Fidel Castro: US Wrongdoing

Fidel Castro in his prime, providing an excellent example of his wit, idealism, analysis. This is offered particularly to those under the spell of U.S. propaganda's demonization of Castro, to see and hear Fidel for themselves.

Fidel explains the US has been making cruel economic war against Cuba, not only refusing to trade with it, but using its great power to prevent most other countries from trading with Cuba, and resorting to tactics of assassination and persistent subversion. Cuba was forced to turn to the USSR to trade its sugar for necessities and when the USSR falls, Cuba has to endure the loss of 70% of its trade. But the Cuban people endure this painful "Special Period" because of their deep love of their revolution and revolutionary government.

Fidel talks of the Cuban government's deep commitment to principle, like how during their revolution they never resorted to torture or mistreatment of prisoners to gain information. This is all the more ironic with the US eventually choosing Guantanamo to carry on torture against Muslims.

Fidel here addresses an appreciative World Solidarity with Cuba Conference in Havana, November 1994. His 2 hour speech is seamlessly edited to about an hour.

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[MejoradaDj]

we have Cuban refugees in America, why?  Socialism of course!!!!

[joefriendly]

@MejoradaDj Cubans come to our prosperous land from a land suffering the cruel US blockade. Our prosperity is about to end unless the Occupy movement can get a movement going that replaces our obsolete economic system, our government, and mainstream media with institutions that actually serve the public. A solid analysis along these lines is presented by Professor Richard Wolff's talk of Jan 24, 2012: v=_-KqeU8nzn4. Will you listen to reason or are you a Republican?

[davidgon98]

Fidel has a reason to praise Comunism he is still making millions out if of it. What is you reason?

[joefriendly]

@davidgon98 And with that last foolish remark we say goodbye to your trolling. Go haunt some other video with your inane comments, David. Be gone! Blocksville!.

[cclark5191]

I think it is funny all of the Pro-american, pro-capitalist, pro-founding fathers demonize fidel castro. When america and their capitalist system exploit the third world countries and prop up dictators just so they can get cheap resources. And the founding fathers commited crimes even more heinous then fidel could dream of, they all held slaves that they didn't even bother freeing in there wills and commited a systematic genocide of the native americans.

[689433]

Is this video available just in spanish without the english translation? I wpuld love to just hear him since I speak spanish...

[juan1varona3]

Ever wonder why Fidel has no one in his Afro-Cuban community as one of his leaders, yet most of the population left in Cuba is Afro-Cuban? Amazing how no one ever calls him out for his being a phony.

[wildrohe]

VIVA CUBA VIVA FIDEL!!!!!!

[VERAVALENTINO]

la diferencia entre el capitalismo y el socialismoo o comunismo es que el socialismo cunbre el 99% y el capitalismo fue creado para el enrriquecimiento del 1%,y las creaciones de las guerras y escusas para explotar las riquesas naturales de los explotados.

[VERAVALENTINO]

@JohnHenryMcCabe

[JohnHenryMcCabe]

"The difference between the Communist system and the Capitalist system, is that although both give you a kick in the ass, in the Communist, they kick you and you have to applaud, and in the Capitalist they kick you and you can scream, and I came here to scream". -Reinaldo Arenas.

Read the novel Before Night Falls, it exploits Castro for what he really was.

[herpboy13]

@MejoradaDj what about the Mexicans CAPITALISM OF COURSE

[gulbirk]

@MontChevalier Exactly. Thats just what I wanted MejoradaDj too see to. People flee because of the circumstances. And you cant always put a correlation between two things and believe that to be the answer.

[MontChevalier]

Well, I appreciate the speech given by Fidel Castro. But, as my beliefs lean more to Francisco Franco and his ways, I worry about other areas in which the Cuban people could exploit, which would greatly GREATLY aid them, as they did the Generalissimo, Franco. The religion of Catholicism offers many advantages; cheap labor, cheap work, cheap resources, trade relations with Catholic countries, free education, free orphanages, free hospitals. Either way, as the Prussians say,"To each his own."

[MontChevalier]

@Hollywood1127 Obama? Dude, Obama is just another selfish politician. He's not going to do a thing. Don't waste your prayers on him.