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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What would y’all say is the weakest link of the right?
Unfortunately, in the mainstream world the left is generally a socially acceptable target and the right is idolized to be completely above criticism. But back in the late 2000s and early 2010s it was less one-sided. However, the right found one group in particular (people who hated men on tumblr) and spread exclusively snapshots of them saying something stupid out-of-context and also people snarkily winning arguments against them. I’d say this helped us get to a point where the overton window is where it is now.
I doubt we have the “digital manpower” for lack of a better term, but I argue we should find the least sympathetic sub-ideology of the right, and relentlessly dunk on them. My best guess would be incels but even they’ve gained a lot of ground, so there could be some other group.
Elon bros would be my best bet. Elon is so obviously embarrassing that thinking he's cool is pretty shameful even in right wing circles.
Could make for a nice grift.
“Well well well….look at Silicon Valley come crying to us after they got dumped by the left. Fuck off, I’m no one’s backup plan, especially not a backup plan for soylent-drinking nerds!”
I always kinda thought gamers were sauceless, I mean who actually cared about the Stellar Blade shit? Who cares now about the current Dragon Quest III "censorship"?
I mean the schisms in the right are obvious - half the maga will shiver at the name of blackrock (petty bougie landlords and anti-semites mainly). But one can try lead the horse to a water from that at least.
ai and crypto guys for god creators and normal people, gambling for christians vs sports bros here dunking might be more productive
It looks like acknowledging america sucks will be the way to go. So anyone pushing American acceptionalism is gonna be left behind. It is gonna be people who think they cna cynically get in on the graft who represent the next wave of conservative energy I think