The Chinese communists seem to have lost faith in radical leftism, and they never had any in the less radical sort.
Not so the Cubans, so far as one can tell.
As the former and present communists of South America come in from the cold and begin to shift the politics of their countries toward a realistic, achievable, and sustainable leftism, will they point a way forward for Cuba?
On the other hand, the communists of Italy converted to social democratic reformism decades ago.
Did that move the politics of Italy to the left?
Or did they just melt away, Italy sliding to the right?
On the other hand, they and the French had never been the revolutionaries the Latin Americans were.
"As the former and present communists of South America come in from the cold and begin to shift the politics of their countries toward a realistic, achievable, and sustainable leftism, will they point a way forward for Cuba?"
ReplyDeleteOr Venezuela, perhaps!