The Australian Communist Party stands squarely with the people and government of Cuba as they confront the latest challenges. Since the triumph of the revolution in 1959, Cuba has been subjected to merciless and unrelenting attack from reactionary forces led by the US and acts of war from the world’s most powerful imperialist force itself. Among these outrages have been a deadly economic and diplomatic blockade, sabotage and terrorist acts, assassination attempts on leading figures in the Cuban revolution and efforts to foment unrest and division among the people. This includes the encouragement of the latest protests taking place in Cuba.
In the face of this long history of attack, Cuba has logged many outstanding achievements of socialist construction and become a model of international solidarity. The world’s worst disasters have prompted impressive responses from Cuban medical volunteers and other specialists. Young revolutionaries rushed to help their African brothers and sisters when they were attacked by forces of South Africa’s apartheid regime. This unstinting generosity has inspired progressive people all over the world.
The COVID pandemic has devastated the tourism sector on the island and, compounded with the sanctions imposed and severely limited trade, has left Cuba more vulnerable than any developed capitalist state. It has been predicted that Australia may recover from this pandemic in 2060. Resource-poor Cuba will not be exempt from the sufferings of the pandemic and the setback it imposes on both socialist and capitalist countries.
Cuba’s world-famous health system has been pushed to its limits and Biden now sees an opportunity to press home the advantage. In these circumstances, the progressive people of the world, who have many times counted on the solidarity of the Cuban revolution, are raising their voices for imperialism to stop its attacks on the people of Cuba and lift the US sanctions that has punished the Cuban people for 60 years. The ACP unreservedly joins this call and will continue to work in solidarity with Cuba.
Nice.
Also, turns out the Australian Communist Party are different from the Communist Party of Australia? What’s going on there?
Leftists stop re-enacting the Judean People’s Front skit irl challenge
…do they have any representation at all? I looked up the CPA earlier, turns out they barely get a few hundred votes. It’s kinda disappointing, honestly.
The latter is originally a split from the old CPA by members who were literal Tankies after the old CPA went Eurocommunist. The Former are a split from this. I recall over some disagreements over Labor Party entryism or something. Not clear on the detail.
I’m slightly more inclined towards the latter since the former is overly critical of China from my analysis (And I’m no Dengist) but both seem to have mostly ok takes and I wish them well in their praxis…