Fidel in the Cuban Socialist Revolution

José Bell Lara is Professor and Consultant of the University of Havana and researcher of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO-Cuba). He has authored and co-authored numerous texts about Cuba and Latin America, including those in the series Documentos de la Revolución Cubana 1959-1970: Cuba: la generación revolucionaria 1952-1961; Cuba: las mujeres en la insurrección 1952-1961; Combatientes; and Cuba: período especial..Tania Caram León is a Professor at the University of Havana and researcher of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO-Cuba). She has published several texts about Cuban women and has co-authored works in the editorial series Documentos de la Revolución Cubana 1959-1970: Cuba: la generación revolucionaria1952-1961; Cuba: las mujeres en la insurrección 1952-1961; Combatientes; and Cuba: período especial.Delia Luisa López García is Professor Emeritus of the University of Havana and researcher of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO-Cuba). She has published several texts on Cuba and Latin America and has co-authored works in the editorial series Documentos de la Revolución Cubana 1959-1970: Cuba: la generación revolucionaria 1952-1961; Cuba: las mujeres en la insurrección 1952-1961; Combatientes; and Cuba: período especial..

• Preface ixTranslator’s Note xiiCharles McKelveyIntroductionJosé Bell Lara, Tania Caram León and Delia Luisa López GarcíaHistorical ContextJosé Bell Lara, Tania Caram León and Delia Luisa López GarcíaPart 1: 1959: Year of LiberationIntroduction to 1959: “Year of Liberation”José Bell Lara, Tania Caram León and Delia Luisa López GarcíaCall to Revolutionary General StrikeThe Revolution Begins NowTo Speak the Truth Is the First Duty of All RevolutionariesWe 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 CountryThe Cuban People Is an Invincible PeopleIn Cuba, There is a Democracy Where the People Discuss Their Problems DirectlyThe Entire Nation Stands without FearThe Working Class and the Cuban RevolutionWe have Kept Our Promises to the PeoplePart 2: Introduction to 1960: “Year of Agrarian Reform”José Bell Lara, Tania Caram León and Delia Luisa López GarcíaThe Revolution Converts Barracks into SchoolsThe Future of Our Country Necessarily has to Be a Future of Men of Science and ThoughtThe Choice is Patria o MuerteDemocracy Is ThisThe Slogan for the People Is: Venceremos!Latin America Does Not Have the Right to Make a RevolutionWomen, the Decisive Factor in the RevolutionDeclaration of HavanaSpeech in the General Assembly of the United NationsWe Are Going to Establish a System of Collective Revolutionary WatchThe Moncada Program Has been Carried OutPart 3: Introduction to 1961: “Year of Education”José Bell Lara, Tania Caram León and Delia Luisa López GarcíaThe Revolution Is a Struggle to the Death between the Future and the PastWhat the Imperialists Cannot ForgiveCommuniques from the Battle at Playa GirónAt Playa Girón, the Country for All has TriumphedGlossaryBibliographyIndex