Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Nov 21, 2008	The meeting with Hu Jintao
Reflections by comrade Fidel: I did not want to talk a lot, but he obliged me to expand on things; I asked some questions and, basically, listened to him. His words recounted the feats of the Chinese people in the last 10 months. Heavy and unseasonal snowfall, an earthquake that...... [view]

Posted By:  qnp Posted On:  Oct 26, 2008	Youth Culture and Globalization
American cultural imperialism has a large effect on how youth construct their identities, creating hegemonic ideals of beauty, and most importantly defining cool for an entire generation of youth. Yet culture is not a one-way transaction, as much of global youth pop culture has been...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Oct 22, 2008	The Russian Orthodox Church
Reflections of Fidel: IT is a spiritual force. In the critical moments of Russian history it played an important role. When the Great Russian War began after the treacherous Nazi attack, Stalin turned to it in support of the workers and peasants that the October Revolution made owners of...... [view]

Posted By:  laurakenyon Posted On:  Oct 15, 2008	Blog Action Day 2008: Which side are you on?
A few years ago when researching for an essay, whose topic I can't remember anymore, I happened across this passage from a book introduction by Russian sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky and economist Alan Freeman: "... The globalised world is an imperial one: this fact simply conforms to direct...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Sep 30, 2008	Democratic socialism
Reflections of Fidel: I did not want to write a third consecutive reflection, but I can not leave this until Monday. There is one accurate response to Bush’s "democratic capitalism:" Chavez’ democratic socialism. There couldn’t be a more accurate way to express the great...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Sep 28, 2008	The goal that cannot be renounced
Reflections of Fidel: AROUND 35,000 Cuban health specialists are providing free or paid services in the world. Furthermore, some young doctors from countries such as Haiti and others among the poorest of the Third World are working in their homelands thanks to the assistance provided by...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Sep 3, 2008	A NUCLEAR STRIKE
Reflections of Fidel: IT is not an overstatement. This is the general expression of many compatriots. It was the impression of the Revolutionary Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Alvaro Lopez Miera, an experienced soldier, when he saw the twisted steel towers, the shattered houses...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jul 27, 2008	The two Koreas - Part II
REFLECTIONS OF FIDEL: ON October 19, 1950, more than 400,000 voluntary Chinese combatants, on orders from Mao Zedong, crossed the Yalu and waylaid the US troops that were advancing towards the Chinese border. The US units, surprised by the vigorous response of the country that they had...... [view]

Posted By:  ReillyY Posted On:  Jul 2, 2008	Gratitude on Canada Day
Paul Scott , winner of the Booker Prize (UK/1977) for his novel, Staying On , about the dying days of the British Raj also wrote four books on the same period in history: The Raj Quartet. One of his characters explains the “ ma/baap ” concept - the idea that England,...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jul 1, 2008	Salvador Allende: His Example Lives On
Reflections of Fidel: HE was born one hundred years ago in Valparaiso, in southern Chile, on June 26, 1908. His father, a middle-class lawyer and notary, was a member of Chile’s Radical Party. When I was born, Allende was already 18 years old. He was pursuing secondary studies in high...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jun 29, 2008	The United States, Europe and Human Rights
Reflections of Fidel: The discredited way in which the European Union suspended its sanctions on Cuba on June 19 has been reported in 16 international press dispatches. It has absolutely no economic effect on our country. On the contrary, the United States' extraterritorial laws and, thus,...... [view]