WTF has this got to do with calais.

A diverson tactic if ever I saw one.

The ideology and the rhetoric. Cuba, for example, and for whatever view you may personally have of it in terms of freedom, places a very significant emphasis on the provision of its people, as opposed to the nation state (standards of health provision and education in Cuba massively exceed that of most similar third world countries).

Cuba, spent most of its existence as part of the Soviet satellite state, and engages in internationalism which isn't typically a fascist trait - Nationalism isn't that much of a tennet in Soviet or Cuban politics.

Communism and fascism (and especially National Socialism) have a lot of shared ideology (as fascism originated as a response to the appeal of communism), what tends to differ is the organization of the state and itsbody politic, the political rhetoric and probably most notably how those bodies of state function, rather than its actions. Both Fascism and Socialism place great emphasis on the power of unions as a means of protecting the working class, the difference is that in socialism, those organizations are formed and directed for the working class, where as in fascism they serve the state directly.

Whilst it can seem that's the same thing, its worth remembering that in Poland the rise of Solidarity stems from the Unions against the Polish communist state - similarly Union and state factions in both Hungary and Chechslovakia were instrumental in the both famous uprisings.

In Zimbabwe, there was the movement of reclaiming land, not for the state, but for the black farmers from private ownership (a disaster).

In the way that the term fascism gets used in general life, somewhat ignorantly, it could be applied to both Soviet style communism, Chinese State communism, Spanish Falangism, Pan Arabic Baathism or Argentinian Juntas; but there are very significant differences (notably in the internal politics and power structure). Also, traditionally both Communism and Fascism are 'opposed forces'.

Similarly one could look a Capitalist Democracies and label them the same, but when you look internally you see a big difference in terms of structure and organization, as well as orientation, whilst obstentially championing many of the same causes and ideals.

Bit out of the way if you're Chinese, Middle Eastern or African, what with the limited shipping routes for traffickers to use.

You'd love their immigration policy, its very much a Cuba for the Cubans approach. Its almost impossible to gain citizenship as a migrant to Cuba, unless its by marriage.

Edited by jamiemartin721 (10 Aug 2015 4.20pm)

The Socialist Utopia of Cuba.

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