Description
Book SynopsisFidel in the Cuban Socialist Revolution makes accessible—and in some cases available in English for the first time—a selection of speeches and television appearances by Fidel Castro during the first two years of the Cuban Revolution. This extraordinary collection of documents allows readers to trace the evolution of this legendary leader's radical political thought as it pushes against and eventually overcomes adverse political and ideological circumstances faced by the newly formed socialist government. The pieces are organized chronologically, and each features an introduction prepared by Cuban experts José; Bell, Tania Caram and Delia Luisa López.
Table of Contents
Preface ix
Translator 's Note xii
Charles McKelvey
Introduction
José Bell Lara, Tania Caram León and Delia Luisa López García
Historical Context
José Bell Lara, Tania Caram León and Delia Luisa López García
Part 1: 1959: Year of Liberation
Introduction to 1959: "Year of Liberation"
José Bell Lara, Tania Caram León and Delia Luisa López García
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:
Introduction to 1960: "Year of Agrarian Reform"
José Bell Lara, Tania Caram León and Delia Luisa López García
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:
Introduction to 1961: "Year of Education"
José Bell Lara, Tania Caram León and Delia Luisa López García
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 Girón
At Playa Girón, the Country for All has Triumphed
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
