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CUBANS SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN GENERAL STRIKES

Yeah, I know. Why should they risk their lives, or their freedom? You sit there, safe, in the U.S. What have you got to lose? Right?

Well, what have they got to lose that they haven't lost already? How did Poland get out from under the yoke of Communism? A general strike. How did Czechoslavakia manage it? A general strike. All they have to lose is their chains? Throughout history men and women have used strikes to gain their freedom. Risky? Of course.

Should they expect help from abroad? No. For every thousand that are put in prison, another thousand must stand in their places. There is no other way. Look at the thousands who died at sea, and those who were executed. It is time for Cubans to rise up en masse and gain their own freedom. Obviously no one else is going to do it for them. Sound stupid to you? Well, then read your history.

Freedom does not come without risk and sacrifice, even deaths. But if enough people rise up, they'll throw that Cockroach out of power and rebuild Cuba.