Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz - A person the west hates to admit as being right

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz  -  A person the west hates to admit as being right.

By Jan Freidun Taravosh 29th of November 2009.

Much has been said about Fidel Castro in the western media through the years, but it’s more or less  always the case that the western establishment hates to admit that he has something valueble to say -regardless of what he says, he is often a subject of ridicule or contempt, for what reason one may ask?

He is the chairman of the Cuban Communist Party, and for that reason alone, he is worth despising, and if not for that, it’s because he is growing old, and therefore his views on political issues of global importance must also be growing old. 

It’s funny how the western establishment suggest this reasoning on progressive leaders like Castro or Mugabe, but never dare to reason likewise about say, Reagan or Tatcher,  - hmm... Now to put things simple, Castro is that kind of person the west hates to admit as being right - based only on the fact that he is the chairman of a communist party. 

Regardless if you agree with everything he says or not, one should thoroughly examine his experience in politics with respect, and regardless if you agree or not,  his reflections on global development in politics is as good as always a worthwhile read. Take, for example his wise (and witty) reflection concerning Obama and the Peace Price, entitled A Nobel peace price for Evo, posted on the Cuban governments web-site  some time  ago in multiple languages. even the imperialists, must admit he clearly knows his stuff. He may be old, he may be communist, he may be Cuban, but above all (which the western media is trying to deny). He is a knowledgeable, well informed and experienced popular leader, freedom fighter, statesman politician, Lawyer - you name it. Don’t let the western definition “dictator” scare you, reading his reflections really demonstrates what a down to earth person he is. Even if he sometimes uses an economical terminology with might seem abstract of foreign to some, He nevertheless connects to the reader on a personal level.

The 18th of November Dr. Castro wrote a peace prize for Evo, where he contemplated the fact that the  Movement for socialism’s leader and Bolivia's, indigenous  President  Evo Morales is a more worthy recipient  of the peace prize than Obama. Unlike Obama Mr Morales is a true man of the people, a person willing not only to talk about but to consistently work for change, economic justice, and to get rid of the remains of colonialism, and apartheid in Bolivia, to ensure a life of dignity to all Bolivians regardless of colour, social status or creed. Mind you that this is the guy, who came to prominence in politics without university education and extensive PR. He won the elections because the people believe in him. His popularity is genuine and not staged. Yet where the united states administration seem to be joyous about having a African American president in the US. They have not reacted with the same joy concerning and American indigenous  president in Bolivia. US AID and the CIA is plotting a coup to remove him, the white settler minority does not hesitate to shoot at him and his supporters, when all they are trying to do is to bring the suggestion of land reform to the people. Despite the hardships Evo has encountered, he has still achieved much, and I do agree with Fidel, he is worthy recipient of a peace prize, most of all for his humanist and social development programmes , the likes of which Obama only talks about while the nations budget still maintains and excessive military budget. and the U.S army still occupies several nations and unlawfully interfere in the internal affairs of sovereign nations apparently there is no room for change in that department. If you do not feel inclined to agree with Dr Castro, then remember than Obama himself in the acceptance speech, underlined the fact that he himself did not consider himself worthy of the award, I.E. his African heritage does not make  automatically make him a Comrade Mandela per se! but then again the noble comittie is know to have a certain bias towards favouring US Presidents. Who are in  this Nobel comittie to decided these things anyway? Didn’t they award Nobel Prize in chemistry to an Israeli scientist? (Who’s name I can’t recall).  as far as I know the Apartheid government of Israel are no strangers to using chemical warfare against civilians in occupied Palestine. What I am trying to say is that this comittie seems to favour war and exploitation rather than peace and science for the advancement of noble causes of human kind, If am informed correctly then this makes me uneasy. One would think noble causes where of interest to the Nobel prize committee, but I guess, that is considered being  naive in today’s  world. 

Personally I also think Yusuf Islam deserves a Peace Award, but that’s me. More about that in another article.