Dear Source:
Regarding the letter "Support Communism and Protect Our Island" by Larry Boecker: World influence in the transition Cuba will face now that Fidel Castro's rule has come to an end should be decidedly geared towards the implementation of a new democracy with free and fair elections.
Cuba's present communist government falsely presents itself as the authentic spokesman for the aspirations of the people, and claims to be able, though by recourse to violent means, to bring about the radical changes which will put an end to the oppression and misery of people.
Marxist communism, is characterized by the "class struggle" which implies that society is founded on violence. Within this perspective, any reference to ethical requirements calling for courageous and radical institutional and structural reforms makes no sense. In this system, every affirmation of faith or of theology is subordinated to a political criterion, which in turn depends on the class struggle, the driving force of history.
Participation in the class struggle is presented as a requirement of charity itself. The desire to love everyone here and now, despite his class, and to go out to meet him with the non-violent means of dialogue and persuasion, is denounced as counterproductive.
With the changing of the guard in Cuba, let us hope a new wave of freedom from the tyranny of communism is on the horizon. Sincerely,
Paul Kokoski
Hamilton, Ontario. Canada
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