Today is the 20th anniversary of physical disappearance of one of the most serious Pan Africanist organizers of the 20th century-Kwame Ture. He took the name of his political fathers Presidents Kwame Nkrumah and Ahmed Sekou Toure and vowed to help continue the work of the African Revolution by expanding Pan Africanism! Today he is…
Category: Latin America
Operation Carlota
Gabriel Garcia Marquez The United States first made known the presence of Cuban troops in Angola in an official statement of November 24, 1975. Three months later, during a short visit to Venezuela, Henry Kissinger remarked in private to President Carlos Andres Perez: “Our intelligence services have grown so bad that we only found out…
Che Guevera’s Socialism vs Revolutionary Dogma
Valerie Carmel Che’s most important lesson for today’s popular movements is rebelling against fatalism. Ernesto Guevara, the Argentine middle-class doctor turned revolutionary, better known for his role in the victorious Cuban Revolution, was executed by the Bolivian army and the United States Central Intelligence Agency 51 years ago on Oct. 9, 1967. On this anniversary,…
Fidel: End of Colonialism Would Not Have Been Possible Without the October Revolution
“Without the October Revolution … it would not have been at all possible to end colonialism and liberate dozens of peoples on all continents,” Fidel said. A century ago, world history changed forever. The Great October Socialist Revolution was one of the most important events in contemporary history of mankind. This historic event, as well…
Capitalism vs Socialism and the Absurd Logic of Political Centrism
Enrique Ubieta, editor of the journals Cuba Socialista and La Calle del medio, talked with Cubadebate about political centrism, neo-annexation, and the permanent clash between socialism and capitalism, as conflicting systems – all important issues in the ideological struggle underway around the world today. José Raúl Concepción | nacionales@granma.cu When the world had two political…
Che Guevara: El único hombre práctico
Cuba Debate 22 junio 2017 Ponencia presentada por el intelectual cubano, recientemente fallecido, Fernando Martínez Heredia en el seminario El Socialismo y el hombre en Cuba: emancipación y justicia, celebrado el 12 de marzo de 2015 y convocado por el Centro de Estudios Che Guevara con motivo del 50 aniversario de este ensayo. En las…
The Third Way or Political Centrism in Cuba: A Historical Approach
The idea of “political centrism” in today’s Cuba has been brewing for a long time, as part of U.S. strategy to overthrow the Revolution. Elier Ramírez Cañedo | internet@granma.cu For some time, the idea of “political centrism” in today’s Cuba has been brewing, essentially within digital media, as part of one of the United States’…
The Sixth Declaration, the Zapatistas, Nationalism and the State
By Anonymous Understanding exactly what is meant by the Sixth Declaration is a difficult task. While the Declaration opens with a reference to it being the ‘simple word’[1] of the EZLN there is a certain, perhaps deliberate, lack of theoretical clarity. This can, completely understandably, cause problems interpreting the document and the Zapatista position. This…
The Zapatista’s Voice
By Massimo De Angelis LIMITING THE LIMITLESS: GLOBAL NEOLIBERAL CAPITAL, NEW INTERNATIONALISM AND THE ZAPATISTAS’ VOICE 1. Introduction. In the last decade or so, many labour, environmental, human and civil right activists belonging to different movements have increasingly turned to different forms of international action. This is understandable, especially considering the level and speed of…
Aleida Guevara March: “‘I Grew Up with Extraordinary People’”
Aleida Guevara March and Ron Augustin Aleida Guevara March is the daughter of Che Guevara and Aleida March. She is a pediatrician at William Soler Children’s Hospital in Havana, and teaches at the Escuela Latina-Americana de Medicina and at a primary school for children with disabilities. As a member of the Cuban Communist Party, she often…
Che Guevara: “I Came to Communism Because of Stalin”
Nikos Mottas Ernesto Che Guevara is undoubtedly a historical figure of the 20th century’s communist movement who attracts the interest of people from a vast range of political ideologies. The years followed his cowardly assassination in Bolivia, Che became a revolutionary symbol for a variety of marxist-oriented, leftist and progressive parties and organisations- from Trotskyists…
A Flourishing Movement, A Laboratory of Repression: Interview with a Mexican Comrade
By Des Ruines 1. Can you introduce yourself? I align myself with an anarchism of revolt, of rage and action that leaves full scope for individual autonomy that, in general, [organised] structures know how to stifle so well. I have many doubts about organised anarchism and difficult relationships with it. In theory, I think that…
