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Friday, July 25, 2008 --- 26 days ago http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=7099
 First published in Socialism and Liberation magazine, July 2004. Some historians—particularly opponents of the Cuban Revolution—treat the July 26, 1953, Moncada rebellion in Cuba as an impetuous act of 132 idealistic radicals. They see an outnumbered, poorly armed group that decided to attack the barracks of the U.S.-backed Batista regime. But history shows that a military defeat can sometimes result in a profound political victory. The heroic survivors of that Santiago de Cuba, Cubans celebrate the 50th anniversary of the attack on the Moncada Barracks that launched the Revolution, July 26, 2003. Photo: Gloria La Riva attacks—including Fidel Castro and other future leaders of the Cuban Revolution—went on to form the July 26th Movement. On January 1, 1959, they victoriously rode into Havana, toppling the hated U.S.-backed dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. Fifty-one years ago, these revolutionaries had hoped to rush the army base, seize the radio transmitters and call for the Cuban people to rise up and support the insurgency. An exchange of fire outside the barracks eliminated the element of surprise, and government troops captured practically all the revolutionaries. Fifty-five were viciously tortured and then killed in the Moncada barracks. 'This movement will triumph' Raul Castro, himself a hero of the Moncada attack, has articulated the fundamental meaning of the July 26 action. First, the attack initiated a period of armed s ... |
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