Fellow-Traveling with Fidel

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Javier Treviño
Keyword(s):  
Prime Minister ◽  
Audio Recording ◽  
Fidel Castro ◽  
The Revolution

This chapter consists of two transcribed recordings that Mills made detailing his experiences and conversations with Fidel Castro. These are important not only because they offer a firsthand account of Mills’s conference with the Prime Minister, but because they also reveal Mills’s impressions of Castro and the revolution he was leading. Mills, who did not speak Spanish, spent three and a half 18-hour days traveling and conversing with Castro and Juan Arcocha, who served as his translator. On at least one occasion Mills took meticulous notes of such a conversation, but did not record it; later that day he made an audio recording of those notes as he dictated them onto the recorder. In this chapter is another recording that Mills made of interactions Castro had with military men on the Isle of Pines.

The Power of Race in Cuba

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle Clealand
Keyword(s):  
Black Consciousness ◽  
Race And Racism ◽  
Fidel Castro ◽  
Class Differences ◽  
Racial Ideologies ◽  
Cuban Government ◽  
Racial Harmony ◽  
The Many ◽  
Racial Progress ◽  
The Revolution

The Power of Race in Cuba analyzes racial ideologies that negate the existence of racism and their effect on racial progress and activism through the lens of Cuba. Since 1959, Fidel Castro and the Cuban government have married socialism and the ideal of racial harmony to create a formidable ideology that is an integral part of Cubans’ sense of identity and their perceptions of race and racism in their country. While the combination of socialism and a colorblind racial ideology is particular to Cuba, strategies that paint a picture of equality of opportunity and deflect the importance of race are not particular to the island’s ideology and can be found throughout the world and in the Americas in particular. By promoting an anti-discrimination ethos, diminishing class differences at the onset of the revolution, and declaring the end of racism, Castro was able to unite belief in the revolution to belief in the erasure of racism. The ideology is bolstered by rhetoric that discourages racial affirmation. The second part of the book examines public opinion on race in Cuba, particularly among black Cubans. It examines how black Cubans have indeed embraced the dominant nationalist ideology that eschews racial affirmation, but also continue to create spaces for black consciousness that challenge this ideology. This work gives a nuanced portrait of black identity in Cuba and through survey data, interviews with formal organizers, and hip-hop artists draws from the many black spaces, both formal and informal, to highlight what black consciousness looks like in Cuba.

scholarly journals Fidel Castro - manager and marketologist of the revolution

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 5-14
Author(s):  
A. M. Gugnin ◽  
Y. A. Lisnevska
Keyword(s):  
Free Choice ◽  
Special Period ◽  
Fidel Castro ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Early Twenty ◽  
Late Twentieth ◽  
Successful Manager ◽  
Managerial Activity ◽  
The Revolution

The article is devoted to the problems of political leadership. Currently, the leaders of many countries in Europe, Asia and America claim to be the true leaders of their countries. As everyone knows, not everyone succeeds. The authors of this publication have attempted to determine the determinants and parameters of a successful manager of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, choosing an unusual example - the Cuban, by no means the democrat, the partriot of his country, Comandante en Jefe by Fidel Castro. The article shows how, as a result of bold management decisions and the use of marketing technologies, this politician achieved complete independence of his small and weak country. The influence of the personality of Fidel Castro on the historical and political processes in Latin America and the system of relations between the socialist countries is examined. A description is given of the stages of the emergence of socialism in Cuba and the successful actions of the leader of the country to protect the achievements of the world socialist system after it disintegrated. It is pointed out that unlike European countries, socialism was not brought to Cuba on bayonets - it was an informed and free choice. An estimation is given to the creative methods used by Castro to overcome the crisis in the early 90s - the rectification and philosophy of the special period, and also the results of their application in some branches of the national economy-pharmacology, medicine, and tourism. It is established that the politician successfully proved the viability of fidelism, transferring power to Raul Castro. It is shown that Castro also allowed serious miscalculations in managerial activity, such as the policy of exporting the revolution and participation in drug trafficking, which led to numerous victims and loss of prestige of the country. The authors argue that Castro did not understand the laws of social development and the inevitability of the development of democracy, in the marketing plane he was interested only in the market, on the basis that the material and human resources of Cuba are very limited, and before the revolution, economic activity in the country was limited to the production and export of sugar. After adopting Soviet methods of governing the country - long-term plans, socialist competition, the celebration of numerous anniversaries, Castro did not take into account that this was alien to the mentality of the Cubans.

THE ASSASİNATİON AND EXECUTİON OF THE TWO WORLD LEADERS

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 2427-2432
Author(s):  
Hyreme Gurra ◽  
Fatmire Isaku
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Korean War ◽  
The United States ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Abraham Lincoln ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Fidel Castro ◽  
The Subject

This research paper is revealing and comparing two political leaders’ assasination and execution. The subject of the study are; Kennedy’s assasination and Menderes’s execution both cases will be shown in details.There also will be mentioned some key outcomes which happened during their presidency, why and how these events occured and the maner these leaders dealed withw the surrounding circumsatnces. Kennedy became the second youngest President of the United States, that was assasinated ater Abraham Lincoln. There were many occurences which would come for him during his rule.He was pressured to approve Eisenhower’s intervene plan to take down Fidel Castro in Cuba. Later it turned a failure for him to manage. In the Missile Crises Kennedy bacame the edge of the war against the USSR. Adnan Menderes was chosen as Prime Minister in the first free election in Turkey. But during his rule He did several things which could not be accredited by people. The discontentment of people was manifested with protests at the universities, martyrs in Korean War,the events of September 6-7 took Turkey in a chaotical environment. The inference of this this chaos lead him to death. His destiny defining an execution was the worst scenario and portrayed severe images for a Prime Minister that ruled a country. The research methods that are used in this paper are comparative and historical.

Governor Carranza and the Revolution in Coahuila

1976 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
William H. Beezley
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Ciudad Juarez ◽  
Critical Element ◽  
Native State ◽  
Democratic Government ◽  
Fidel Castro ◽  
Mexican Politics ◽  
Made In ◽  
The Revolution

It’s easier to make a revolution, than it is to make a revolution work,” Fidel Castro once told a packed audience listening to him discuss the progress of Cuba. His remark, made with characteristic candor, expressed the challenge that confronts all rebels who manage to achieve power. For the Anti-reelectionists in Mexico, the revolution had been made in the victory over federal troops at Ciudad Juárez in May, 1911. It then fell to Francisco Madero to direct the program that would make it work. He intended to justify the violent overthrow of the porfirian dictatorship by invigorating Mexican politics as a means to restore democratic government and to establish the mechanism for responsive reform of the economy and society. The critical element in his proposal was the redemption of the authority of the state governors, to whom he delegated the responsibility and the opportunity to reconstruct Mexico. This policy represented no casual abdication of authority, but a carefully devised scheme of decentralization. Madero’s opposition to highly-centralized government resulted from his birthright as a son of remote Coahuila, the native state of Mexico federalism, his political convictions, including an abiding faith in the confederated government posited in the 1857 Constitution, and his philosophic precepts, based on the ideals of Karl Christian Friedrich Krause and a reaction to the governmental consolidation rationalized by Comtean Positivism (promoted in Mexico by the Positivists, the Científicos, and the dictator).

The Application and Practice of Physical Anthropology in Cuba

1995 ◽  
Vol 17 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 29-31
Author(s):  
Curtis Wienker ◽  
Antonio Fuentes
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Physical Anthropology ◽  
Cuban Revolution ◽  
Fidel Castro ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Revolution

In many ways the development of physical anthropology in Cuba paralleled the history of the discipline in other countries—until the successful Cuban revolution of the late 1950s. The overthrow of the Batista regime by forces led by Fidel Castro had little immediate academic effect because reform was initially concentrated on social, economic, and political spheres. Eventually, however, the revolution greatly influenced the direction of higher education and of science in Cuba.

scholarly journals The radicalization process of the Cuban Revolution 1959-1961

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 166-184
Author(s):  
Paula Ortiz Guilián ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Cuban Revolution ◽  
The Political ◽  
Fidel Castro ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
The People ◽  
Us Government ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Sense Of Justice ◽  
The Revolution

The present work carries out an analysis of the radicalization process of the Cuban Revolution and its causes during the years from 1959 to 1961t. This process was possible in such a short time due to the con-junction of several elements: the fulfillment of the Moncada Program; the leadership of the Revolution; the position of the United States be-fore the advance of the Revolution; the aid provided by the Soviet Un-ion, as well as the correlation of forces in the world, and the position of support and endorsement of the Revolution by the people. This process was not peaceful; it was carried out in the midst of a violent class struggle and external aggression on the part of the great interests and US government, which tried to destroy the Revolution using all possi-ble means, including armed aggression. In this brief period, the revolu-tion in power managed to put an end to imperialist rule and, fundamen-tally, to capitalist exploitation, strengthening the political system of society and raising the revolutionary consciousness, as well as the po-litical culture of the people. The obtained success was largely the result of the political teaching of Fidel Castro, as well as his extraordinary personality. Fidel knew how to enhance the people's self-confidence, sense of justice, solidarity, dignity, and revolutionary firmness.

"A Revolutionary, Not a Politician"

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Muslim Brotherhood ◽  
Viable Alternative ◽  
Old Regime ◽  
The Muslim Brotherhood ◽  
The Revolution

This chapter examines the March crisis of 1954, which saw the Command Council of the Revolution (CCR) face off against the combined opposition of the old political parties, the Muslim Brotherhood, the Left, much of the independent intelligentsia, and significant units within the army. The March crisis was sparked by the ouster of Muhammad Nagib as prime minister, and the opposition rallied behind him. They demand that power must return to civilian hands, the officers must return to the barracks, and the revolution must end. The chapter discusses the street demonstrations that were part of the March crisis and the steps taken by the Free Officers after it ended. It shows that the March crisis turned out to be a pivotal moment that allowed the CCR to consolidate its power and establish itself as the only viable alternative to the old regime.

The Dynamics of Racial Discrimination in Cuba Past and Present

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esteban Morales ◽  
August Nimtz
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Latin American ◽  
The United States ◽  
Early Years ◽  
African Origin ◽  
Unfinished Business ◽  
Fidel Castro ◽  
The North ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Revolution

Knowing Cuba’s past is crucial in making sense of the present; that’s especially true when it comes to the question of race. Racial slavery, with its peculiar Latin American characteristics, set the stage upon which the 1959 revolution began. All of the practices and ideas associated with the institution that disadvantaged Cubans of African origin had to be challenged. That task was combined with the overriding one of making Cuban sovereignty a reality for the first time. Important gains were made for Afro-Cubans that proved qualitatively favorable in comparison not only with their pre-1959 status but also with that of their cohorts in the United States. As Cold War realities intervened, conscious and explicit attention to the issue began to fade, often in the name of unity in the face of the threat from the north. And when those continuing gains began to be undermined owing to the collapse of the Soviet Union and its Eastern European allies in 1989, the race question was forced back onto the national agenda. Fidel Castro, as was so often the case during the revolution, took the lead in addressing the issue. For the first time since the early years of the revolution, conscious attention began to be paid to race, the all-important unfinished business that had begun in 1959. Not all Cubans began on an equal footing in the commencement of that project, thus special attention now needs to be paid to those of African origin to fulfill its egalitarian quest. It should be acknowledged that while progress has been made, much remains to be done.

1979 and All That: Periodization in Postwar British Theatre History

2006 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Dana Gibson
Keyword(s):  
Prime Minister ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Theatre History ◽  
Royal Court ◽  
Margaret Thatcher ◽  
Look Back ◽  
Royal Court Theatre ◽  
The Revolution

Until recently, postwar British theatre history was shaped and bounded by a very stable periodization that located its origin in the premiere of John Osborne's Look Back in Anger at the Royal Court Theatre on 8 May 1956. As the story goes, the new kind of theatre ushered in by the Revolution of 1956 at the Royal Court grew more politicized with a second revolution, the birth of the alternative, or Fringe, theatre in 1968. Ultimately that revolutionary fervor was crushed by the conservative cultural and economic policies of Margaret Thatcher, who was elected prime minister in 1979. Contained within this history are many elements not directly related to the 1956|1968|1979 period markers; however this revolution model and its tripartite division of the era affected the conceptualization and positioning of all events within postwar theatre history.

The Harcourts

2019 ◽  
pp. 207-221
Author(s):  
Leslie Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Prime Minister ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
British Court ◽  
The Revolution

The papers of the Second and Third Earls Harcourt have become available in the last five years. Among them are a substantial number of letters from the French branch of their family, whose head was the duc D’Harcourt. As leading office-holders at the British court, the Harcourts were close friends of the king and queen, and the Harcourts acted as a conduit for first-hand information from France, and this chapter will show that they greatly influenced the king’s views on the Revolution and the wars which followed. Throughout these years, George took a more ideological and intransigent view of these events than his prime minister Pitt, and their sources of information help to explain their differences.

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