"The boundaries are already drawn. It can no longer be said that Communism is at the gates, because in truth it is within speaking powerfully".
Time, May 30, 1960.
The above is an excerpt from a pastoral letter of Archbishop Enrique Perez Serantes, which was read throughout his archdiocese of Havana. It might be noted that Archbishop Serantes saved the life of Fidel Castro when the latter attempted an uprising against dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1953. Now the Archbishop is forced to condemn the very man whose life he saved, for al- lowing Communism to enter and propagate within Cuba.
The Montreal Daily Star of May 25, 1960 had the following to say about the swing towards Communism in Cuba.
"The seeming identity of views between the Cuban government and the Soviet Union, with which it established diplomatic relations earlier this month, was forcibly expressed in a long, front page editorial Monday in Revolucion, the newspaper considered to (be) the official voice of Castro's regime. Revolucion said that the Eisenhower admistration has been characterized by a policy of war brinksmanship necessary to dominate its allies, and other countries submitted to its international policy through the terror of atomic cataclysm."
Cuba has negotiated trade pacts with the Soviet Union and Poland and is now discussing agreements with Czechoslovakia and East Germany. A trade mission leaves for Moscow and the three satellite capitals on Sunday to expand negotiations.
Revolucion declared that the Paris conference was a "moral victory" for the Soviet Union. Of the U.S., it said that it follows a policy "characteristic of systems in moral and doctrinal decadence".
There are still a multitude of individuals and groups of individuals in this country and the United States who insist that Fidel Castro is the best thing that could have happened to Cuba.
They state that while there might be some Leftist sympathizers in the Castro regime, Castro himself is quite aloof from Communism and is simply following the most democratic line in not persecuting the Communistic elements which are active in Cuba.
The letter of the Archbishop, who certainly is a man in the best position to know just what is what in Cuba, and the details of the Cuban government's activities and the demonstration of where its expressed sympathies lie, certainly demonstrate beyond any doubt that the Castro regime is actively in support of Communism.
It is not necessary that a man make an open avowal of membership in the Communist organization in order to be Communist. In fact, the most effective work for Communism has been done by men who do not carry the party card. "Actions speak louder than words" is a maxim which it might be well to bear in mind when the question of Castro's ideological stand comes up.
E. M.
"What is economic democracy? To this question Social Credit gives a clear fundamental answer. Economic democracy means that individuals in society are gaining increasing control over their material environment. The tests of economic democracy are a rising standard of living for all, and expanding opportunity for productive activity either in employment or in leisure. The theory of democracy is that society is organized for the welfare of the individual.
Social Credit is ultra-democratic and individualistic. The goal is not the regimented Work-State, but the Leisured Society.
Statement of Evidence, p. 5
Social Credit Political League