Fidel, corruption and to define some terms. By Mario Boy digital journalism is spoken here ... Notes in revolutionary times daily
next offer a number of terms that systematically will be published in this section contribution to the debate and political education of our people.
anti : A set of slogans and facts that are used to attack the theory and practice of communism, based on misrepresentations about the socialist regime and objectives of the communist parties. Inspired by the most reactionary circles of the imperialist bourgeoisie, anti used to justify the persecution and murder against the Communists and the democratic and progressive sectors.
Bourgeoisie: social group made up of factory owners, merchants and other affluent sectors whose revenue comes from exploitation wage labor. In capitalist society, is the dominant class living and enriched at the expense of effort of workers.
Communism: economic and social training, according to the historical development subject to laws, replace capitalism. Communist society is created as a result of the triumph of the proletarian revolution, the establishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat and the construction of socialist society, the first phase of communism. It is a classless social system, with a unique form of ownership of the means of production, social ownership of all the people and a full social equality for all citizens. It makes the principle of each according to his ability, to each according to his needs. " Communism is the future of humanity.
Capitalism: economic and social training is going to feudalism, whose base is the private ownership of the means of production and exploitation of wage labor. The basic law of capitalist production is to obtain the goodwill. Its characteristic features are the anarchy of production, periodic crises, the lockout chronic misery of the people, competition and wars. The contradiction essential class in capitalism is the clash of the proletariat and the bourgeoisie.
Disinformation: The dissemination of false, biased and provocative practiced by the press and other means of propaganda of the capitalist countries, in order to mislead public opinion. It is one of the most used in the smear campaign against President Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian Revolution, described as a terrorist and drug trafficker.
Strategy: Guidance policy aimed at implementing the objectives and tasks corresponding to a particular historical period and on the basis of economic and social situation in the country, the correlation of class forces, the international moment and other factors. It takes into account the main objective on which to concentrate the bulk of the fighting and partners is necessary and possible to attract to the joint fight.
Giro Left: Progress den consciousness and action of broad sections of workers and popular adopting consistent anti-imperialist positions, participate in the revolutionary struggle and come to ideas that come to the ideology of the proletariat, the scientific outlook of Marxism-Leninism.
Hegemony: priority, superiority in strength or influence; dominance. / / Paper leader of a social class or state in relation to other classes or states.
Ideology: A set of forms social consciousness, political, legal, scientific, philosophical, religious, moral (ethical), artistic (aesthetic). In class-divided society the ideology has a class character and the dominant ideology of the class which is the economic and political power. Throughout the history of class societies takes the struggle between progressive ideology and reactionary or bourgeois ideology, which advocates violence and war, fascism and anti-communism, try to save the regime by any means capitalist. Based on the principles of Bolivar, Rodriguez, Zamora, Marx, Lenin and our indigenous ancestors, we are faced with the supreme task of building a progressive ideology that expresses the vital interests of the working class, farmers, professionals, technicians, students, housewives, children and the vast majority of Venezuelans.
Commander Fidel Castro on revelations made at the Commander Tomas Borges published in his book "A Grain of Corn" makes a very precise and accurate definition of corruption.
Corruption is not for Fidel Castro, leader of the Cuban Revolution, a mere exercise misappropriation of material goods, especially those from the treasury of the nation, but rather an irresponsible behavior of those who hold leadership positions in the party and within government, whose action is given by the arrogance, abuse of power, arrogance, lack of humility and other abuses.
In "A Grain of Corn" (1992) by Tomas Borges, commander of the Sandinista Revolution, Castro answered a series of questions and reflections on this and other troubling issues and interest for Latin America and the world, we will present content for delivery in successive issues of this publication.
TB: There is a widespread phrase that perhaps worth commenting: Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. How have you escape?
FC: "I would agree with that statement in principle. I think that power corrupts -Call it power, but we could say the exercise of important positions, important functions of important responsibilities, which is what is often referred to, which is also a very relative concept, I've seen in men and have seen over once. When speaking of corruption, including arrogance, arrogance, lack of humility, abuse of power. Some men just have a little responsibility and have started to change, begin to deform, with a little power, not a lot of power, and I believe that is greater the more power they have. (...) I think this requires, first, be aware of the issue and be alert, be ever vigilant against the risk.
for me, as I have never seen power as my own, I have not seen power as something you enjoy, but I have seen the power or authority as an instrument of just cause a revolution, something you want, you intend to target, in which you feel deeply identified with the people and have never lost contact with ordinary men and women of the people, as my I worked as an artisan life, because when we started to organize the movement was a worker at the base, not delegated to recruit other cells and combatants. Myself, personally recruited thousands of people, I spoke personally with thousands of them when we were organizing the revolutionary movement, I could do it, suffice it to say, I worked in the organization of the revolutionary movement in complete legality.
All my life since the coup of March 10, 1952, working with people I did personally, and I had that contact, all the time, as a college student when I began to stand out as a student leader, later as a political leader after March 10, 1952 as an organizer of the revolutionary process, and all those things I worked as a slave. And later organizing the Granma expedition, training for staff. Then throughout the war, once I left the troops during the 25 months of the war, not ever I left the soldiers, was with them, lived with them. These habits have kept over more than 30 years after the triumph of the Revolution. I have much contact with people, see people and I admire her, and I have a lasting record of the role played by the people. The work of one is a small and modest up the great work that all these things in which I participated, where the key role is played by men and women the people.
If one is honest, truly honest, does not have to become corrupted. If one is modest, if they have an exact dimension of the value of men, the value of itself, does not have to become corrupted. Throughout my life I have had in that eternal vigilance and have been very real with myself. I've always considered everything I've done, if correct, if not correct, if I did follow the impulse or not, if I let myself go a little pride or not, and I think I've learned to master myself . Know thyself! It may be another maxim: always control yourself to yourself!
I have been fortunate to host these ideas that are associated (...) with history, the role of men, of the merits of men think that's me helped to remain as it was, since I took the first steps along the path of revolution.
You said another maxim: Absolute power corrupts absolutely. And I could subscribe to this expression, but I really have not had the experience of power all because I've never been in favor of single-person decisions, or better say, one-man government. Since we started the revolution is a small core of leadership, two things: an address to several colleagues and an executive of three. So we organized the Movimiento 26 de Julio, and recruit people, train them, seek weapons of course, I was initially the only professional. I was a professional because from the time I spent all that time, no money and me mates were holding me food, house rent, fuel truck and stuff, I paid the fine fellow . So I started being a professional revolutionary with a hundred percent of the time spent on the activity, and were 15, 16, 17 hours every day, that we in the law. So organize everything.
