Capitalism in Crisis
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<DIV>Fidel Castro condemns the impact of neoliberal globalization on developing nations as well as the advanced capitalist countries <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">Fidel Castro adds his voice to the growing international chorus against neoliberalism and the globalization of the world economy. He calls for the abolition of the IMF and asks: “Why not seek other formulas and admit that humankind is able to organize itself and its destiny in a more rational and humane manner?”</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">Fidel Castro also discusses</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">* the danger of a new stock market collapse</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">* U.S. cultural hegemony</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">* NATO's war in Yugoslavia</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">* US “war on drugs” in Latin America</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">* the need to democratize the United Nations</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">* the catastrophe of capitalist reform in Russia</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">* the current state of US-Cuba relations</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"> </p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">In the face of the “new world order,” Fidel comments: “To endure the global struggle between the super-powers is bad. To live under total hegemonic domination by one of them is worse.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">“Library shelves are full of books touting the wonders of globalization; perhaps there should also be room there for a dissenting voice. This volume collects speeches and written messages by Castro over the last two years… Castro has no objection to globalization; in fact, he considers it inevitable. What he objects to is the imposition of neoliberal capitalism in the name of globalization.” —<I>Booklist</I></p><p> </p></DIV>
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