Análisis y Debate - Diciembre 2002

DIÁLOGO (ANÁLISIS Y DEBATE) - Diciembre 2002

Date:: 01 Dec 2002
Time:: 17:18:35

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Estimada compañera Mirabel C. Noda,

1. Although we thought that the debate on Koyto (<www.ucalgary.ca> Events ) was interesting and that Dr. Schindler made a powerful argument in favour of action so that we can adapt to Global Climate Change, we were much more impressed by the Environmental and Sustainable Development achievements described in <magon.cu”

2. Possibly, the David Suzuki Foundation would be interested in learning more about these achievements.

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3.Yours fraternally,

David Whitefield

Date:: 07 Dec 2002
Time:: 12:56:42

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Estimada compañera Mirabel C. Noda,

1. From time to time, to read something interesting, we view your website from which our belief that many Cubans remain heavily influenced by ideology emanating from the United States of America has been confirmed. Also, with respect, we look for stimulation from active members of your Party, in either the Spanish or English language, in your Analysis and Debate Section.

2. During the last few days, further evidence of the weakness of the U.S. economy has been provided. By every measure, it has a deficit. Experts are now proposing yanki dollar devaluation so as to increase exports. Yesterday, the resignation was announced of two of the most senior economic managers as TV showed images of Wall Street executives standing on the sidewalk, trying to sell their www.com wares.

Once I built a tower, To the sky, From bricks and mortar and lime. As I built a tower, I stood high. Buddie..can you Spare a dime?

Once I build a railroad, Made it run, Made it race Against time. Once I built a railroad, Now it’s gone. Buddie, can you Spare a dime?

Once in army boots Jee, wasn’t it swell, Singing out yanki doodle dum? Half a million troops Went marching through Hell, And I was the kid With the drum.

Say, don’t you remember? You called me Al? Called me Al, All the time. Say, don’t you remember, I’m your Pal? Buddie, can you Spare a dime?

4.. Although we realize that some young people (who, often, are sad, lonely and bored) experience Attention Deficit Syndrome, we continue to believe that the Caracas Strategic Action plan should be executed more effectively to avert both world war and catastrophic environmental disaster

5. Lo córtes no quita lo valiente.

Yours fraternally,

David Whitefield

Date:: 17 Dec 2002
Time:: 03:45:44

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Estimada compañera Mirabel C. Noda,

1. We still enjoy learning about your view of the world in your own language and, from time to time, visit your website in the hope of reading something interesting in your analysis and opinion section. Although we have been accused of “spamming” the Caracas Strategic Action Plan, we hope that you have been applying yourselves to its study because it provides a good analysis and a good plan that overlaps with Canada’s humanitarian foreign policy to defend this country’s sovereignty by implementing the international financial strategy

2. Another year is approaching. We hope that 2003 will see the strengthening of proletarian internationalist solidarity and the solidarity of all social forces striving to bring peace to the hearts and homes of the oppressed. We hope that during 2003, turmoil will be replaced and sanity in the minds and mansions of the mighty and that, for the benefit of future generations, young Canadians and Cubans will start working together to conserve the World Heritage City of Havana.

3. The closing of a year provokes nostalgia. Some of us who have visited Cuba on many occasions remember the apathy that we encountered during our visits to the University of Havana. We remember lack of interest in discussing ideas, based on historical materialist principlrs that are directed toward meeting the needs of the proletariat of the Era of the Scientific and Technological Revolution such as those that were presented by Fidel in Caracas.

4. Young people themselves must do the work of acquiring the human and technical resources that they need to obtain knowledge that will enable them to apply these ideas.

5. Of course, we also remember our personal friends.

¿Cual vida sin poetas?

Across the continent and the Caribbean, from the mountains of Alberta, near Kananaskis where world leaders met this year and decided on an action plan for Africa and on a plan to deal with the environmental problem in the Arctic, my own special thoughts are extended to a Cuban teacher, a compañera who actively participated in that great adventure, the campaign to overcome illiteracy in your country; to a Cuban poet of Filipino origin, a camerada who revitalized my interest in Afro-Caribbean culture by introducing me to the breath of fresh air contained in the works of Nicolás Guillén; and to the Cuban workers in the Museum of the Campaign Against Illiteracy, the greatest achievement of your Revolution.

6. The words of this song were written by Robert Burns, the national poet of Scotland, who died from fever shortly before he could reach the barque on which he was to travel to the Antilles.

Estas al igual que muchas otre cosas son pasajes de nuestra historia casi jamás contadas.

¿ Hai qu’escaecer l’antiguu tratu

y nun lu remembrar?

¿Hai qu’escaecer l’antiguu tratu

y la vieya amistá ?

***

Pola vieya amistá

pola vieya amistá

vamos tomar un vaso

pola vieya amistá

***

Tú cola to pinta

y yo cola mía

vamos cantar un pocu

pola vieya amistá

***

7. Yours fraternally,

David Whitefield.

Date:: 26 Dec 2002
Time:: 14:20:42

Comments

Estimada compañera Mirabel C. Noda,

2. Today, the Southam Press reported that Fidel has sent a detailed chronicle for his reasons for having been in repose during the meetings of the Cuban National Assembly and that he feels more optimistic than ever about the future of the Revolution.

3. We are old people who have recovered from insect bites.

4. In addition, the Southam Press published a recent report by the Strategic Counsel.

“The triumph of capitalism in the 1990’s after the erosion of communism really left the business community in a very commanding position, where it seemed unassailable. And clearly this has proved to be false”.

Yours fraternally,

David Whitefield

Date:: 29 Dec 2002
Time:: 16:54:21

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Estimada compañera Mirabel C. Noda,

2. Today, the Southam Press reported that Cubans intend to share their knowledge about Ernest Hemingway with the yankis.

3. Like most men who were accultured within slave-based societies, Hemingway was lazy, sexist and racist. On several occasions, we have visited the “Old Man of the Sea” Hotel and the Hemingway Marina where the foreign owned-controlled managers charge very high prices and provide very poor services. The Hostal del Tejadillo is much better. In addition, we have eaten expensive pizza in the Hemingway place in Old Havana. Much better food and service was provided in the Restaurante Santo Engel.

4. There is much more to Cuba than Hemingway and Havana. Although I do not enjoy the style of their music and dancing, the young people who were making good use of the Palace (within walking distance of the Museum of the History of the Campaign Against Liiteracy) that was once used by the Dictator Batista, were enthusiastic.

5. The city of Santa Maria del Rosario is a beautiful example of a germanic bishopstown where I participated very slightly in the magnificent performance of the dramatic ballet, The Sale of African Slave Women. Last April, in a theatre in Vedado, we watched a magnificent performance by the Cuban National Afro-Cuban Dance Group.

Yours fraternally,

David Whitefield

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