In this episode, Richard (@ProgressivGreen) and I have our first #ReadingRevolution with a discussion of Fidel Castro’s 1953 speech “History Will Absolve Me”

Suggested Readings/Resources:

Fidel Castro – “History Will Absolve Me” (1953)
Ful text: https://www.marxists.org/history/cuba/archive/castro/1953/10/16.htm


History Will Absolve Me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_Will_Absolve_Me

Louis A. Pérez,Jr. – “Chapter 3: c. 1930 – 1959,” Cuba a Short History (Leslie Bethell, editor)
https://www.amazon.com/Cuba-Short-History-Cambridge-America/dp/0521436826

The Moncada Barracks Attack:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moncada_Barracks

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/castro-failed-coup-moncada-barracks/