Creating both a literary project and an historical mini-course on the early nineteenth to middle twentieth century, the editor has gathered writings mostly by Americans in Cuba who have tended to have a complex 'love/hate relationship' with the place. . . . In the end, most reveal their fondness for Cuba. . . . Those with a committed interest in the region will be grateful that this book takes them beyond the dissertations on Che Guevara and Fidel Castro.--ForeWord Magazine

Cuba has drawn and intrigued travelers ever since it was discovered by Columbus in 1492. Magnificently evoking the country's romance and drama as well as its darker episodes of slavery and tyranny, this selection of journal entries, essays, and guidebook commentaries transports the reader to the days when Havana sheltered Caribbean pirate treasure ships and was the gateway to the Spanish empire in the New World.

Later chapters reflect the American era when Cuba was transformed into a glittering tourist and gambler's paradise operated by the Mafia.

As with all good travelers' stories, this selection not only informs the reader but also fires the imagination. These tales of pre-revolutionary Cuba are filled with the flavor and manners of a bygone era, reflecting the various impressions of visitors to one of the most alluring islands on earth.

John Jenkins is an award-winning Australian poet and travel writer. The author of several books of poetry, two books on contemporary music, a libretto, and many other publications, Jenkins won the prestigious international James Joyce Foundation Suspended Sentence Award in 2004.

Alan Paton Award runner-up for non-fiction, 2002.

Raymond Suttner is one of a small number of white comrades who played a substantial role in bringing apartheid to an end. His book should be read by all who are interested in South Africa.--Walter Sisulu

Within the revolution, everything; against the revolution, nothing. This was the catchphrase of the historic 1961 meeting of Cuban artists and intellectuals when Fidel Castro made his famous address Words to Intellectuals, setting the framework of cultural freedom of expression in the early years of the revolution. Includes recent commentaries.

This is the authoritative history of the fifty-year conflict between the United States and Cuba, written by the former senior Cuban diplomat in Washington. Showing how the Cuban revolution had an impact far beyond its shores, the book provides a detailed summary of how Cuba has confronted eleven different US presidential administrations.

What should be the cultural objectives of a revolution? What is the role of the intellectual? What have been the experiences in socialist revolutions? What is the function of poetry? These questions are addressed in this new unpublished selection of articles and literary criticism by El Salvador's most beloved poet.

Leading Cuban intellectual and diplomat Pedro Prada reviews the legacy of Jos Mart and the lessons of the Cuban revolution for other national struggles for sovereignty and social justice. Includes an essay on the challenges that face left-wing political alliances today in Latin America.

Philosopher, political organizer, German economist, and founder of scientific socialism and the first international workers' movement, Friedrich Engels' relationship with Karl Marx was one of the great political partnerships of all time. He penned many important texts on socialism, co-authored the Communist Manifesto, and edited Capital after Marx's death.

Prepared as a submission to the peace talks, this book contains interviews with FARC leader Timole n Jim nez together with key documents and letters related to the dialogue initiated in 2012 between the guerrillas and the government, which may finally lead to peace and social justice in Colombia.

This anthology looks at the AfroCuban experience through the eyes of the island's writers, scholars and artists. A rich portrait of AfroCuba--one of the most vibrant and least well-documented of the black Caribbean diasporas.--Stuart Hall

An insightful look at Cuba's rich ethnic and cultural reality.

What is it like to be black in Cuba? Does racism exist in a revolutionary society that claims to have abolished it? How does the legacy of slavery and segregation live on in today's Cuba?

Essays, poetry, extracts from novels, anthropological studies and political analysis are brought together by editors Jean Stubbs and Pedro P rez to create an outstanding anthology of Cuban scholars, writers and artists. Drawing on an extensive knowledge of Cuba, the editors have produced a multi-faceted insight into Cuba's right ethnic and cultural reality.

The book is divided into three sections: The Die is Cast, Myth and Reality and Redrawing the Line, introducing the reader to a wide range of previously unavailable Cuban authors, in which dissenting voices speak alongside established writers, such as Fernando Ortiz.

Jean Stubbs is a professor of Caribbean and Latin American History at the University of North London. She has been a visiting associate professor at Hunter College, CUNY (New York) and Rockefeller scholar at the University of Florida (Gainesville), the University of Puerto Rico and Florida International University. Stubbs has published several other books, including Cuba: The Test of Time.

Pedro P rez Sarduy is an AfroCuban poet and journalist. He was writer-in-residence at Columbia University and a Rockefeller visiting scholar at the University of Florida (Gainesville) and the University of Puerto Rico. He has been the recipient of several literary awards and regularly undertakes speaking tours in the United States.

In April 1990, Father Michael Lapsley SSM was the target of a letter bomb from South Africa, losing both hands and an eye. Priest and Partisan, by Michael Worsnip, describes the experiences that led Father Lapsley, an Episcopalian priest, to join the ANC and how with humor and courage he fought his way back to life following his horrific injuries.

Priest and Partisan tells how a deeply religious man grappled with his commitment to pacifism in the face of what he came to recognize as one of the greatest crimes against humanity -- the apartheid system. However, his involvement in the ANC often brought him into conflict with the Church hierarchy.

Michael Lapsley's case was heard by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in July 1996. He is now director of the Institute for Healing of Memories in Cape Town, South Africa.

Michael Lapsley's life is part of the tapestry of the many long journeys and struggles of our people. NELSON MANDELA

I am no longer a victim, nor even simply a survivor. I am a victor over evil, hatred and death. The apartheid regime and all who supported it carry the responsibility for the loss of millions of lives throughout Southern Africa. MICHAEL LAPSLEY

This unique book presents a generally unrecognized aspect of Helen Keller's life: her radical socialism, her defense of the IWW and her pacifist stance during both world wars. It includes texts written about her, by figures such as socialist leader Eugene V. Debs and Mark Twain.

Her liberal views and wide sympathies ought to shame those who have physical eyes, yet do not open them to the sorrows that encompass the mass of men.--New York Call (1911)

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We were born into an unjust system. We are not prepared to grow old in it.--Bernadette Devlin

Rebel Lives books feature writings both by and about individuals who have played significant roles in humanity's ongoing fight for a better world. The series shows the not-so-well-recognized political views of some well-known figures and introduces some not-so-famous rebels. Strongly representative of race, class and gender, these books are smaller format, inexpensive, accessible and provocative.

An intimate encounter between the charismatic Venezuelan President Hugo Ch vez and Che Guevara's daughter Aleida

Is Venezuela the new Cuba? Elected by an overwhelming popular mandate in 1998, which has been reaffirmed in elections several times since, Hugo Ch vez is one of Latin America's most outspoken political leaders today.

In this extraordinary encounter, Ch vez is interviewed by Aleida Guevara, the daughter of the legendary revolutionary Che Guevara. He expresses a fiercely nationalist vision for Venezuela and a commitment to a united Latin America. He also discusses the significance of the military coup against his government in April 2002, Venezuela's new democratic constitution, the extensive social programs undertaken as part of the Bolivarian revolution and assesses his country's relations with the United States and Cuba.

In what became a remarkably intimate dialogue over several days, Ch vez is probed about his personal political formation and his views about the legacy of Che Guevara's ideas and example in Latin America today.

Included as an appendix is an exclusive interview with Venezuela's former minister of defense Jorge Garc a Carneiro, who played a key role in defeating the 2002 coup against Ch vez.

There is a different Venezuela where the wretched of the earth know that they can free themselves from their past. And this is a different Latin America. -- Hugo Ch vez

Aleida Guevara is the eldest daughter of Ernesto Che Guevara and Aleida March. She works as a pediatrician in Havana, Cuba, and is a prominent figure in the anti-globalization movement.

THIS INTERVIEW IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON DVD.

Operation Calipso was the CIA's name for the dirty war conducted against the Sandinista government in Nicaragua in the 1980s. It was a war that involved the secret use by Washington of surrogate forces to undermine the revolution which was later exposed in the Iran-Contragate scandal.

Mart ] added a social agenda to the historic program of national liberation and instantly converted a movement devoted to the establishment of a new nation into a force dedicated to shaping a new society. Mart transformed rebellion into revolution. . . . Like a master weaver, Mart pulled together all the separate threads of Cuban discontent--social, economic, political, racial, historical--and wove them into a radical movement of enormous force.--Louis A. P rez Jr, author of Jos Mart in the United States

Oh Cuba . . . the blood of Mart was not yours alone; it belonged to an entire race, to an entire continent; it belonged to the powerful youth who have lost probably the best of teachers; he belonged to the future --Rub n Dar o

This new edition of an elegant anthology features bilingual poetry, a revised translation, and several new pieces. It presents the full breadth of Jos Mart 's work: his political essays and writings on culture, his letters, and his poetry. Readers will discover a literary genius and an insightful political commentator on troubled US-Latin America relations.

Brilliant Marxist leader, recognized for her sharp critique of global capitalism and its drive to war. Rosa Luxemburg was one of the outstanding Marxists of the twentieth century and who played a central role in the working class and radical movements of both Poland and Germany. She was murdered by German right-wing militia in 1919.

A worthwhile compilation for libraries and bookstores seeking titles on the subject.--Criticas

This book is the kind of true testimonial that all Americans should read.--Clamor Magazine

This anthology reclaims September 11 as the anniversary of the 1973 US-backed coup in Chile by General Pinochet against the popularly elected Allende government. It combines moving personal accounts with a political and historical overview of the coup, featuring Ariel Dorfman's poignant essay The last September 11 and President Allende's radio broadcast. Other contributors include Pablo Neruda, Fidel Castro, Joan Jara, V ctor Jara, and Beatriz Allende.

An analysis of the political thought of Che Guevara, this book shows Che, best known as a guerrilla fighter, as a profound thinker, incisive political and economic strategist, and a creative, distinctly Latin American Marxist. The book explains Che's internationalism and motivation to participate, and ultimately offer his life, in the struggle to create a better world.

In this selection of Fidel Castro's speeches over four decades, one of the most consistent voices for the peoples of the continent argues that Latin America needs a second independence struggle against neocolonialism and neoliberalism to achieve its true autonomy.

Spanish edition of Tricontinental Rebellion: Voices of the Wretched of the Earth. The Who's Who of the anti-colonial and liberation movements of the 1960s to 1980s are brought together in this anthology that represents the voices of a people's history of the Third World. Features classic political posters of the period.

This is Che Guevara's own analysis of the Cuban Revolution. Although often regarded as a manual for would-be guerrillas, this is the first time Che argues for the primacy of the subjective factor in building a revolutionary movement. This is a new expanded and revised edition of a best-selling Che Guevara classic that reviews a crucial period of Latin American political history.

Uno de los libros cl sicos escritos por el Che Guevara, que con el decursar del tiempo se ha convertido en objeto de estudio por admiradores y adversarios.

...la cualidad positiva de esta guerra de guerrillas es que cada uno de los guerrilleros est dispuesto a morir, no s lo por defender un ideal sino por convertirlo en realidad. Esa es la base, la esencia de la lucha de guerrillas. El milagro por el cual un peque o n cleo de hombres, vanguardia armada del gran n cleo popular que los apoya, viendo m s all del objetivo t ctico inmediato, va decididamente a lograr un ideal, a establecer una sociedad nueva, a romper los viejos moldes de la antigua, a lograr, en definitiva, la justicia social por la que lucha.
--Che Guevara