Socialism and Man in Cuba [Pamphlet]

Ernesto Guevara; Fidel Castro (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1989

Guevara's best-known presentation of the political tasks and challenges in leading the transition from capitalism to socialism. Includes Castro's 1987 speech on the 20th anniversary of Guevara's death.

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"To build communism it is necessary, simultaneous with the new material foundations, to build the new man." Ernesto Che Guevara

Product Details

• Pamphlet: 56 pages
• Publisher: Pathfinder Press (NY); Expanded edition (June 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873485777
• ISBN-13: 978-0873485777
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,714,656 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Guevara's view and feelings on individual and the masses., May 19, 1998

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Benjamín Alejandro ([e-mail]) (Mexico City, Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Socialism and Man in Cuba (Pamphlet)

In this small book, originaly a letter, Guevara explains the various steps that individuals have in the revolutionary strugle. He explains the relation between a vanguard party and the masses, and focus on the echo that the party has to have on the masses needs. This is a key point in understanding Cuba and Socialism since in a one party sistem, the only way of having a participative democracie is by forcing the party to follow the peoples needs. More over, it's the view of a very tender and humane man, that differs greatly from the more known Stalinist Socialism.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the freedom of the individual and the freedom of society, August 16, 2002

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Martin Boyers (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Socialism and Man in Cuba (Pamphlet)

Does socialism deaden individual freedom and creativity? Che Guevara, a leader of the Cuban revolution, answers this question in this 1965 article. He draws on the experience of that revolution. Guevara demonstrates that the individual reaches its highest creativity as part of the struggle against the exploitation and violence of capitalism. It is only through this process that the individual can reach his or her fullest development.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why Cuba Is Still An Example For Working People Wordwide, August 1, 2002

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Andrew Hunt (Reseda, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Socialism and Man in Cuba (Pamphlet)

Why did Cuba survive the 'collapse of communism' ? Che Guevara explained that
without a communist party, a genuine one which means led by the most politically
conscious and self-sacrificing workers and farmers, leading a constant battle for workers'
control and a higher level of consciousness and solidarity among the whole population,
any revolution would slide back toward capitalism. The Cuban Communist Party is such a
party: the only one in power anywhere since the 1920s.Thus, he predicted the collapse
of Stalinism ( as opposed to communism).Cuba put his ideas into practice in the middle
to late 1980s for the first time on a nationwide basis.It was this battle against bureaucracy
and for workers' democracy that made Cuba strong enough to survive its severest
economic crisis since the revolutionary triumph.Cuba is ready to aid as always any
revolutionary movements that develop as a result of the present crisis of capitalism, and
to aid the revolutions to come : its internationalism is intact. The basic line of march ,the
ideas as a guide to action that make Cuba capable of mobilizing millions for socialism and
the revolution in 2002 are outlined in this pamphlet.Workers and farmers everywhere
who fight back against capital NEED THIS BOOKLET.