ACN (Cuba): "Political Activism Will Derail Capitalism"

You've heard of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"? Think of this as "If it ain't broke, you can still destroy it":

The Sixth International Conference on Latin American Studies opened Wednesday in Havana with the words of Cuban economist Osvaldo Martinez who said, "The capitalist system will not collapse due to economic crisis; it must be toppled with political activism."

Martinez, a Cuban legislator and head of the World Economy Research Center, said that the current global crisis experienced by capitalism "comes at an especially promising time" in Latin America as it's the only place in the world where there are anti-capitalist ruptures and new forms of integration such as the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA).

The conference is sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies (CEA) and is designed to motivate reflection from a perspective of critical thinking. The gathering includes lectures on the world economy, the crisis of neoliberal capitalism and on the specific case of the United States. Other topics include forms of resistance, new leaderships, and Latina American and Caribbean integration.

The event is dedicated to the memory of guerrilla commander Ernesto "Che" Guevarra and Cuban diplomat Raul Roa and gathers participants from Cuba, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Vietnam. [...]

Tags: Cuba, Capitalism, Latin America