Cuban Revolution Reader
, by Garcia Luis, Julio
- ISBN: 9781920888893 | 1920888896
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 8/30/2008
The Cuban revolution was one of the defining moments of the 20th century, its influence reaching far beyond the shores of the tiny Caribbean island.
| Chronology | p. 1 |
| Editor's Preface: Cuba: Relic from the Cold War or herald of the third millennium? | p. 31 |
| Triumph of the Revolution | p. 43 |
| Instructions from general headquarters to all Rebel Army commanders and the people: January 1, 1959 | p. 45 |
| Call for a revolutionary general strike: January 1, 1959 | p. 46 |
| "This time it is a true revolution!": January 2, 1959 | p. 47 |
| Fidel Enters Havana | p. 49 |
| "The people won the war": January 8, 1959 | p. 51 |
| Agrarian Reform | p. 55 |
| First Agrarian Reform Law: May 17, 1959 | p. 56 |
| Last Speech of Camilo Cienfuegos | p. 63 |
| "For every traitor who appears, we will make new revolutionary laws": October 26, 1959 | p. 65 |
| Explosion on La Coubre | p. 67 |
| "Homeland or death!": March 5, 1960 | p. 68 |
| Nationalization of Us Companies | p. 72 |
| Defending Cuba's national interests: August 6, 1960 | p. 74 |
| First Declaration of Havana | p. 79 |
| For the sovereignty and dignity of the peoples of America: September 2, 1960 | p. 81 |
| Assassination Plots Against Fidel Castro | p. 87 |
| Concrete proof of at least eight plots to assassinate Fidel Castro between 1960 and 1965: 1975 | p. 88 |
| Fidelat the United Nations | p. 93 |
| "End the philosophy of plunder!": September 26, 1960 | p. 94 |
| Proclamation of the Socialist Character of the Cuban Revolution | p. 101 |
| "This is a revolution of the humble, by the humble and for the humble": April 16, 1961 | p. 103 |
| Bay of Pigs | p. 106 |
| Battle Documents: Communique No. 1: April 17, 1961 | p. 108 |
| Call to the peoples of America and the rest of the world: April 18, 1961 | p. 109 |
| Communique No. 2: April 18, 1961 | p. 110 |
| Communique No. 3: April 19, 1961 | p. 110 |
| Communique No. 4: April 19, 1961 | p. 111 |
| Words to Intellectuals | p. 112 |
| "One of the goals of the revolution is to develop art and culture": June 30, 1961 | p. 113 |
| National Literacy Campaign | p. 120 |
| "There are practically no illiterates in Cuba": December 22, 1961 | p. 121 |
| Second Declaration of Havana | p. 125 |
| "This great mass of humanity has said 'Enough!' and has begun to march": February 4, 1962 | p. 127 |
| Blockade | p. 135 |
| Proclamation 3447 of the United States of America: February 3, 1962 | p. 136 |
| Ration Cards | p. 138 |
| Establishment of a system of rationing: Law 1015: March 12, 1962 | p. 140 |
| Operation Mongoose: The Dirty War | p. 143 |
| "No time, money, effort or manpower is to be spared": 1975 | p. 146 |
| The Denunciation of Sectarianism | p. 150 |
| "The best of Cuba's workers must be in the Communist Party": March 26, 1962 | p. 153 |
| October Missile Crisis | p. 161 |
| The Five Points of Dignity: October 28, 1962 | p. 164 |
| "Today I'm prouder than ever before of being a son of this nation": November 1, 1962 | p. 165 |
| Hurricane Flora | p. 169 |
| "A revolution is a force stronger than nature": October 22, 1963 | p. 170 |
| Solidarity with Vietnam | p. 174 |
| "Vietnam will be reunified": December 20, 1963 | p. 176 |
| Formation of the Communist Party of Cuba | p. 181 |
| "We are on the road to a communist society": October 3, 1965 | p. 183 |
| Death of Che Guevara | p. 189 |
| A Necessary Introduction: 1968 | p. 191 |
| 100TH Anniversary of the Uprising at La Demajagua | p. 208 |
| "We are defending the efforts of 100 years of struggle": October 10, 1968 | p. 211 |
| 10-Million-Ton Sugar Harvest | p. 217 |
| "We must turn the setback into a victory": May 20, 1970 | p. 219 |
| Angola: Operation Carlota | p. 224 |
| "For the Yankee imperialists, Angola represents an African Bay of Pigs": April 19, 1976 | p. 226 |
| First Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba | p. 230 |
| "Here we are at last, with all, for the good of all": December 17-22, 1975 | p. 232 |
| The Socialist Constitution | p. 237 |
| Cuba is a workers' socialist state: 1992 | p. 239 |
| People's Power | p. 248 |
| "Improving our democracy": August 22, 1974 | p. 251 |
| Internationalist Policy | p. 255 |
| "I speak on behalf of the children of the world without a piece of bread": October 12, 1979 | p. 257 |
| The Mariel Emigration Crisis | p. 261 |
| "Building socialism is the task of free men and women": May 19, 1980 | p. 263 |
| The Pandora Case | p. 270 |
| A bitter lesson in Cuba-Soviet relations: September 15, 1981 | p. 272 |
| Foreign Debt Crisis | p. 278 |
| "Why must the debts of the oppressors be paid by the oppressed?": August 3, 1985 | p. 280 |
| Rectification of Errors | p. 286 |
| "This country will never return to capitalism": April 19, 1986 | p. 287 |
| The Battle of Cuito Cuanavale | p. 290 |
| Communique from the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces: March 17, 1988 | p. 292 |
| Response to the South African escalation: May 2, 1988 | p. 294 |
| "The possibility of a negotiated solution has gained ground": May 27, 1991 | p. 295 |
| Cases One and Two | p. 298 |
| Let us learn from this and keep moving forward: September 2, 1989 | p. 300 |
| Angola and Operation Tribute | p. 309 |
| "We will follow their example!": December 7, 1989 | p. 311 |
| The Economic Crisis and the "Special Period" | p. 316 |
| "Cuba has what we need to move forward": November 6, 1992 | p. 318 |
| The Work Place Parliaments | p. 324 |
| "A practical vehicle for popular participation": May 1, 1994 | p. 325 |
| The Helms-Burton Act is Declared Immoral | p. 332 |
| Law of Reaffirmation of Cuban Dignity and Sovereignty: December 24, 1996 | p. 334 |
| The Pope's Visit | p. 341 |
| "The peoples of the world will eventually construct one human family": January 25, 1998 | p. 343 |
| "The blockade is unjust and ethically unacceptable": January 25, 1998 | p. 345 |
| The Saga of the Kidnapped Child | p. 348 |
| The Oath of Baragua: "We will see who can resist the longest": February 19, 2000 | p. 350 |
| Washington on Trial | p. 357 |
| Cuba's claim for human damage: May 31, 1999 | p. 358 |
| Cuba's claim for economic damage: January 3, 2000 | p. 360 |
| The Case of the Cuban Five | p. 362 |
| The sun never sets: February 2002 | p. 364 |
| The Battle of Ideas | p. 373 |
| "A Bay of Pigs they will never forget awaits the imperialists": March 31, 2001 | p. 375 |
| Epilogue: The Cuban Revolution After Fidel | p. 379 |
| "Are revolutions doomed to fall apart?": November 17, 2005 | p. 379 |
| Message from the Commander-in-Chief: February 18, 2008 | p. 383 |
| Index | p. 387 |
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