오랫동안, 실로 수십 년 동안 우리는 미국 정부의 쿠바 봉쇄를 규탄해 왔다. 우리는 미국 정부가 1959~1960년 이래로 쿠바를 고립시키고 불안정하게 만들고 공격하려고 취해 온 여러 정책과 조처를 규탄해 왔으며, 계속 규탄하고 있다. 우리는 반(反)제국주의자이자 확고한 국제주의자들이다.

그러므로 우리는 7월 11일 아바나에서 일어난 가두행진에서 쿠바 역사가이자 마르크스주의자인 프랑크 가르시아 에르난데스, 청년 사회주의자이자 아바나대학교 물리학과 학생인 레오나르도 로메로 네그린, ‘트레멘다 노타’ 편집인 마이켈 곤살레스 비베로, 고등학생 마르코스 안토니오 페레스 페르난데스가 연행됐다는 소식에 심각한 우려를 표한다. 에르난데스는 권위 있는 석학으로, 쿠바 좌파의 역사를 재평가한 연구와 2019년 아바나에서 트로츠키를 주제로 조직한 국제 토론회로 세계적으로 명망이 높다.

우리는 에르난데스와 그의 동지 전원을 무조건 석방하고 쿠바 대중의 민주적 권리를 존중할 것을 촉구한다.

혁명가 로자 룩셈부르크가 1918년 저작 《러시아 혁명》에서 밝혔듯,

자유롭고 제약 없는 출판, 제한 없는 집회·결사의 권리 없는 광범한 인민 대중의 지배란 어불성설이다.

룩셈부르크는 이렇게 덧붙였다.

정부 지지자나 한 정당의 당원들이 얼마나 많든 간에 그들에게만 허용되는 자유는 전혀 자유가 아니다. 자유란 언제나, 다르게 생각하는 사람들의 자유였고 그 외에 다른 것이 아니었다. 이는 “정의”라는 어떤 광신적 개념 때문이 아니다. 정치적 자유가 내는, 교훈을 주고, 유익하며, 갈등을 해결하게 하는 모든 효과가 이 본질적 요소에 달려 있기 때문이다. “자유”가 특권이 되는 순간 이런 효과는 사라진다.

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