Raúl and Fidel Castro Ruz: “Fighting with Audacity, Intelligence, and Realism” | MR Zine
Posted by Faiz on July 31st, 2007
A note from the editors of the MR Zine: “What is striking about Raúl Castro Ruz’s address on 26 July 2007 (an excerpt from which is reproduced below), on the occasion of Cuba’s National Day of Rebellion, is not his tribute to [the achievements of the revolution] but his candid assessment of the “errors which aggravate objective difficulties derived from external causes.” What “structural and conceptual changes” will be introduced to overcome them in “a very trying international economic situation”? And where will the changes take the revolution? Combined with “Cuba’s Self Criticism” by Fidel (also reproduced below), Raúl’s address is an essential reading for all peoples who cherish independence and are willing to fight for it “at the cost of any sacrifice.” — Ed.
