Resources for understanding Cuban History & the Revolution
Goal: Provide resources tailored to an anglophone audience that outlines a history and political analysis of Cuba that addresses some of the gaps in information that exist.
Note: many of these texts are paid.. Not many free resources available to study Cuba and the Revolution.
Note #2: We will update this document frequently, check back.
* Other FAQs:
* Socialism FAQ: On Cuba
* Cuba & Fidel Megathread
* Anti-Communist Myths Debunked
History of Cuba:
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes Cuban Revolutionary hero (independence)
Ten Years War
Antonio Maceo Cuban Revolutionary hero (independence)
José María Heredia Cuba's Romantic Poet
Jose Marti Cuban Revolutionary & Poet (independence)
Jose Marti Timeline
Juan Gualberto Gomez Cuban Revolutionary (independence)
The Cuban Flag
Batista (The Dictator)
Attack on the Moncada Barracks
The Historical Importance of Oriente Province
Meyer Lansky and the Mafia in Havana
Lucky Luciano (Mafioso)
Landing of Granma and rebel Invasion
Timetable of the events leading up to the Revolution
Camilo Cienfuegos (Cuban Revolutionary)
Ernesto Che Guevara (Cuban Revolutionary)
Significance of “La Sierra Maestra”
Battle of Jigue
History of Cuba through Art
Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution
Historical roots of Cuban anti-Imperialism
Cuba Before the revolution
Anecdotes on Campesino Life before the Revolution
60 Years of Revolution
From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean 1492-1969
Atrocities Under Batista
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Atrocities towards Black Political Parties Before Castro
A History of US Terrorism Against Cuba
Works covering the revolution and its leaders:
Inside the Cuban Revolution
My Life: A Spoken Autobiography of Fidel Castro
Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life by Jon Lee Anderson
Che Guevara: Symbol of Struggle
Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara
Guerilla Warfare: Che Guevara
Che Guevara Talks to young people
Ernesto 'Che' Guevara: a rebel against Soviet Political Economy
Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara: socialist political economy and economic management in Cuba 1959-1965
The text of the Constitution of the Republic of Cuba
Speech by Fidel Castro Ruz before Leaving for the Moncada Barracks on July 26, 1953
Famous Speech by Fidel “History Shall Absolve me”
Fidel Castro: How I Became a Communist
Speech delivered by Dr. Fidel Castro Ruz at the Palm Garden Room in New York on October 30, 1955
First Speech by Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz on Radio Rebelde, April 14, 1958
Address by Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz at Céspedes Park in Santiago de Cuba, on the 1st of January of 1959
January 3, 1959: The Revolution Begins Now
January 21, 1959: When the People Rule
Address Speech by Commander-In-Chief Fidel Castro on his arrival in Havana on 8 January 1959
May 17, 1959: On the promulgation of the Agrarian Law
July 9, 1960: Facing U.S. Aggressions
September 26, 1960: To the U.N. General Assembly: Cuba's Revolutionary Policy
September 29, 1960: Abstract of: Establishing Revolutionary Vigilance in Cuba
February 2, 1961: L'Unita Interview with Fidel Castro: The Nature of Cuban Socialism
April 23, 1961: Denouncing U.S. Bay of Pigs Invasion
May 1, 1961: May Day Celebration: Cuba is a Socialist Nation
January 2, 1963: Fourth Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution
October 18, 1967: Speech by the Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz at the solemn evening in memory of Commander Ernesto Che Guevara, in the Plaza de la Revolución
May 1, 1980: Our Criminals are Leaving to their Allies in the US
Cuba Libre!: Che, Fidel, and the Improbable Revolution that Changed World History, by Tony Perrotet
Cuban Literacy Campaign
Rebel Lands of Cuba : The Campesino Struggles of Oriente and Escambray
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Afro-Cuban/Black Revolutionary History:
Black, Radical, and Campesino: A History of Black Revolutionaries in Cuba
End of Slavery in Cuba
Life of Victor Dreke as an Afro-Cuban Revolutionary Leader
Who Is Victor Dreke?
Interview with an Afro-Cuban Revolutionary
From Escambray to the Congo: Leading the Revolutionary Course Beyond Cuba
Cuban Support of African Independence
Fidel Castro's Ties to Africa
Victor Dreke Speech Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Bay of Pigs Victory
Amiri Baraka: Cuba Libre
Amiri Baraka and Cuba
How Far We Slaves Have Come Fidel & Mandela
Black and Cuba
Cuban Revolution and its Influence on Black Americans
Amiri Baraka on Meeting Castro in Cuba
Assata Shakur and Cuba
Feminist Contribution to the Revolution:
The Family Code
Celia Sanchez Manduley: The Life and Legacy of a Cuban Revolutionary Woman
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Haydee Santamaria: A Cuban Revolutionary
The Role of Women in the Revolution
Women in Pre-Revolutionary Cuba
January 16, 1963: At the Closing of the Congress of Women of the Americans
Women & The Cuban Revolution, Speeches by Fidel Castro
Women in the Cuban Revolution
Celia Sanchez: The Legend of Cuba's Revolutionary Heart
Revolution within the Revolution: Women and Gender Politics in Cuba, y1952-1962
Cuban Internationalism:
Cuba's Global Solidarity and Anti-Imperialist Campaign
Cuba and Angola: The War for Freedom
Che Guevara UN Speech
Cuban Internationalism
Global Justice: Che Guevara
On Growth and Imperialism
Visions of Freedom: Havana, Washington, Pretoria, and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1976-1991
Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959-1976
How Cuba Helped End South African Apartheid
Cuba and African Independence
Pan African Solidarity With the Cuban People
When Africa Called, Cuba Answered
Documentaries:
“Soy Cuba” I am Cuba
* Trailer
Cubanas, Mujeres en Revolución
Maestra Film: Cuban Literacy Campaign
* Clip of the Film
Cuba: Defending Socialism, Resisting Imperialism (A Special Period Documentary)
Women in the Cuban Revolution
Alice walker on Cuba
Fidel Castro Speech in Harlem
Interview with Fidel Castro
Salud: A Documentary on the Cuban Healthcare System
How Cuba survived Peak Oil Crisis
The Special Period, Blockade, and Modern-day Cuba:
How Cuba Overcame The Special Period
The Economic War Against Cuba
June 3, 1992: Blaming Stalin for everything would be historical simplism
UN Report on the Blockade
Effects of Blockade on Cuban Economy
July 26, 2002: 49th Anniversary of the Attack on the Moncada Barracks
May 1, 2003: Cuba's achievements and America's Wars
Cuban Blockade under Covid-19
Cubans Pay Homage to Castro
Even More New Cuban Sanctions
Cuba Under Raul Castro
New Constitution of Cuba
Interview with Miguel Diaz-Canel
Fidel Castro at the United Nations: 1960
Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara:socialist political economy and economic management in Cuba,
Cuban Revelations: Life in 21st century Cuba
Democracy in Cuba
How Democracy Works in Cuba
A look at the Cuban Elections
Economic Changes After the Special Period
Cuba's Response to Hurricanes
Timeline of the Embargo
20 Reasons to Support Cuba
50 Years of Cuban Socialism
Rainbow Solidarity: In defense of Cuba (LGBT+ issues)