the statement below serves to have removed the rational for all national liberation struggles in the 60s and 70s, the algerian revolution, the vietnamese revolution, the lusophone countries' revolutions in africa, the fanonian revolutions. well, maybe he is right. maybe egypt serves as one possibility, and mozambique another and angola another and so on
cuba is not perfect, god knows.
but neither is guatemala or antigua.
ken
History has shown that dictatorships overthrown through largely nonviolent civil insurrections are far more likely to evolve into stable democracies than dictatorships ousted through armed revolution or foreign intervention. Mali appeared to be a prime example of this phenomenon.
-- kenneth w. harrow faculty excellence advocate distinguished professor of english michigan state university department of english 619 red cedar road room C-614 wells hall east lansing, mi 48824 ph. 517 803 8839 harrow@msu.edu
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