Conjugating the Cuban Revolution

Abstract

If 50 years on it is a challenge to get a clear picture of the place of the process known as the Cuban Revolution, no event in that time has had more lasting impact on so many people in so many places. The Cuban Revolution mattered, matters, and will continue to matter. It enabled and enobled people around the world to stand up and struggle or renew struggles already under way, it continues to stand as a powerful testament to both social justice work and commitment in countries around the world, and it will provide a model—for what to do and not to do—for future actors in popular collective efforts as well as efforts to improve health care and education. The legacy of the Cuban Revolution, its premise and its promise, is deep and wide.

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Cuba Revolution Social justice Change Popular

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