Re: Where denouncing labor abuses is illegal

On Jan 26, 6:07 pm, " krp" <krp24...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[snip]

<Let's see your proof that Cubans typically 60 hours a week. (Sorry,
<your word for it just won't cut around here.) And while salaries are
<low compared to North America levels, housing is also much cheaper.
<Food is subsidized. Health care and education are free. And despite
<the best efforts of all you embargo-Nazis, their health and education
<systems are widely regarded as the best in Latin America.

    Danny they are LOW compared to all of the western hemisphere except
Haiti.

[snip]

Compare the quality of life. Cubans are way better off than, say, the
average Mexican. You need only to look at basic health indicators like
the infant mortality rate:

Cuba = 5, Mexico = 29

And Mexicans have not had to endure decades of genocidal trade
sanctions at the hands of the Empire. On the contrary, they have "free
trade" with it!

Cuba's IMR has now caught up to Canada (rate = 5), and has surpassed
the USA (rate = 6).

Source: UNICEF
http://www.unicef.org/sowc08/docs/sowc08_table_1.xls


<As for political freedom, it is all relative. How many politicians in
<the USA, for example, were elected with the support of the majority of
<their constituents? Your man, Dubya, was first elected with the
<support of less than a quarter of the electorate. Heck, even his
<opponent got more votes! In Cuba, every elected representative,
<including Fidel, has the support of the majority -- as affirmed again
<in the vote last Sunday.

    Danny you are just goofy as hell. In the U.S. we can VOTE OUT the power.
Maybe you missed the FACT that the Republicans were KICKED OUT of power in
the house and senate?

[snip]

And what happened? Nothing! You still have 1 out 7 Americans with no
health coverage whatsoever (recent US TV program seen here). What kind
of "democracy" is that? And the US still enforces genocidal trade
sanctions to force THEIR dysfunctional system on the Cuban people!
What arrogance!


< Under capitalism, there is no such accountability. The only real power
workers have under capitalism is
< the strike -- a very blunt instrument, to say the least. And one that is
subject to the whims of the elite-based governments of the day.
Under capitalism the accountability is through labor contracts, through
laws giving workers some actual RIGHTS that are enforceable.
< What percentage of the US labour force is unionized, Kennykins? Maybe
< ten percent and falling?

    Sorry Danny it is more like 45%. Not enough but a start. My grandfather
would be heartsick as conditions today.

How heartsick would he be to know that is actually only 12.1%? And
that it has been declining for decades.

http://www.cepr.net/content/view/1441/220

Unfortunately, the capitalists crushed workers' dream of One Big Union
to counter the onslaught of cut-throat capitalism and imperialism--
except in Cuba, of course. Cuban workers today remain united and are
steadfast in their resolve not to let the imperialists drive any
wedges between them. This was affirmed yet again in the elections last
week. Must be frustrating as hell for you!

Dan
Visit my CUBA: Issues & Answers website at http://www.netcom.ca/~dchris/CubaFAQ.html
.

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