Artsy Fartsy (អាភៀន): Going to Cuba—most blog activity suspended until after July 5

By SJ Otto

I am leaving for

Cuba

this Saturday. I will be travelling with Pastors for Peace. For that reason my blogs will probably not be in use for the next two weeks. I do not know what the situation for WIFY or computer use is while I will be in

Cuba

. I will be there for two weeks.

I will have plenty to post when I return. But as to what I will post while I am there, I have no idea. I don’t post a lot on this blog. But I’m sure to post something here when I return.

As a Marxist-Leninist, not to mention a Marxist-Leninist-Maoist, this will be the chance of a lifetime. I also have a democratic socialist blog. I believe I can be both a democratic socialist and a Maoist. That requires two different strategies. I like to think the moderate one is short-term and the Maoist one is long term.

I will get to see, first hand, what it is like in a real Marxist-Leninist country. There are very few of these left.

Vietnam

Laos

and

China

come to mind as Marxist-Leninist. They all have mixed economies. They are not actual full-scale Marxist-Leninist countries.

Cuba

may not be a fully socialist Marxist-Leninist country, but they are just about the only country that is dedicated to creating such a system.[1]

We do have socialist nations, such as

Venezuela

, who are busy standing up to US-imperialism. But they are not following the pure Marxist-Leninist ideology. In

Nicaragua

, where I have actually been, they once had a Marxist revolution. Today a member of the Sandinista Party, Daniel Ortega, holds power, as an elected leader. Today the Sandinistas follow a Democratic Socialist ideology. Despite all of that, our Idiot President Donald Trump has sanctioned the country as if it has the same government as Cuba does.

I may have problems coming back from

Cuba

, such as losing my souvenirs. That is because the Idiot Trump has turned back the clock to the cold war days to the past and has forbidden US citizens from travelling to

Cuba

This is my chance to see how a truly Marxist-Leninist country actually works. It may be my last time to see that. We never know how long such a revolution will last. Although I am a Maoist, people as me are no longer against the government of Cuba. We recognize that

Cuba

is a Marxist-Leninist government and although they do not follow the more advanced theories of Mao, they are worth defending against US imperialism—a system that does not discriminate against any socialism nation. The

opposes ALL forms of socialism—thanks to the Idiot Trump, democracy does not matter to him and his ilk.

Cuba

is like an oasis in a hemisphere where real democracy and freedom just simply does not really exist. I am looking forward to this trip. I will return about July 5. Soon after that, I will be posting my experience on Otto’s War Room (毛派), The Idiot Factor: Corruption Folly, Counter-culture Journals (文革) and my personal blog, Artsy Fartsy (អាភៀន).