If he didn't, then I'm going to tell my children he did.
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I'm not a Cuban history expert or anything, but it seems like that quote is misattributed.
I can't find any info about a June 1961 speech in Algiera - but did find this transcript of a February 1965 speech at the same conference (Second Economic Seminar of Afro-Asian Solidarity, February 24, 1965) which makes me think the date on the meme is purposefully wrong - i.e. it sounds just correct enough. He does not mention fascists or bullets in that whole speech (but it's a pretty good read - highly recommend!)
It isn't a Lenin quote either iirc - but I believe Sovietknuckles was just saying it sounds similar to "the kind Vladimir Ilyich would have shot everybody here" like the other commenter said.
He does not mention fascists or bullets in that whole speech
And this means?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGys0M_qSao
Q: What would Vladimir Ilyich [Lenin] have done in this situation?
A: The kind Vladimir Ilyich would have shot everybody here.
it's from a vice documentary on the Donetsk People's Republic. If I remember right, this guy's call sign was Vladimir Ilyich, and he just got out of some beef with a rival group of militia guys. So this is his response after being asked what Vladimir Ilyich [Lenin] would do.
Are you saying that the quote is from Lenin or is this video satire?
It's not a quote from Lenin, the words are from the guy in the video. It was more like a dark joke during a difficult time (start of the civil war in Ukraine) where different groups of opportunists try to take control in an unstable situation. More like a play on words that his call sign is Vladimir Ilyich, and the joke was that he was being asked what he will do, yet he answered what Lenin would do
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: