I continue today with the third of a three-part commemoration of the centennial of the birth of Fidel on August 13, 1926. Today I am posting a revised version of a previous commentary which focuses on Fidel’s appeal to the world on behalf of the colonized peoples in the period 1979 to 1983, as the world powers turned to neoliberalism.
Public discourse in the United States proceeds with superficial awareness of the colonial foundations of the world-system, and what is more, foreign policy debates in the United States are driven by the limited issue of U.S. geostrategic interests. In contrast, the discourse of Fidel was formulated from the vantage point of the colonized, and it includes a primary focus on the universal needs and aspirations of humanity in the development of relations among nations.
Fidel’s anti-neocolonial and anti-imperialist perspective emphasizes the principles of the self-determination of peoples, the sovereignty of nations, …