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	International Communist Workers Party
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After 88 years, a US President again visited Cuba. Obama and his whole delegation came to the island in an event which marks, in the new global context, that these two countries have restored diplomatic relations. Obama’s visit to Cuba is part of US imperialism’s campaign to install a pro-US government there.
Relations between the US and Cuba have been hostile for many years, since the Cuban revolution in 1959. Eisenhower recognized the new Cuban government but the relations between them rapidly deteriorated. With its socialist politics and reforms, the US government saw the properties of US imperialism threatened on the island, more so when the Cuban leadership got support from the Soviet Union. They responded with a series of attacks: the explosion on the ship La Coubre, the invasion at the Bay of Pigs, assassination attempts against Fidel Castro and the infamous economic embargo.
Although today’s new economic policies of Cuba take an increasingly clear direction to market capitalism, Obama’s visit and the restoration of diplomacy still surprise the majority of Latin Americans, including the Cubans.  Those who have been shown for years as enemies to the death today enjoy a baseball game. This makes people ask, “What is really happening? What are Obama’s intentions? What does Cuba gain from this?”
The economic reforms implemented by Raul Castro are dismantling the reforms of socialism. Since 2010, Cubans are allowed to have their own businesses and hire employees. They are promoting wage slavery, as well as strengthening the banks, cutting public jobs, and implementing a new tax law. This opening to private property awakens the interest of  US bosses to bring their businesses to Cuba.  Cruise lines and airlines are offering trips to Cuba. State capitalism is being replaced by market capitalism.
The increased trade will not come as a moral question or because it is politically correct. It will come for the profits that the new market will generate for Cuban and US bosses and the need of the US for more allies.
The United States is trying to change its image towards  Latin American. The imperialists who funded the counter revolutions, coups, Plan Condor, tortures, and assassinations to maintain control of its back yard, now show a “civilized” and moderate face.  At  the same time, they encourage and fund “democracy” movements against politicians who support the rivals of US imperialism, and death squads against rebellious workers.
Washington knows that it’s a different situation and that it needs as many allies as possible. The interests of imperialism are primary. That’s why Obama’s visit was seen as “timid and weak” by the opponents of the Cuban regime for alleged Human Rights Violations.
The United States has a priority. Prepare the terrain for World War III. The attempted alliances with Cuba and Vietnam are proof that those countries are not advancing towards communism and that for the United States it is a priority to strengthen their businesses and seek future military support.
A young comrade gave this opinion: “I wonder about many things, but this is a clear sign of the failure of socialism.” Nothing is closer to reality. The socialist model implemented by the Cubans has failed. Today that is clearer than ever. Cuba never took a step to communism. It created a new society with privileges. It kept money and the wage system. The nationalization of industry never allowed the means of production to really pass into the hands of the working class. The reforms they achieved in medicine, education and nutrition are now threatened with the advance of market capitalism.
ICWP is mobilizing only for Communism, not for Socialism. We will immediately eliminate privileges, money, and borders. The party will be the masses and the masses will be the party.

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