Fidel the Fascist

AS of this writing Fidel Castro is either alive or dead, but his status is in limbo. Nonetheless, this is as propitious a moment as any to recognize Castro for what he truly is or was: the last fascist dictator.

This might seem an odd eulogy for a man so famously associated with Communism, and so notoriously affiliated with the Evil Empire. After all, this magazine, in its early years, invested a great deal of time and energy to make it clear-when so many others would not-that Cuba was Moscow’s flagship franchise in the Western Hemisphere. And, besides, doesn’t the slightest tug at the string attached to the Castro doll result in a two-hour stem-winder on the evils of fascism?

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Jonah Goldberg

Jonah Goldberg is a National Review contributing editor.

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AS of this writing Fidel Castro is either alive or dead, but his status is in limbo. Nonetheless, this is as propitious a moment as any to recognize Castro for what he truly is or was: the last fascist dictator.

This might seem an odd eulogy for a man so famously associated with Communism, and so notoriously affiliated with the Evil Empire. After all, this magazine, in its early years, invested a great deal of time and energy to make it clear-when so many others would not-that Cuba was Moscow’s flagship franchise in the Western Hemisphere. And, besides, doesn’t the slightest tug at the string attached to the Castro doll result in a two-hour stem-winder on the evils of fascism?