a review of Anarchist Cuba: Countercultural Politics in the Early Twentieth Century by Kirwin Shaffer. PM Press 2019 // Share this on…
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Organic Cuba
by Citizen Cane
Fifth Estate # 354, Spring, 2000
In May, two former Fifth Estaters (turned farmers) will attend an international organic agriculture conference in Havana. Joining us there will be another farmer from Olympia, Washington, and friends from a Mayan community in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. // …
Cuba: Independent Self-Activity vs. the State
by SK
Fifth Estate # 404, Summer, 2019
This May was a very exciting time for anarchists in Cuba, full of both inspiration and anxiety. On the positive side, the Anarchist Social Center and Library (ABRA: Centro Social y Biblioteca Libertaria) hosted the Fourth Libertarian Spring Conference in …
Cuba Beats U.S.
by NACLA
Fifth Estate # 88, September 18-October 1, 1969
Cuba secured the World Amateur Baseball Championship by scoring a 2-to-1 victory over the United States at a playoff match in Santo Domingo Aug. 26. // Share this on…
Cuba’s New Constitution
by Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 403, Spring 2019
Pity the poor Marxist-Leninist militants now bereft of the police states for which they so earnestly apologized. But, not real pity as their dishonesty has caused as much damage to revolutionary possibilities as have the objects of their political ardor. …
Cleaver Free in Cuba
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 80, May 29-June 11, 1969
HAVANA, Cuba—Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther leader is living and writing in Havana according to the British news agency, Reuters. // Share this on…
Cuba Turns ‘Green Scare’ Fugitive Over to US
by Bill Weinberg
Fifth Estate # 402, Winter 2019
Joseph Mahmoud Dibee, a fugitive animal-rights activist, was intercepted by Cuban authorities in early August and turned over to the FBI. // Share this on…
Anarchism Returns to Cuba
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 401, Summer 2018
The Anarchist Social Center and Library (Abra: Centro Social y Biblioteca Libertaria) was inaugurated in Havana on May 5. The first word in the Spanish name, Abra, means a place or action through which possibilities can be opened up, which …
Review of Dolgoff Cuba Book
by Muswell Hillbillie
Fifth Estate # 286, September, 1977
a review of Sam Dolgoff, The Cuban Revolution, A Critical Perspective; Copyright 1976, Black Rose Books, Ltd., Montreal; $5.95. // Share this on…
Women in Cuba
by Dena Clamage
Fifth Estate # 53, May 1-15, 1968
Editor’s note: Dena is a Detroit movement activist who went to Cuba in February of this year. She was part of a group of 20 members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) who made the trip at the invitation …