from the island

the revolution continues; email access is quite limited and rather slow. Scheduled events have been removed from the schedule and unscheduled events have made appearances. Conference presentations have been insightful, expansive, wide-ranging and well-informed and the discussions have been extremely lively. Cubans have insights into US politics and culture that are striking, of the sort one rarely encounters in the US! The commitment to the socialist experiment seems strong, the economy has improved over last year (as evidenced by the huge amount of vegetables on the pizzas!). More later, as access is running out at the moment. Any questions will be explored. in peace and solidarity, viva socialismo, d