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

delayed blogging

to all, due to unforeseen circumstances, blogging attempts from the island will be delayed until Monday, June 23. in peace and solidarity, d

blogging from the island

to all, if everything works out well, there will be blogging from the island between June 18 and July 1, with hoped-for daily updates on meetings, information, conditions, insights gained, conferencing, etc. and there will be opportunities to ask questions that we will try to address and have answered by "experts" on the island. Past experiences on the island have demonstrated that one must be prepared for the unpredictable (blogging will be an experiment that may sometimes fail but one hopes often succeed???) and surprising (both good and bad). More to follow...venceremos...in peace and solidarity, d