Rage Against the Marxist Machine
by Humberto Fontova
Hugo Chavez' inspirational debt to Ernesto "Che" Guevara is such that he
titled his regime's socio-economic model, "Mision Che Guevara." Don't
look for much of this in the MSM--but as I write Venezuela's youth are
hitting the streets in the tens of thousands and with raised
fists--AGAINST Castro/Che brand- socialism (having gotten a taste.)
In response, Chavez' police and brownshirt goon-squads (some mimicking
their national leader by wearing Che T-shirts) bludgeon, tear gas, shoot
and arrest hundreds of rebellious Venezuelan youth.
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In fact, nothing could be more fitting. In a famous speech in 1961 Che
Guevara denounced the very "spirit of rebellion" as "reprehensible."
"Youth must refrain from ungrateful questioning of governmental
mandates" commanded Guevara. "Instead they must dedicate themselves to
study, work and military service."
Youth, wrote Guevara, "should learn to think and act as a mass." Those
who "chose their own path" (as in growing long hair and listening to
Yankee-Imperialist Rock & Roll) were denounced as "delinquents." In his
famous speech Che Guevara even vowed, "to make individualism disappear
from Cuba! It is criminal to think of individuals!" he raved.
As luck would have it, this very month GQ magazine modestly crowned
itself the crowner of the "25 Most Stylish Men in the World." Based on
their cover, the top contender for the top spot seems like cheeky
free-spirit Johnny Depp, who appears shirtless--all the better to
display his Che Guevara pendant.
On top of jailing political prisoners at a higher rate than Stalin's and
murdering more people in its first three years than Hitler's in its
first six, here's an (abbreviated) list of the things prohibited under
penalty of jail and/or forced labor by the regime co-founded by the
gentleman cheeky free-spirit Johnny Depp flaunts on his t-shirts,
kerchiefs and pendants:
1. To say "Down with Fidel!" or "Che Sucks!" Cuba's constitution"
mandates 18 months in prison for anyone overheard cracking a joke
against Castro or Che. If the neighborhood CDR (Committee for the
Defense of the Revolution, imported to Cuba by the East German STASI,
who grandfathered it from Hitler's Gestapo) overhears any such deviation
from "ideological purity" the regime "will want a word with you."
2. Travel abroad without permission from the government. (which is
granted mostly to regime toadies and hacks.
3. Switch jobs without regime permission.
4. Switch homes without regime permission...
5. Publish anything without regime permission.
6. Own a personal computer, a fax machine or a satellite antenna.
7. Access the Internet. Cuba's Internet is under constant regime
"surveillance." By the secret police. Only 1.7% of the population has
access to the web, a lower percentage than in Papua New Guinea. This is
a nation that pre-Castro/Che had more telephones and TV's per-capita
than most European countries
8. Send your children to a private or religious school. All schools
belong to the Communist party.
9. Tune in to any free radio or television station. In Cuba all media is
property of the Stalinist regime.
12. Read books, magazines, or newspapers, not approved by the regime.
All books, magazines, and newspapers in Cuba are published by the
Stalinist regime.
13. Receive publications from abroad or from visitors. This is
punishable by jail pursuant to Law 88.
14. Openly communicate with foreign journalists.
15. Visit or stay in hotels, restaurants, beaches or resorts for
tourists. (regime permission is granted to a tiny number of regime hacks
and toadies)
16. Accept gifts or donations from foreign visitors.
17. Seek employment with foreign companies allowed to do business in
Cuba. (regime permission is required for employment with these
accomplices with Stalinism.)
18. Own your own home or business.
19. Earn more than the wages established by the regime for all
employees: $7-12 monthly for most jobs, $15-20 monthly for
professionals, such as doctors and government officials.
20. Sell any personal belongings, services, homemade foods or crafts
without regime permission...
21. Fish along the coastline or board a boat without regime permission.
22. Belong to any independent trade union. The regime controls all
unions and no individual or collective bargaining is permitted; neither
are strikes or protests.
23. Organize any artistic performance without regime permission. (Don't
look for this announced at the Sundance Film Festival but before Robert
Redford released the Motorcycle Diaries he was mandated to travel to
Cuba and give a special screening for approval to one of the film's
co/producers: Fidel Castro. So in effect, this Castroite provision can
actually extend beyond Cuba's borders.)
24. Select a doctor or hospital. The regime assigns them all.
25. Seek medical help outside of Cuba.
26. Hire an attorney. All are assigned by the regime.
28. Refuse to participate in an event or mass demonstration organized by
the Communist Party. (Turn down such an "offer" and watch your food
rations shrink and employment status crumble.)
29. Refuse to participate in "voluntary" work for adults and children.
(see above)
30. Refuse to vote in a single party election featuring only Stalinist
candidates nominated by the Stalinist regime.
31. Transport any food products for either personal or family
consumption between provinces.
32. Slaughter a cow. This "felony" is sanctioned by five years imprisonment.
33. Purchase or sell real estate or land.
34. Select a career. In the selection process for universities (all of
which belong to the Stalinist regime), regime apparatchiks select it for
you, closely reviewing your record of "ideological purity," as reported
to them by regime snitches.
35. Invite a foreigner to spend the night at your home.
36. Buy milk in a regime outlet for any child older than seven years.
Only Cuban children up to seven years of age have the right to pay a
quota for milk. After that, parents can only obtain milk in the black
market—if caught and their "ideological purity" (as reported by regime
snitches) is in question, jail time is usually in the offing for the
hapless Castro subject.
Today the world's largest Che Guevara image adorns Cuba's headquarters
and torture chambers for its KGB and STASI-trained secret police. And
cheeky free-spirit Johnny Depp seems delighted to flaunt this emblem
from his pendants, shirts and kerchiefs. In a Vibe Magazine interview a
few years back, Johnny Depp boasted of "digging" Che Guevara.
On the other hand, Venezuela's youth see what's coming with "Mission Che
Guevara." And as we saw in harrowing detail above—want no part of it.
"I bet you were expecting a Hollywood putz," boasted Depp to his
obsequious Vibe magazine interviewer who seemed dazzled by Depp's
penetrating sagacity. "Bet you expected some f**cking commodity without
a brain in his head!"
Nothing of the sort, Mr Depp. In such as Hollywood and Cannes, you tower
as an exceptional intellectual commodity.
Humberto Fontova : Rage Against the Marxist Machine - Townhall.com (2
February 2010)
http://townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2010/02/02/rage_against_the_marxist_machine
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