Like their “Democratic Socialist” counterparts in the United States, Britain’s socialist left has yet to meet a communist dictatorship they didn’t love or support.
Boris Gonzalez Arenas in The Article:
I’m a victim of the Cuban government — why doesn’t Corbyn care?
The Cuban immigration authorities have prohibited me from leaving the country. They do not feel obliged to explain why, only that the prohibition is a matter of “public interest”. Since June, when this ban was first communicated to me at Havana airport, I have been prevented from travelling to eight countries, one of them Britain.
As provided for in the new Cuban Constitution approved in 2019, after I learned about this prohibition I asked the immigration authorities to send me the information that they hold on me and to explain what determines the “public interest” that prevents me from traveling.
When I did not receive an answer, I filed a lawsuit against the immigration officer. Among the Cuban population there is a common phrase that is used about the denunciation of the authorities made in the courts: “That is for pleasure.” If the official is a military officer, people will say only: “You are crazy.” Months after filing the lawsuit, there has been no reply. Only silence.
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Jeremy Corbyn has never hidden his admiration and appreciation for the Cuban dictatorship and its leaders. It raises the question — which Castroist values ??does the Labour leader want to introduce in Britain?
Cuba’s recently-approved constitution not only reasserts the primacy of the single party system, but also approves the continuation of the police state that blocks freedom of expression for the citizenry and press. It also prevents the freedom of assembly and the freedom to join independent trade unions. For this reason, Cuba’s jails still hold significant numbers of political prisoners and the rule of law is still absent.
I am a victim of Cuba’s oppressive constitution — the excessive powers it grants to the government means I am still prevented from travelling to the UK. Corbyn was sent a letter by a parliamentary colleague which asked him to intercede with the Cuban Embassy to request that I should be allowed to travel. Corbyn neither replied to, nor acknowledged the letter.
It is not just my case that has been ignored. Corbyn, a long-standing member of the Cuba Solidarity Campaign, has been silent in the face of numerous human rights violations committed by the Cuban government he so vocally supports. It seems Corbyn does not need to become Prime Minister in order to demonstrate Castroist values. He’s made those clear enough already.
Read the entire Op-Ed HERE.
They are all communist trash. Communist, socialist, bolivarian… It is all no more than marketing and euphemisms. Once “Bolivarian” starts omitting a rancid smell, they’ll come up with some new term, again.
The real difference being, some of them can afford to be themselves more openly while others are still forced to play the same “democratic” card Fidel Castro played in the late 1950s. After all, they know their audience, how to advance slowly, and in stages.