The editors of the New York Times say the "tangled case" should be resolved under federal immigration law. But there is nothing complicated about this issue.

For decades the U.S. government has pursued a policy against Cuba that has included direct military intervention, sabotage, attempted assassinations, and provocations. The U.S. rulers have imposed a draconian embargo on this island nation to punish the Cuban people, who refuse to get on their knees and submit to imperialist dictates.

Cuban General José Fernández answers Washington's propaganda by speaking eloquently to the question of human solidarity and working class morality exemplified by the Cuban people, quoted in the "Discussion With Our Readers" column on this page.

The Cuban people through collective labor provide free medical care and free education up through the university level for all the country's citizens. Other measures implemented by the revolutionary government include elimination of U.S.-dominated gambling and prostitution operations, and outlawing of racist discrimination in hiring and social services. The solidarity and respect for humanity learned in Cuba that can be seen in internationalist missions involving thousands of teachers, doctors, nurses, and others who volunteer their assistance to undeveloped nations around the world.

The Cuban road points in the opposite direction of dog-eat-dog capitalism and the brutalities it inflicts on human beings. That's why working people around the world need to condemn Washington, oppose the U.S. embargo, answer the anti-Cuba lies, and demand Elián González be returned to his father immediately.

Class-conscious fighters can use the debate around the case to sell and discuss Pathfinder's newest titles: Making History: Interviews with Four Generals of Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces and the upcoming Che Guevara Talks to Young People as a way to get out the truth about the Cuban revolution. Encouraging young people to attend the youth conference in Havana this April can also aid this effort.  
 
 
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