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In reply to the discussion: To The Atlantic, Media and Others Who Get Antifa Twisted [View all]ancianita
(35,813 posts)saxophonist, two jazz singers, one social activist from Richmond, VA, an India-born opthamologist who has worked in Mexico and Peru (a resident of Madison, WI), and a forensic anthropologist from North Carolina. We have become fast friends who now understand the true meaning of humanity through solidarity and socialism.
I went under the joint work of Making The Road (http://makingtheroad.com) out of Chicago, with the People To People leadership organization in Cuba that travelers of good will to their country.
Did we do sightseeing? Oh yeah. Fabulous music venues, food, and sights. Cuba, literally unknown to America, is the unknown jewel of the Caribbean.
Cubans don't consider exiled Cubans in Miami Cubans, just defectors to imperialism and capitalism.
Youth there do leave for other opportunities in the world, but most Cubans are quite happy not be trapped by capitalism's market values. Would they like more amenities like we have? Sure, but not at the expense of their solidarity. They will invite Western trade on their terms. Which is as it should be.