There's been quite a few instances of organizations which are progressive under capitalism being used by forces of reaction against a socialist government. The trucker's strike under Allende and the actions the trade unions took against Burkina Faso under Sankara leading to their banning come to mind.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I was not aware the Cuban economy had a significant fraction of cooperatives, outside of the more recent growth in the last decade or so.

Hard to get information in or out of a country under siege. You've just got to talk to people who lived there.

It's incredibly hard. And lots of people just want to get out. But the degree to which anything still works in Cuba is mutualism. It's always been mutualism.

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's quite distinct from an economy organized around worker co-ops.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Hard to operate a mom and pop shop under an 80 year long blockade.