On this day in 1959, U.S.-backed Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista fled the country following the victory of Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement (M-26-7) at the Battle of Santa Clara, marking the successful conclusion of the Cuban Revolution.
The 26th of July Movement takes its name from the date of with a failed attack on the Moncada Barracks in 1953, however, the movement bearing this name was not formally organized until the attackers were released from prison in 1955. Public resistance continued sporadically until November 1956, when 80 members of the M-26-7 returned from exile.
Soon after landing on the island, a separate revolutionary group, the "Directorio Revoluncionari Estudiantil" (DRE), unsuccessfully attempted an attack on the Presidential Palace in Havana.
Throughout 1957, armed resistance from groups such as the DRE and M-26-7 would escalate. After a failed offensive by the government against rebels in the summer of 1958, the rebels launched a major counter-offensive.
On December 28th, 1958, after a fraudulent election in favor of Batista, revolutionary forces reached the city of Santa Clara. Seizing equipment from an armored train intended to transport government reinforcements, the rebels quickly captured the city, prompting Batista to panic and flee to the Dominican Republic with a personal fortune of more than $300 million.
In the following days, revolutionary forces entered Havana with no resistance, and Castro established a provisional government. The 26th of July Movement later reformed along Marxist–Leninist lines, becoming the Communist Party of Cuba in October 1965.
Batista later settled in fascist Spain, dying there in 1973 at the age of 72.
The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto "Ché" Guevara
Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War by Ernesto "Ché" Guevara
History Will Absolve Me by Fidel Castro
To the U.N. General Assembly, The Problem of Cuba and its Revolutionary Policy by Fidel Castro
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lecture from Michael Parenti about Cuba
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nah i think my issue is that you - specifically - were navigating it in a way that was cruel, plain and simple. if we need to have a larger conversation about how much talking about our respective potential love lives (especially hetmasc users given some of potential unexamined social norms/hierarchies there) is appropriate, then fine, that's fair. i've wondered myself how much is ethical from an opsec perspective, considering the semi-anonymous nature of the forum (and have seen similar concerns crop up in other posts from other users, not just crushposting but journalposting in general).
that said, putting “don’t worry about it, man. These bitches are overreacting.” in my mouth is some self protecting bullshit, and i hope on some level you know it.
I think my last comment was unfair.
I was bullying blight last night and have apologized and it is an assumption on my part to assume your comments are motivated by a defensiveness of your own posting habits instead of protectiveness of your friend.
hey im really really really sorry - i saw this come in among all the other comments and didnt realize it was after our other exchanges. i shouldnt have dug my heels in the way i did and i kept antagonizing you in a way that was completely unfair considering the grace you were trying to give me. you're right that we're trying to have the conversation we should have had from the beginning now, and my petulance is holding that back, not to mention just treating you in a way that's unfair and unloving and mean. maybe lets both take a day to breathe or something and we can loop back to this.
again, im really genuinely sorry and hope we can come out of the other end of this struggle sesh comrades.
I appreciate your apology.
I forgive you, I hope you forgive me.
I handled it very immaturely and cruelly last night, due to a combination of alcohol and ego.
I've just been casually watching this saga unfold and felt the urge to have someone female chime in for once because I found the comment about their stuff and sex particularly egregious.
Which I hope makes sense on some level.
yeah we're good, comrade. i could definitely see that specific overshare being kind of viscerally triggering, especially with alcohol involved. i'm definitely thinking more seriously about the privacy concerns around these kinds of posts now, and im sure there's some patriarchy aspects im overlooking. maybe a larger effortpost would be welcome where people can chime in with concerns.
i do think there should be more avenues for fellxs to share their appreciation & love of womxn in a way that's wholesome and innocent and decoupled from the societal default predatory/objectifying "awooga booba butta" BS, but maybe posting about specific people in your life on a semi-anonymous forum isn't the place for it. and since patriarchy is the water we swim in, it's also inevitable that some of those grosser default dynamics will creep in now and again and those should be pointed out & corrected.
i doubt it was your intent but this construction is usually terf shit. dunno about "fellxs", seems weird.
nah actually i just fucking hate bullies, and blight is my internet friend (insofar as that's possible solely on a forum), we've had back and forths for months and motnhs. if it had been a discussion i'd be responding completely differently - even outlined ways we could do that in the above post. first i've seen of an apology from you is just now, in fact. but keep telling yourself you know me, sister.
EDIT: this was me jumping the gun and being a fucking asshole despite a viable path toward reconciliation and compassion with another. I leave it up as a testament to humankind's (and moreover Soylentkind's) folly.
I don’t really know what else you want from me?
This subject makes me heated and I’m admitting to you I acted rashly in my comment.
Where am I acting like I know you in this response when I am literally saying I was prejudging your motivations because I was angry with your comment?
If it had been a discussion, I’m sure you would, but we are trying to have that discussion now and the only thing you seem interested in is hashing out the events of last night even after people say they were wrong and trying to be more civil.
Man I'm disappointed in your ass for being like this.
Frankly your whole defense of blight is self protecting bullshit.
^ the actions of a kind, good faith comrade
Good faith, perhaps not.
But I did want to snap some perspective on how these comments came across.