• TerminalEncounter [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Cuba decolonized during the revolution and Castro, very wisely, figured out to really complete the decolonization they must also pursue a full socialist proletariate revolution as well. Thats pretty much the best case scenario for decolonization, I agree. Itll be way harder to pull off today.

    • TheLegendaryCarrot23 [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Technically yes Cuba "decolonized" immediately after Batista was overthrown. But in practice Cuba's "decolonization" process was long and difficult as in reality "decolonization" for Cuba mostly meant dealing with the inequalities and prejudices black Cubans faced. It took decades for the revolution to reconcile Cuba's racist society and the racist inclinations of lighter skinned Cubans(most of which was a legacy of colonial plantations and slavery etc) . Of course black Cubans lives improved dramatically immediately after the revolution but full "decolonization" was long and difficult even for Cuba and still ongoing .

      For the US at this moment "decolonization politics" is mostly confined within the discourse of anarchist and trotskyist circles who argue for autonomy movements in the US which I'm agnostic about as well as liberal and even neoliberal academia. Honestly my main problem with decolonization rhetoric is how easily it's cooped and frankly how vague it is at times to the point of obfuscation.