Is Venezuela the new Cuba? What are the similarities and divergences between these two revolutionary processes?With Latin America becoming more volatile than it has been for decades, this book address
“Barbarroja” was a figure of great mystery for decades, overseeing Cuba’s operations in Latin America and Africa and working closely with Che Guevara. Here he reveals Cuba’s continental strategy for r
“When denunciations of Yanqui imperialism in Latin America start coming from the presidential palaces as well as the streets, Washington needs to change its ways.”—The New York Times editorial, Decemb
“Escalante’s review of CIA covert operations against Cuba in the early years is to be welcomed, and should be widely read—and pondered.”—Noam Chomsky A unique view presented by the man responsible for
Spanish edition of Tricontinental Rebellion: Voices of the Wretched of the Earth. The “Who’s Who” of the anti-colonial and liberation movements of the 1960s to 1980s are brought together in this antho
The noted revolutionary expresses his views on Marxian economics, the relationship between communist and developing countries, the transition to communism in Cuba, and related topics, with letters, an
Cuba's former head of counterintelligence Fabian Escalante reviews the CIA's 630 plots to assassinate Fidel Castro, code-named “Executive Action.” Although melodramatic and at times comical, these CIA
What is the relevance of Marxist economics in the post-Soviet era? As minister of industry in the early years of the Cuban Revolution, Che Guevara initiated an unprecedented and controversial debate o
Manuel Pineiro, known as “Barbarroja” (Red Beard) was a figure of great mystery for decades, who oversaw Cuba’s operations in Latin America and Africa and in this work closely collaborated with Che Gu
Is Venezuela the new Cuba? What are the similarities and divergences of these two revolutionary processes?In the face of Venezuela’s accelerating social reforms and rising hysteria about the relations
Che Guevara’s classic account of the 1956-58 guerrilla movement against the Batista dictatorship in Cuba. Here, the dramatic art and acute perceptiveness evident in Che Guevara’s early diaries fully b
To check the spread of revolution in Latin America in 1961, Kennedy proposed the Alliance for Progress—a program for free trade and development in the Americas. Che Guevara , described by Time magazin
THE BASIS OF THE MOVIE “CHE: PART ONE” FROM STEVEN SODERBERGH STARRING BENICIO DEL TOROThe dramatic art and acute perceptiveness evident in Che Guevara’s early diaries fully blossom in this highly rea
"A portrait of Tania, one of Cuba's most successful spies, describes how she penetrated Bolivia's highest political circles and joined Che's group, after her cover was blown, only to be killed in an a
In this extraordinary encounter with Che Guevara’s daughter Aleida, Chavez explains his fiercely nationalist vision for Venezuela and a united Latin America, Venezuela’s new democratic constitution, a
Introduced by Alice Walker and with a preface by Cuban poet Nancy Morejon, this book includes excerpts from diaries and letters from and to children, wives, and parents of the five Cubans imprisoned i
For the first time, the story of “Tania the guerrilla” is told with tenderness and veracity by a key participant in the revolutionary movement in Latin America.Tania was born Haydee Tamara Bunke to Ge
“Victor Serge is one of the unsung heroes of a corrupt century.”—Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold’s GhostSerge’s expose of the methods of surveillance and harassment of political activists by t
A legend in his own time, Che Guevara has now re-emerged as a symbol of a new generation of political activists. More than a guerrilla strategist, Che made a profound and lasting contribution to revol
Excerpting conversations between Cuban President Fidel Castro and Brazilian priest Frei Bretto, this work contains Castro's own account of his childhood and youth. It also contains a 1995 speech by Ca
Louise Michel was the incendiary French leader of the 1871 Paris Commune. An anarchist and an irrepressible rebel, she spent much of her life on the run from police, in jail, or in danger of being loc
The trial judge called them "anarchistic bastards." Political activists, Italian-born Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were framed and executed for murder in a wave of anti-immigrant hysteria in B
This unique book presents a generally unrecognized aspect of Helen Keller’s life: her radical socialism, her defense of the IWW and her pacifist stance during both world wars. It includes texts writte
"These essays could hardly be more timely, or more informative, and cannot be ignored by those who hope to gain a serious understanding of what is unfolding today."—Noam ChomskyThis book includes some
Opening with a brilliant, reflective essay by Eduardo Galeano, this book presents an entertaining and readable chronology of the last century. Also included is a history of U.S. aggression in Latin Am
While Washington contemplates "first strikes" against those nations unilaterally identified as the "Axis of Evil" and said to be stockpiling weapons of mass destruction, this controversial and timely
Only recently declassified and published for the first time, this secret report was prepared for the CIA on its own plots to assassinate Cuba's Fidel Castro. Under pressure in 1967 when the press were
This anthology looks at the AfroCuban experience through the eyes of the island’s writers, scholars and artists. "A rich portrait of AfroCuba—one of the most vibrant and least well-documented of the b
The product of an intimate twenty-three-hour conversation between Fidel Castro and Brazilian liberation theologist Frei Betto, this was a Simon & Schuster bestseller in the 1980s. Here Castro spea
Haydée Santamaría led a full and painful life. One of a handful of Cuba’s female revolutionary leaders, she suffered torture in Batista’s prisons. After 1959, she established the
