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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My Christmas/New Years visit home:
cw mental health issues
An older relative has an aggressive form of palsy, and I'd been warned that it had gotten to the point where she was now suffering from delusions. When I first got home, it wasn't so bad- she had some emotional outbursts about odd things that reminded her of her childhood, and she told me that her ophthalmologist had mafia connections and might have been threatening her.About a week in, she locked me out of the house and accused me of stealing money, stealing the Christmas bonus check of her caretaker, stealing the caretakers' car and wrecking it, trying to hit her, stomping on her favorite piece of glass, and threatening to shoot her. I felt that it would be best if I spent the rest of my visit at a hotel. So that's where I am.
I've also extended my visit because I've come down with some kind of virus, which I'm recovering from at a Hilton
Thank you
I had a relative go in for a cornea transplant at her ophthalmologist. It took like 1 month between diagnosis and surgery. To this day I think there's a solid chance there's an organized crime reason that a cornea was found so fast.
relating
my mom has had persistent dementia since being in the ICU a couple years ago, and it presents very similarly 😞she is most combative and inventive with the people she sees most often, so my stepdad and brother get the worst of it.
she dumps random traumatic facts almost every time I visit, like spoiler child abuse "hey, I'm so sorry I beat you as a toddler to potty train you!"
and my stepdad is convinced that prayer and keto will bring her back to the person she was before the ICU 🙃
it's never easy watching someone change so drastically, especially when it's due to aging and chronic health issues; it's just so unavoidably obvious that the end is approaching and it's not going to be good. :::
really sorry that it ruined your holiday vacation and to hear that you're sick now, too.
wishing you a speedy recovery and happier new year
Thank you so much for the well wishes.
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I'm very sorry about your mom. That must be very hard, especially with your stepdad.