialism/communism,needs to take off their rose colored glasses.
Originally posted by babybunnies
Anyone who believes that their lives will be improved by embracing true Capitalism needs to take off their green (color of money, not environment) colored glasses.
Under true Capitalism, AIG, GM, Chrysler, Skank of America, City Group, Royal Bank of Scotland, Iceland, Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal, and others would all have collapsed by now.
Originally posted by babybunnies
Originally posted by mamabeth
Anyone who believes that their lives will be improved by embracing
socialism/communism,needs to take off their rose colored glasses.
Anyone who believes that their lives will be improved by embracing true Capitalism needs to take off their green (color of money, not environment) colored glasses.
Under true Capitalism, AIG, GM, Chrysler, Skank of America, City Group, Royal Bank of Scotland, Iceland, Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal, and others would all have collapsed by now.
Anyone who believes that their lives will be improved by embracing true Capitalism needs to take off their green (color of money, not environment) colored glasses.
Under true Capitalism, AIG, GM, Chrysler, Skank of America, City Group, Royal Bank of Scotland, Iceland, Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal, and others would all have collapsed by now.
Originally posted by ElectricUniverse
reply to post by JanAmosComenius
You can be whatever you want to be. However, don't try to impose your ideas on me or others no matter how much you think "it's for the good of the collective, Earth and whatever other excuse you want to make".
I wonder how anarchism and marxism can exist together when in Marxism there is centralization of power where there is a state/government.
This is the problem with a lot of people today. You think that because something is possible in your mind it must be true in real life. This is not always so. Just like the belief by some that change can only be good when in fact there can be bad changes, and even worse ones.
Have you ever studied history and what marxism brought to the world? Don't be fooled by the claim "it hasn't been tried" it is just an excuse which has been used MANY times in the past to subjugate people to another socialist/communist dictatorship.
Originally posted by babybunnies
Originally posted by mamabeth
Anyone who believes that their lives will be improved by embracing
socialism/communism,needs to take off their rose colored glasses.
Anyone who believes that their lives will be improved by embracing true Capitalism needs to take off their green (color of money, not environment) colored glasses.
Under true Capitalism, AIG, GM, Chrysler, Skank of America, City Group, Royal Bank of Scotland, Iceland, Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal, and others would all have collapsed by now.
Originally posted by JanAmosComenius
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Marx was genius but is not God. Fundament of his economic analyzes is valid 150 years later. That doesn't mean that all of his work should be read like the Bible. Quite contrary. Majority of anarchists stem from this economical fundament but are critics of many aspects of (especially later) Marxs work.
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The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.
The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.
Karl Marx
bourgeois
1: of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class