Bernie Sanders’ Defense of Castro’s Cuba Evokes Socialism’s Brutal History
Self-described democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders’ defense of the policies of the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro drew swift and widespread condemnation and evoked memories of some of history’s bloodiest regimes. . .
In response, Rep. Donna Shalala, D-Fla., who represents a large population of Cuban-born residents in her district, tweeted: “I’m hoping that in the future, Senator Sanders will take time to speak to some of my constituents before he decides to sing the praises of a murderous tyrant like Fidel Castro.”
University of Hawaii historian R. J. Rummel, estimated in 1987 that the Castro regime was responsible for the deaths of between 35,000 to 141,000 of its own people. Worldwide, it is estimated that communist regimes have killed an estimated 100 million people.
In Fox Nation’s new six-part series, “The Unauthorized History of Socialism,” Fox News anchor Bret Baier re-examined the 200-year history of an idea that changed the world, starting from its roots in America in the early 1800’s, to its emergence in Europe and the collapse of the Soviet Union, to its apparent rebirth in the United States in 2020.
“By the end of the 20th century, many believed the historic struggle between socialism and capitalism was over,” narrated Baier in the Fox Nation series. “You might think the empirical case had been made and the door shut forever on the socialist dream, but you would be wrong.” (Read more from “Bernie Sanders’ Defense of Castro’s Cuba Evokes Socialism’s Brutal History” HERE)
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