Cuba
Probably the least effective way to advocate for the removal of the idiotic and counterproductive travel restrictions on Americans going to Cuba is to have a communist organization make a big splash about it every year.
Because then you get stuff like this:
“In the first 10 minutes, most of what you hear from the U.S. about Cuba is a lie,” Massey said.
Massey said that no one in this country hears about the education system or the free health care in Cuba. She also said a big misconception is the lack of an electoral process.
There is most certainly an electoral process. A single-party process with no competition or exchange of ideas.
A quick visit to the website of the Venceremos Brigade (that last word is a giveaway) reveals:
In 1969, a coalition of young people formed the Venceremos (”We Shall Overcome”) Brigade, as a means of showing solidarity with the Cuban Revolution by working side by side with Cuban workers and challenging U.S. policies towards Cuba
Out of curiousity, why didn’t the Buffalo News report on this mention that the group is a communist one? And what about Cuba did they “learn” was a “lie”, and from whom?
As an aside, I occasionally enjoy reading Generacion Y, written by a young woman from Havana. (Link goes to Google translated version).
Colin Says:July 15th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
I don’t get the criticism of the VB. It probably would be a more effective tactic if they were a group of conservatives, but they are who they are. It seems odd to criticize them for it. The problem isn’t the VB — it’s all the mainstream people who think the travel ban is wrong, but don’t so anything about it.