Full Description
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 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.
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
