“Since the long overdue retirement of Richard Milhouse Nixon…”
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Since the long overdue retirement of Richard Milhouse Nixon as President of the United States a remarkable change has come over US/Cuba relationships.
Since the Cuba revolution which began to lay the basis for socialism the attitude of the U.S. has been totally hostile: Besides a total boycott of trade with Cuba, the USA persuaded the organisation of American States (0.A.S, an economic grouping of reactionary S. American governments) to impose an economic blockade on Cuba. Only for its trade with the U:S.S.R. Cuba would be immeasurably weaker economically than she is now.
The new Ford administration recognises that the era of cold-war politics is dead, that Cuba poses no major threat to the U.S.A. given the U.S.S.R. attitude of peaceful co-existence and so having learnt lessons from its defeat in Vietnam is developing a new strategy towards socialist bloc countries.
Visas have been issued to two senators to go and visit Cuba, Mr. Jacob Javits and Clairborne Pell and with them went the American Press.
The visit clearly should end the secret attempts by the C.I.A. to assassinate Castro and end the struggle for socialism in Cuba. They are a recognition that the USA suffered a massive defeat when the Cuban revolution took place, a defeat it now admits as it begins to normalise relations within Cuba.
The British have indicated that they are willing to hand over power to the Loyalists. But almost daily they are becoming more and more confused and the economic crisis at home is increasing their feeling of defeat. Increased resistance from Irish Socialists and Republicans, and from the British left-wing organisations could lead to their complete collapse, and to that of their Orange puppets. The mass unity needed for this is great and the dangers and threats which will arise are many, but the lesson of what happened in Portugal shows how the Imperialists can be defeated and how our goal of a Workers’ and Small Farmers’ Republic -can be brought closer.
ARY STRUGGLE