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Book SynopsisThe 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 José Bell, Tania Caram and Delia Luisa López and includes a glossary and bibliography. The methodology of this work is original and includes material from 1959 not previously published elsewhere.
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
