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DESCRIPTION:The Cuban Revolution of 1959 made great strides in its first 30 years, 
 enjoying the international socialist solidarity of the USSR and its allies, 
 despite the crippling hostility of the US and its virtual blockade of the 
 fledgling socialist state. In the 1990s, after the collapse of the USSR and 
 cut off of trade from the former COMECON countries, Cuba entered the 
 “Special Period.” Cuba successfully adverted economic collapse but at 
 the price of distorting some of the socialist standards. The new millennium 
 brought new challenges and the deepening consensus for economic and social 
 adjustments. Our panel will discuss the pressures and rationales for 
 structural socio-economic change and the impact on the relations of 
 production and the forces of production. We explore the economic reforms 
 started and proposed, along with the practice of socialist democracy, which 
 has deeply engaged the entire population in collectively contributing to 
 the understanding of the problems and their solutions.\n \nPanelists: 
 Sharat G. Lin, Richard Hobbs, David Oberweiser, and Roger Harris with 
 Kathleen Densmore moderating will report back from their visits to Cuba. 
 Sharat is with the San Jose Peace and Justice Center and is an 
 international journalist. Richard is founder of Human Agenda and former 
 director of the Santa Clara County Office of Human Relations. David is a 
 trade union activist who has had a long-term project visiting Cuba to 
 research agricultural workers. Roger is active in the Task Force on the 
 Americas. Kathleen worked in the Ministry of Education in Havana for a 
 semester during the Special Period. In June, David, Kathleen, and Roger 
 attended an international conference in Havana on The Socialist Renewal and 
 Capitalist Crisis, while Richard and Sharat and were also in Cuba at the 
 same time independently researching the ongoing economic changes.\n\nAll 
 welcome   Suggested donation: $5-10 (no one turned away)\n\nSponsored by 
 the Task Force on the Americas, the Institute for Critical Study of Society 
 (ICSS), Human Agenda, and the San José Peace and Justice Center\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/08/17/18719754.php
SUMMARY:Cuba: The Socialist Project in a Capitalist World
LOCATION:San José Peace and Justice Center\n48 South 7th Street\nSan Jose, CA 
 95112\nVTA bus routes: 22, 522, 23, 11, 63, 64, 72, 73, 81, Hwy 17 Express, 
 LRT\n\n(September 2 in Oakland, see flier)\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/08/17/18719754.php
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