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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Rutgers University Press (January 6, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0813544327
  • ISBN-13: 978-0813544328
  • Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.6 x 9.2 inches
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5.0 out of 5 starsRandall's Cuban Memoir a Must-Read
By Jody Sokolower on October 1, 2009
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To Change the World: My Years in Cuba is a fascinating, thought-provoking memoir by one of our most important writers and political thinkers. Through Randall's eyes-- as a young mother, poet, and idealistic activist--we see the extraordinary promise of revolutionary Cuba. We follow her journey as she struggles to balance her commitment to the Cuban revolution and to her children, and as she grapples with her deepening understanding of the contradictions within the revolution.

Randall is best known as the author of oral histories like Cuban Women Now, Sandino's Daughters, and Sandino's Daughters Revisited--books that bring revolutionary struggles to life through the narratives of women who participated in them. This is a rare opportunity to see how she developed as a writer and photographer, an activist, and a political thinker.
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5.0 out of 5 starsYes, definitely a must read.
By Buddha Baby on October 1, 2013
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Margaret Randall is an American who lived in Cuba from 1969 through 1980 with her four children.  She then moved to Nicaragua until 1984 when she returned to the U.S. and has since made her home in New Mexico.  She also previously lived in Spain as well as Mexico from which she was forced to leave through the underground.  After her return to the U.S. in 1984 she was deported and had to get through legal battles to regain her U.S. citizenship.

Although certainly aware that she lived with privilege in Cuba, Randall attempted to live as much like a Cuban as possible under that circumstance, e.g. sending her children to Cuban schools, using the Cuban health care system, living within the  Cuban food rationing system.  She also traveled alone extensively throughout Cuba which gave her the opportunity to compare the poverty of some areas with better areas and to see the duality of living conditions.  Randall worked in Cuba as a writer, a photographer, an editor and some other positions.  She participated in international conferences in Cuba as well as other countries, experiencing the trust of the Cuban government in using her as their representative, as well as later repression by the same government.  During this time she worked and networked with many recognizable names among the Castro administration as well others such as Daniel Ortega.  It is from this experience and perspective that Randall deeply examines many issues of the Cuban and other revolutionary governments.  These topics are addressed  in individual chapters although somewhat interwoven into a narrative form.

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4.0 out of 5 starsElegantly written and super readable. Can not agree with much of the ...
By Peter on July 11, 2014
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Elegantly written and super readable. Can not agree with much of the political view, but an interesting take on the early years. And by the way, where is Celia Sanchez Manduley in all this. More relevant than Haydee and Vilma on the feminine role in the revolution.
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By raymond d. myers on June 16, 2015
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a great book by a great author
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