drugs in cuba

[Red October]

what are the drug laws like in cuba? is pot legal there?

[Janus]

what are the drug laws like in cuba?
They're probably not as strict as it's not as much of a problem in Cuba as it is elsewhere.


is pot legal there?
No. Gov. seizes drugs (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/23/world/main676125.shtml)

[Tatarin]

Isn't it ironic when during the cold war, the rightist hardcores called pacifists and leftists "liberals" and "communists", and accused them of wanting the Soviet system installed in the US, when in fact the "communist" system in the Soviet union wasn't much liberal nor leftist at all.

[bezdomni]

when in fact the "communist" system in the Soviet union wasn't much liberal nor leftist at all.

How was it not leftist? :blink:

[rvn10]

I think Cuba is pretty strict on drugs, there is a famous general i believe his name was Ochoa, who was a member of the internationalist troops in Africa, and was accussed of drug trafficking or something, and he got executed.

I know China is really really strict, as well as Taiwan, you will get executed just for posession. :o

[bezdomni]

I know that Alan Ginsberg left Cuba (or was asked to leave, can't remember which) because of its stance on Marijuana.

[redcannon]

Originally posted by [email protected] 24, 2007 05:24 pm

when in fact the "communist" system in the Soviet union wasn't much liberal nor leftist at all.

How was it not leftist? :blink:
how bout the fact htat it was a totalitarianistic regime that gave little to no personal rights?

[Schleppy]

Originally posted by redcannon+January 25, 2007 03:45 am--> (redcannon @ January 25, 2007 03:45 am)
[email protected] 24, 2007 05:24 pm

when in fact the "communist" system in the Soviet union wasn't much liberal nor leftist at all.

How was it not leftist? :blink:
how bout the fact htat it was a totalitarianistic regime that gave little to no personal rights? [/b]
That doesn't mean it wasn't Leftist. The Left includes totalitarian as well as democratic and anarchic forms of socialism.

[bezdomni]

Originally posted by redcannon+January 25, 2007 03:45 am--> (redcannon @ January 25, 2007 03:45 am)
[email protected] 24, 2007 05:24 pm

when in fact the "communist" system in the Soviet union wasn't much liberal nor leftist at all.

How was it not leftist? :blink:
how bout the fact htat it was a totalitarianistic regime that gave little to no personal rights? [/b]
I am pretty sure totalitarianistic is not a word.

Individual rights were not that restricted in the USSR anyway...

Regardless, the means of production were not owned by private individuals, and surplus value was not extracted from the workers by private individuals for financial investment...so yes, it was leftist.

[JKP]

Originally posted by SovietPants+January 25, 2007 08:27 pm--> (SovietPants @ January 25, 2007 08:27 pm)
Originally posted by [email protected] 25, 2007 03:45 am

[email protected] 24, 2007 05:24 pm

when in fact the "communist" system in the Soviet union wasn't much liberal nor leftist at all.

How was it not leftist? :blink:
how bout the fact htat it was a totalitarianistic regime that gave little to no personal rights?
I am pretty sure totalitarianistic is not a word.

Individual rights were not that restricted in the USSR anyway...

Regardless, the means of production were not owned by private individuals, and surplus value was not extracted from the workers by private individuals for financial investment...so yes, it was leftist. [/b]
Yes, it was privately owned; by the state. And surplus value was extracted by the managerial class to enrich themselves and the inner party members.

Because as you know, being chauffeured in ZIL limos does not hint at differinng class interests at all. :rolleyes:

http://homepage2.nifty.com/backyard1/auto/photo_L/images/gorby_l.jpg

For some time now, I'm pretty sure that there has been a consensus on this board that the Soviet Union was state-capitalist. There's no need bring up the issue again.