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On Imperialist Globalization
In these two speeches delivered on the eve of the new century, Fidel Castro argues that globalization is an imperialist world order, manifested in new forms of economic exploitation, attacks on national sovereignty, cultural subjugation, and military aggression.
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First published May 2, 2003
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Fidel Castro
580 books287 followersCuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro overthrew the regime of Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar in 1959, established a Communist state, served as prime minister until 1976 and then as president of the government and first secretary of the party, in declining health passed control de facto in 2006 to Raúl Castro, his younger brother, and officially retired in 2008.
Fidel Castro led a revolutionary movement that overthrew corrupt authoritarian regime of Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar on New Year's Day, 1 January 1959.
Raúl Castro assisted Fidel Castro, his brother, in overthrowing the regime of Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar in 1959.
United States in an attempt to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro trained a force of 1,500 guerrilla troops, who landed at Bay of Pigs, the site, in an ill-fated invasion on 17 April 1961.
Castro, the illegitimate son of a wealthy farmer, adopted leftist anti-imperialist politics and meanwhile studied law at the University of Havana. He participated in rebellions against right wing in the Dominican Republic and Colombia, afterward failed in an attack on the barracks of Moncada, planned against the military junta, which the United States of America backed, and served imprisonment for a year in 1953. On release, he went to Mexico, formed the movement of 26 July as a group with Ernesto Guevara, his friend and doctor.
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, a politician, also served as the commander in chief of the armed forces. This politically Marxist-Leninist administered the socialist republic. People nationalized industry and businesses and implemented socialist reforms in all parts of society. Castro returned, ousted rivals in 1959, and brought his own assumption of military and political power.
Credentials of Castro and cordial relations with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics alarmed the Administrations of Dwight David Eisenhower and John Fitzgerald Kennedy, who unsuccessfully attempted economic blockade, assassination, and even the invasion at Bay of Pigs of 1961 to remove him. In 1961, Castro proclaimed the socialist nature of his administration under rule of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. The press and suppression of internal dissent accompanied socialist reforms that introduced central economic planning and expanded care and education.
Castro countered these threats, formed an economic and military alliance with the Soviets, allowed them to place nuclear weapons on the island, and thus sparked sparking the missile crisis in 1962.
Internationally, Castro also served as general of the nonaligned movement from 1979 to 1983.
Abroad, Castro supported foreign groups in the expectation of toppling world capitalism, sent troops to fight in the wars of Yom Kippur, Ogaden, and Angola.
Following the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1991, Castro went into economic "special period" and afterward forged alliances in the Latin American pink tide, namely with Venezuela of Hugo Chávez, and joined the Bolivarian alliance in 2006.
Due to failing, Castro in 2006 transferred his responsibilities to his vice, who assumed in 2008.
Supporters lauded Castro, a controversial and divisive world figure, as a champion of socialism, humanitarianism, and environmentalism against imperialism; critics viewed him as a dictator, who oversaw multiple rights abuses, an exodus of more than a million persons, and the impoverishment of the economy of the country. Through actions and writings, he significantly influenced the politics of various individuals and groups across the world.
Fidel Castro led a revolutionary movement that overthrew corrupt authoritarian regime of Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar on New Year's Day, 1 January 1959.
Raúl Castro assisted Fidel Castro, his brother, in overthrowing the regime of Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar in 1959.
United States in an attempt to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro trained a force of 1,500 guerrilla troops, who landed at Bay of Pigs, the site, in an ill-fated invasion on 17 April 1961.
Castro, the illegitimate son of a wealthy farmer, adopted leftist anti-imperialist politics and meanwhile studied law at the University of Havana. He participated in rebellions against right wing in the Dominican Republic and Colombia, afterward failed in an attack on the barracks of Moncada, planned against the military junta, which the United States of America backed, and served imprisonment for a year in 1953. On release, he went to Mexico, formed the movement of 26 July as a group with Ernesto Guevara, his friend and doctor.
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, a politician, also served as the commander in chief of the armed forces. This politically Marxist-Leninist administered the socialist republic. People nationalized industry and businesses and implemented socialist reforms in all parts of society. Castro returned, ousted rivals in 1959, and brought his own assumption of military and political power.
Credentials of Castro and cordial relations with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics alarmed the Administrations of Dwight David Eisenhower and John Fitzgerald Kennedy, who unsuccessfully attempted economic blockade, assassination, and even the invasion at Bay of Pigs of 1961 to remove him. In 1961, Castro proclaimed the socialist nature of his administration under rule of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. The press and suppression of internal dissent accompanied socialist reforms that introduced central economic planning and expanded care and education.
Castro countered these threats, formed an economic and military alliance with the Soviets, allowed them to place nuclear weapons on the island, and thus sparked sparking the missile crisis in 1962.
Internationally, Castro also served as general of the nonaligned movement from 1979 to 1983.
Abroad, Castro supported foreign groups in the expectation of toppling world capitalism, sent troops to fight in the wars of Yom Kippur, Ogaden, and Angola.
Following the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1991, Castro went into economic "special period" and afterward forged alliances in the Latin American pink tide, namely with Venezuela of Hugo Chávez, and joined the Bolivarian alliance in 2006.
Due to failing, Castro in 2006 transferred his responsibilities to his vice, who assumed in 2008.
Supporters lauded Castro, a controversial and divisive world figure, as a champion of socialism, humanitarianism, and environmentalism against imperialism; critics viewed him as a dictator, who oversaw multiple rights abuses, an exodus of more than a million persons, and the impoverishment of the economy of the country. Through actions and writings, he significantly influenced the politics of various individuals and groups across the world.
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August 9, 2019
5 Aug 2019
Two enlightening speeches by one of the great statesmen of the 20th century.
Both speeches delivered in 1999
The first: 'A Revolution Can Only Be Born from Culture and Ideas'
The Master Lecture delivered at the University of Venezuela, Caracas, in February 1999.
The second speech: 'The Battle For Sovereignty Is a Battle for Culture Too'.
Delivered at the closing ceremony of the first International Congress on Culture and Development, held in Havana in June 1999.
On Imperialist Globalization from the first speech: Feb. 1999 at the University of Venezuela, Caracas
"Allow me to point out some facts which I would like to draw to your attention and which respond to the question I asked myself when I said: 'What is the legacy of capitalism and neo-liberal globalization?' After 300 years of capitalism, the world now has 800 million hungry people. Now, at this very moment, there are 1 billion illiterate, 4 billion poor, 250 million children who work regularly and 130 million people that have no access to education. There are 100 million homeless and 11 million children under five years of age dying every year of malnutrition, poverty and preventable or curable diseases."
The second speech focuses mainly on the threat to Sovereignty from Imperialism and Globalization.
If you question the fact of great statesman, ask why the first Leader that President Nelson Mandela wanted to meet and thank was Fidel Castro.
Nelson Mandela meets Fidel Castro
https://youtu.be/0Abqg7iNab8
The Secret History of how Cuba helped end Apartheid in South Africa
https://youtu.be/jNpXUC391vc
There has been much criticism from the U.S. on conditions in Cuba which conveniently avoids any mention of the sixty year Blockade.
Instead of criticising Cuba, America could look to its own problems. Cuba has no homeless. Cuba has free healthcare. Cuba sends doctors around the world.
Imperialism, colonialism and neo-liberal gobalization and sovereignty are a big subject.
There's a whole lot more to add to this later.
Two enlightening speeches by one of the great statesmen of the 20th century.
Both speeches delivered in 1999
The first: 'A Revolution Can Only Be Born from Culture and Ideas'
The Master Lecture delivered at the University of Venezuela, Caracas, in February 1999.
The second speech: 'The Battle For Sovereignty Is a Battle for Culture Too'.
Delivered at the closing ceremony of the first International Congress on Culture and Development, held in Havana in June 1999.
On Imperialist Globalization from the first speech: Feb. 1999 at the University of Venezuela, Caracas
"Allow me to point out some facts which I would like to draw to your attention and which respond to the question I asked myself when I said: 'What is the legacy of capitalism and neo-liberal globalization?' After 300 years of capitalism, the world now has 800 million hungry people. Now, at this very moment, there are 1 billion illiterate, 4 billion poor, 250 million children who work regularly and 130 million people that have no access to education. There are 100 million homeless and 11 million children under five years of age dying every year of malnutrition, poverty and preventable or curable diseases."
The second speech focuses mainly on the threat to Sovereignty from Imperialism and Globalization.
If you question the fact of great statesman, ask why the first Leader that President Nelson Mandela wanted to meet and thank was Fidel Castro.
Nelson Mandela meets Fidel Castro
https://youtu.be/0Abqg7iNab8
The Secret History of how Cuba helped end Apartheid in South Africa
https://youtu.be/jNpXUC391vc
There has been much criticism from the U.S. on conditions in Cuba which conveniently avoids any mention of the sixty year Blockade.
Instead of criticising Cuba, America could look to its own problems. Cuba has no homeless. Cuba has free healthcare. Cuba sends doctors around the world.
Imperialism, colonialism and neo-liberal gobalization and sovereignty are a big subject.
There's a whole lot more to add to this later.
October 5, 2014
"Neo-liberal theoreticians have been unable to solve, for instance, the serious problem of unemployment in most of the rich countries, let alone the developing countries, and they shall never find a solution under such a ridiculous conception. It is a huge contradiction in the system that the more they invest and resort to technology, the more people are left jobless. Labour productivity and the most sophisticated equipment born out of human talent multiply material wealth as well as poverty and layoffs, what good are they to mankind? Perhaps to help reduce working hours, have more time for resting, leisure, sports, cultural and scientific upgrading? That is impossible because the sacred market laws and competition patterns - increasingly more imaginary than real - in a world of transnationals and megamerges do not allow it at all. Anyway, who are competing and against whom? Monopoly- and merger-oriented giants against giants. There is not a place or a corner in the world for the other alleged players in this competition."
June 23, 2017
اجمل ما في الكتاب صفحاته ،كأنك تقرأ كتابا يعود للقرون الوسطى .
الكتاب يحوي على خطابين للرئيس فيدل كاسترو واستطيع ان اقول انه يحوي على اسباب الثورة الكوبية ؛إذ ان الشعب قد سأم من تسلط اميركا وشركاته على كل مقدرات البلد .
لقد تبنا كاسترو مبادئ ماركس ،وكما يقول وضع لمسته الكوبية
في قرائتك تلمس احساس الحرية في كلماته وافكاره وتحدثه عن الاحداث العالمية دونما حياد وبكل صراحة ،وتلمس ايضا رقي فكره واطلاعه فهو ليس مجرد ثوري متحمس .
للاسف لا يبدو ان الكتاب ترجم بشكل جيد .
الكتاب يحوي على خطابين للرئيس فيدل كاسترو واستطيع ان اقول انه يحوي على اسباب الثورة الكوبية ؛إذ ان الشعب قد سأم من تسلط اميركا وشركاته على كل مقدرات البلد .
لقد تبنا كاسترو مبادئ ماركس ،وكما يقول وضع لمسته الكوبية
في قرائتك تلمس احساس الحرية في كلماته وافكاره وتحدثه عن الاحداث العالمية دونما حياد وبكل صراحة ،وتلمس ايضا رقي فكره واطلاعه فهو ليس مجرد ثوري متحمس .
للاسف لا يبدو ان الكتاب ترجم بشكل جيد .
May 25, 2020
The first speech is wide-ranging but the overall topic is about globalization. The second one deals primarily with the "humanitarian intervention" doctrines and it's use in Yugoslavia specifically. The first one was definitely more interesting but they were both great nonetheless! Easy to understand what he's saying, definitely enjoyed it.
September 30, 2012
All the glory in the world is held in a kernel of corn
June 23, 2013
قرأته مترجم للعربية، لذلك أنصح بعدم الأخذ بتقييمي.
أنصح بقراءة الكتاب باللغة الانجليزية.
أنصح بقراءة الكتاب باللغة الانجليزية.
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