I am back from my third trip with pastors for peace to our neighbor Cuba. Every time I have gone, the place and people there get a little deeper into my consciousness. We visit new facilities or see a different service that the revolution has provided for the people and I’m further convinced about how much we have to learn from Cuba about living together peacefully. Too, I’m further convinced about how fearful our government must be about having a different system of living together as a fair and equitable society right under our noses being revealed to ordinary US citizens. Why else would we be trying (since 1959) to be undermining, trying to assassinate, poison and bomb Cuba’s citizens and leadership? Why else would we be trying to undermine its economy and deny its people medicine and food for its children? Why else would 11 different US administrations punish Cuba just for having the right of self determination? I’ll tell you why —fear.
US citizens might realize that basic human needs —heath care, education and having a home that is your’s and your family’s— is not a privilege but a basic human right for humanity . Further, if you educate, feed and house and keep healthy a whole society then crime and class struggle, violence and many of the things that plague our society are greatly reduced and a new consciousness toward each other begins to happen. It is not a consciousness of “I’ve got mine, too bad for you” but one of “we are in this together in solidarity and we can work toward making a better world for all”.
Further, we can live in a sustainable and peaceful way and be happy, smart and well fed and enjoy our homes, families and life without having to exploit or kill others for raw materials. Think about what life would be like for US citizens if we actually started to think like that. That’s a very dangerous thing for the likes of Halliburton, Raytheon or McDonald-Douglas, just to name a few. That’s a very scary thing for our “elected representatives” who get to represent us because Insurance corporations and pharmaceutical corporations who contribute to their (re)elections write the bills that become law –bills that protect the “rights” of these companies to profit from basic human needs. US citizens might actually want a revolution (we had one once a long time ago) and want universal health care, free education for all or the right to have a roof over our heads without being in debt for the rest of our lives. Dangerous stuff. Viva la Revolution!
Dan Burgevin
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