Fidel in the Cuban Socialist Revolution : understanding the Cuban Revolution (1959-1961) / by Jose Bell Lara, Tania Caram Leon, Delia Luisa Lopez Garcia ; translated by Charles McKelvey.
Translated from the Spanish. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Historical context -- Part 1: 1959: Year of liberation -- Introduction to 1959: "Year of Liberation" -- Call to revolutionary general strike -- The revolution begins now -- To speak the truth is the first duty of all revolutionaries -- We are revolutionaries making a revolution, revolutionaries in power! -- To live on our knees, why? -- This law initiates an entirely new stage in our economic life and a magnificent future awaits our country -- The Cuban people is an invincible people -- In Cuba, there is a democracy where the people discuss their problems directly -- The entire nation stands without fear -- The working class and the Cuban Revolution -- We have kept our promises to the people -- Part 2: 1960: Year of Agrarian reform -- Introduction to 1960: "Year of Agrarian Reform" -- The revolution converts barracks into schools -- The future of our country necessarily has to be a future of men of science and thought -- The choice is Patria o Muerte -- Democracy is this -- The slogan for the people is: Venceremos! -- Latin America does not have the right to make a revolution -- Women, the decisive factor in the revolution -- Declaration of Havana -- Speech in the general assembly of the United Nations -- We are going to establish a system of collective revolutionary watch -- The Moncada Program has been carried out -- Part 3: 1961: Year of education -- Introduction to 1961: "Year of Education" -- The revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past -- What the Imperialists cannot forgive -- Communiques from the Battle at Playa Gir<U+fffd>on -- At Playa Gir<U+fffd>on, the country for all has triumphed.
Summary:
"The book makes accessible a selection of speeches and television appearances by Fidel Castro during the first two years of the Cuban Revolution. Readers can trace the evolution of this legendary leader's radical political thought and analyze his extraordinary capacity for overcoming adverse political and ideological circumstances in a constant movement towards a socialist ideal. The work is organized chronologically with introductory presentations prepared by Cuban experts Jos<U+fffd>e Bell, Tania Caram and Delia Luisa L<U+fffd>opez and includes a glossary and bibliography. The methodology of this work is original and includes material from 1959 not previously published elsewhere"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Studies in critical social sciences ; volume 161 Critical global studies ; volume 12
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