Bcde. Abdul Jabbar Caliph, Chief Editor, African World Report Online
When one thinks about the
socialist theory of economics I can think of no better example then
that of Venezuela and Cuba. These two countries, which have born the brunt of capitalist-imperialist attacks against revolutionary socialism by Western Imperialism. Under the
leadership of President Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias and Fidel Castro these countries have
been able to successfully intertwine their national and political objectives
with the social and economical problems of their countries.
The transformation from
capitalism to socialism has been no easy task for either of these two
giants. For the past fifty-one years the proud revolutionary government of Cuba
has had to fight a lengthy campaign against the illegal, inhuman embargo that
has been imposed against it by the capitalist-imperialist regime of the United
States of America. This harsh embargo
has resulted in illegal sanctions being imposed against the proud people of
Cuba who refused to bow down to the imperialist pressures of the United States
of America.
These illegal sanctions were
designed to accomplish the following objective:
- To establish a climate in which the people would organize to overthrow the current government of Cuba;
- To prevent U.S. companies from during business with Cuba thereby forcing the economy to suffer;
- To prevent the travel of citizens from traveling to Cuba. African people need to understand our relationship to Cuba and its’ importance to our struggle for the liberation of African people;
Despite these obstacles the proud
nation of Cuba has been able to survive. This is due the courage of the Cuban
people and the bold leadership of Fidel Castro. The abandonment of Imperialist
Russia has also not made it easy on the Socialist economical survival of the
people against the Capitalist-Imperialist embargo of the United States.
The second nation that I have
selected as an example is the proud nation of Venezuela that is currently under
the leadership of President Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias a leader that displayed
what it means to be a true socialist. Hugo Chavez has been able to establish a
host of revolutionary programs that not only have benefited his people but
also the vast majority of the socialist governments in Latin America and the
Caribbean’s.
These programs consist of the
following:
- The establishment and implementation of a new constitution that respect and represent the people of Venezuela. This allow for the advancement of a Socialist government inside of this country that allow for the participation of the people in the nationalization of several key industries;
- The establishment of Tel Suv television network;
- The establishment of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas – this organization has allowed for the international cooperation of organizations based on the ideas of social, political and economical integration between the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean’s;
- The establishment of the Bank of the South-an intergovernmental union integrating two previous existing custom unions into one to meet the new needs of the people. This union is based on and model after some concepts of the European Union;
- The establishment and implementation of the Union of South America Nations.
It is because of the path that
these two giants have paved that many other Socialist nations have been able to
with the vast isolation that rest of the world has shown towards them.
Countries such as Bolivia; Ecuador and Nicaragua have indeed been able benefit
from their mutual cooperation to improve the lives of their people. This is
what it means to establish a Socialist economy along the lines of political and
social theories that not only involve the nationalization of key industries for
your people but allow for the mutual cooperation and befit of fellow Socialists
nations.
Both of the leaders of
these countries have attempted to developed a political relationship with the
United States and this relationship has been refused by all the Presidents of
the United States. Hugo Chavez has even went as far as to offer President Obama
pointers on the transition from a Capitalist economy to that of a Socialist
economy which was reject out right
No one knows how far
they will be able to succeed but from a Pan-African Internationalist point of
view it is safe to say that they are off to a good start. They understand what
V.I. Lenin meant when he said it was possible for an underdeveloped country to
develop a socialist economy along a non-capitalist path. This is accomplished
by moving towards the establishment of a Socialist government that is ruled by
the working class of that nation in order to meet the needs of the people.
We need to understand
that it is not just the state that is against the development of Socialism but
it is the petty bourgeoisie, neo-colonialists element and private capitalist formations that aid
them, that are fighting tooth-and-nail to keep us from tearing down this
oppressive, exploitative capitalist-imperialist regime. They fear change; they
fear the lost of their power of the working class, particularly the African
working class that is keeping this rotten edifice alive and breathing.
They, the force inside of the
United States of America government understand fully that the elements for the
establishment of a Socialist government exist right here in this country. You may be asking yourself what are the
forces that he is talking about? Here
are the forces that I am talking about listed below:
- The Urban working class element that is currently suffering from massive unemployment and underemployment issues, particularly the African working class element that been forced to turn to semi-Lumpen or Lumpen activity ( criminal) activity in order to survive;
- The Lumpen element that are involved in criminal activity who currently make up this country’s prison population, particularly the masses of African people who make up at half of the population;
- The Rural working class element that is made up of farmers, share choppers and peasants;
- The socialist element which is made up of progressive and revolutionary forces that are working to develop a new order under the leadership of the working class, mainly the Pan-African Internationalist Coordinating Committee(PICC) that realizes no country can exist for long without the assistant of other Socialist nations;
- The State Capitalist structure that seeks to keep using oppressive and exploitative measures to arrest the peaceful transformation from a capitalist society to a socialist government.
If Africa is to know true
independence and freedom then she must completed the revolution of the 60’s and
move into a new age of Socialism. Africa must realize that she only completed
phase one of the revolution and therefore must fight to abolish
neo-colonialism, a parasitic disease that tries it to the
capitalist-imperialist structure that is causing massive havoc to her
political-economical structure. Upon
doing this she can form a Republic of Africa under the leadership of the
African working class and establish a socialist economy through the
nationalization of state industry that will befit all African citizens.
As members of the African working
class we must realize that the seizure of power is only the first step in this
process the consolidation of power is the most important step. The
consolidation of power will allow for the transformation from a capitalist
economy to a socialist economy. A
socialist economy would allow Africa to feed herself; it would destroy the
parasitic relationships that exist between non-whites and people of African
descent. This would allow for a real global economy to be established that
would meet the needs of the people.
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