Knowledge, ideology, and real socialism in our times

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Knowledge, ideology, and real socialism in our times
Cuba and the neocolonial world-system

Cuba and the neocolonial world-system

An unseen, noble quest for sovereignty

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Charles McKelvey
Jun 22, 2021
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     In “From colonialism to neocolonialism,” June 15, 2021, I described the characteristics of neocolonialism; and in “Neocolonialism and Cuba: The structures of a neocolonial republic,” June 18, 2021, I illustrated the phenomenon of neocolonialism with the case of Cuba.  Today, my intention is to show that Fidel Castro, whose revolutionary consciousness was formed in the context of the Cuban neocolonial situation and the Cuban and Latin American anti-imperialist struggle, understood the essential characteristics of the Cuban neocolonial situation and the necessary steps for the attainment of true sovereignty.  Thus Fidel, who functioned as the maximum leader of the revolution beginning with the Moncada attack of July 26, 1953, led the revolution to its consolidation on an anti-neocolonial foundation.

      I would not want to suggest that the commitment to socialism was secondary.  Rather, it would be better to say that socialism was seen as an integral and necessary component of the…

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