{"id":2647442,"date":"2026-08-20T14:46:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignthe-dsa-is-fully-aware-of-the-horrors-of-socialism-but-they-dont-care-as-long-as-they-get-power\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T14:49:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:49:45","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignthe-dsa-is-fully-aware-of-the-horrors-of-socialism-but-they-dont-care-as-long-as-they-get-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignthe-dsa-is-fully-aware-of-the-horrors-of-socialism-but-they-dont-care-as-long-as-they-get-power\/","title":{"rendered":"The DSA Doesn&#8217;t Need To Hear From More Castro Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignthe-dsa-is-fully-aware-of-the-horrors-of-socialism-but-they-dont-care-as-long-as-they-get-power%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2647442&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a recent CNN interview where Boris Sanchez questioned Ashik Siddique, co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), about the party\u2019s praise for Fidel Castro.Sanchez\u2019s inquiry implied that more understanding of Cuba\u2019s history might change the DSAS stance. The article argues that socialists, including DSA members, are aware of Castro\u2019s oppressive record and the suffering caused by socialism but support these ideals to gain political power. It highlights that DSA leaders, like Danny Valdes, acknowledge Cuba\u2019s problems but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/govt-economists-fail-to-say-recession-is-coming\/\" title=\"Govt Economists fail to say recession is coming\">blame external factors<\/a> like the U.S. embargo rather of socialism. The piece emphasizes that socialists are not misinformed but are intentionally disregarding atrocities because they prioritize their ambitions. Ultimately, it suggests that socialists&#8217; endorsement of oppressive regimes is driven by a desire for power rather than ignorance, and warns against allowing their ideology to spread within the country.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>During a heated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/tv\/locked-my-grandfather-up-cuban-american-cnn-anchor-holds-dsa-co-chairs-feet-to-fire-over-fidel-castro-tribute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interview<\/a> with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) co-chair Ashik Siddique over the party\u2019s statement honoring Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, CNN\u2019s Boris Sanchez suggested Siddique \u201chave more conversations with folks who have fled that regime and what they think about these statements and the position of the DSA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was an earnest ask, especially considering Sanchez\u2019s own grandfather suffered political persecution under Castro. But it also underscored the one mistaken assumption that so many \u2014 on both the left and right \u2014 make, that is: if the DSA just knew a little bit more about Castro, or Karl Marx, or Marxism, or Maoism, so on and so forth <em>then<\/em> they\u2019d become some variation of a capitalist, freedom-loving patriot.<\/p>\n<p>But the socialists\u2019 admiration for figures like Castro isn\u2019t because they are ignorant of the death, repression, and political tyranny that results from socialism. Nor are they oblivious of the fact that hundreds have drowned while trying to flee Cuba on a raft to Florida. Socialists know of all these things \u2014 they just don\u2019t mind them if they are the cost in order to amass political power.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, we know for certain that DSA activists understand Castro\u2019s record and simply don\u2019t care since they are in pursuit of power. <\/p>\n<p>Co-chair of the DSA\u2019s Cuba Solidarity Working Group Danny Valdes wrote an <a href=\"https:\/\/democraticleft.dsausa.org\/2024\/10\/24\/its-time-for-cuban-americans-to-support-the-fight-to-end-the-us-embargo\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">op-ed<\/a> in 2024 explaining his own grandfather was imprisoned for \u201canti-revolutionary activities\u201d by Castro\u2019s Committees for the Defense of the Revolution. Valdes acknowledges the pain and suffering his family endured and the \u201cpersonal cost of Cuba\u2019s history.\u201d But rather than commit himself to fighting the political ideology that is responsible for his family\u2019s suffering and the suffering of so many others, he said its important to look \u201cbeyond that grief\u201d and then urged Cubans to join the DSA. <\/p>\n<p>In other words, Valdes\u2019 op-ed was the clearest answer to Sanchez\u2019s request that the DSA speak to more survivors of Castro\u2019s brutality. Valdes was raised by a survivor of Castro\u2019s regime and yet he still pushes for socialism right here in the United States (in part because he claims that the reason Cuba is suffering today isn\u2019t because of socialism, but because of America). <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no denying that the Cuban government has its shortcomings. Many Cubans are frustrated by over-bureaucratization and inefficient central planning, especially in agriculture. Recent protests have highlighted a growing impatience with these issues,\u201d Valdes writes, before trying to claim that most of these problems are because of the U.S. embargo. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring its over 60 years of operating as essentially a wartime government, Cuba has had to make decisions that might not have been made under less fraught circumstances. While we don\u2019t have to agree with all of those decisions, it\u2019s critical to understand them in context,\u201d he continued. <\/p>\n<p>Valdes acknowledges that Cuba is basically a hellscape before trying to \u201ccontextualize\u201d it as merely a product of some <em>other<\/em> cause than socialism and that ultimately regardless of the cause, we \u201cdon\u2019t have to agree with all of those decisions\u201d and people should therefore support socialism.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the same thing Siddique did in his interview with Sanchez. When Sanchez asked whether Cuba was a \u201cbeacon of democracy,\u201d Siddique said he \u201cwouldn\u2019t say that\u201d before pivoting to Cuba\u2019s health care system. He didn\u2019t dispute the dictatorship, he just said their health care system is the reward for the dictatorship and apparently <em>that\u2019s<\/em> satisfactory for him.<\/p>\n<p>These socialists know about the problems and failures of socialism. They know Castro was evil and a dictator. It just doesn\u2019t matter enough to them because they have never cared about the \u201cworking people.\u201d They care about exploiting workers to help them accrue power.<\/p>\n<p>Socialists make their pursuit of power feel palatable by hiding behind promises of free health care, housing, or whatever other thing sounds good. Those promises are then used to justify any means to obtain them. If you have to jail opponents in pursuit of those things, or starve opponents, or even kill opponents in pursuit of a greater good, it\u2019s justified.<\/p>\n<p>So no, Boris Sanchez, it won\u2019t matter if the DSA talks to a million survivors of socialism and communism. They know the history and the implications of that political ideology \u2014 and it doesn\u2019t bother them. <\/p>\n<p>What the DSA needs is a crushing defeat. There is no sharing a country with communists. Everything they believe in is antithetical to natural rights, to our Constitution, and to this republic. The longer Sanchez and people on the left <em>and<\/em> the right think we can \u2018hear\u2019 our way out of a socialist revolution, the more our chances diminish. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. Follow Brianna on X: @briannalyman2<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sanchez urged DSA to speak with Castro survivors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2647443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-20-at-12.21.15-PM-scaled-e1787242996919-1024x577.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[36691,84458,84457,36930,36625],"class_list":["post-2647442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-data-privacy","tag-digital-advocacy","tag-digital-security-awareness","tag-human-rights","tag-social-justice"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-20-at-12.21.15-PM-scaled-e1787242996919-1024x577.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2647442"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2647446,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647442\/revisions\/2647446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2647443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2647442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2647442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2647442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}