Cuban Revolution In America: Havana And The Making Of A United States Left, 1968-1992 PDF
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Cuban Revolution in America Justice, Power, and Politics coeditors Heather Ann Thompson Rhonda Y. Williams editorial advisory board Peniel E. Joseph Matthew D. Lassiter Daryl Maeda Barbara Ransby Vicki L. Ruiz Marc Stein The Justice, Power, and Politics series publishes new works in history that explore the myriad struggles for justice, battles for power, and shifts in politics that have shaped the United States over time. Through the lenses of justice, power, and politics, the series seeks to broaden scholarly debates about America’s past as well as to inform public discussions about its future. More information on the series, including a complete list of books published, is available at http://justicepowerandpolitics.com/. Cuban Revolution havana and in America the making of a united states left, 1968–1992 Teishan A. Latner the university of north carolina press | chapel hill © 2018 The University of North Carolina Press All rights reserved Designed by April Leidig Set in Arno by Copperline Book Services, Inc. Manufactured in the United States of America The University of North Carolina Press has been a member of the Green Press Initiative since 2003. Cover illustration: Fidel Castro speaking to members of the Venceremos Brigade. Photo by George Cohen. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Latner, Teishan, author. Title: Cuban revolution in America : Havana and the making of a United States Left, 1968–1992 / Teishan A. Latner. Other titles: Justice, power, and politics. Description: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017] | Series: Justice, power, and politics | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2017033404| ISBN 9781469635460 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781469635477 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Cuba — History — Revolution, 1959 — Influence. | New Left — United States. | United States — Foreign relations — Cuba. | Cuba — Foreign relations — United States. Classification: LCC F1788 .L3393 2017 | DDC 327.7307291 — dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017033404 For my parents, Laurie and Joel Latner A billboard on a Havana street in May 1972 reads “Freedom for Angela Davis.” Photo by John van Hasselt/Corbis. Contents Acknowledgments xi Introduction. Cuban Revolution in America 1 1 Venceremos Means “We Will Win”: The Venceremos Brigades, Cuba, and the U.S. Left 27 2 Missiles, in Human Form: Cuba and the Specter of Foreign Subversion in America 75 3 Revolution in the Air: Hijacking, Political Protest, and U.S.- Cuba Relations 123 4 Joven Cuba inside the Colossus: The Antonio Maceo Brigade and the Making of a Cuban American Left 153 5 Assata Is Welcome Here: Black Radicalism, Political Asylum, and the Diplomacy of Exile and Freedom 199 Epilogue. Unfinished Revolutions 265 Notes 273 Bibliography 317 Index 335 This page intentionally left blank Figures vi “Freedom for Angela Davis” billboard 36 Members of the Venceremos Brigade pose while working in the sugarcane fields, December 1969 40 Fidel Castro and members of the Venceremos Brigade pause while cutting sugarcane together on Christmas Day, 1969 52 Satirical advertisement in the pages of Tricontinental 64 Venceremos Brigade members and Cuban representatives hold a joint panel discussion, International Women’s Day, March 7, 1970 85 P oster, 1980, depicting global support for the Cuban revolution striking back against U.S. power 87 Venceremos Brigade members and Vietnamese delegates from the National Liberation Front embrace in December 1969 111 “We will destroy imperialism from the outside; they will destroy it from the inside,” poster, 1968 135 Image celebrating African American militancy and black nationalism 149 A December 1972 cartoon from the Buffalo Evening News 164 The spring 1978 cover of Areíto 178 Antonio Maceo Brigade members visit the José Martí Mausoleum 178 Members of the Antonio Maceo Brigade with Ramón Castro 179 Antonio Maceo Brigade members with Fidel Castro after a meeting with Castro and other Cuban officials, 1978 212 “Free all political prisoners,” poster, 1968 212 “Freedom for the Wilmington 10,” poster, ca. 1971 213 “Power to the People — George,” poster, ca. 1971
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