Category Archives: Cuban Revolution

Underground – Emile de Antonio, Haskell Wexler, Mary Lampson (1976)

Posted on January 15, 2019 by

“Underground is a 1976 documentary film about the Weathermen, founded as a militant faction of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), who fought to overthrow the U.S. government during the 1960s and 1970s. The film consists of interviews with … Continue reading →

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The revolutionary challenge of “the long 1968”

Posted on January 9, 2019 by

Poster by OSPAAAL, the Cuban Organization of Solidarity with the People of Asia, Africa and Latin America. “In revolutionary moments, social realities that are hard to see in calmer periods rise to the surface as they are threatened, crumble, forced … Continue reading →

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Cuban missile crisis: how the US played Russian roulette with nuclear war – Noam Chomsky

Posted on January 5, 2019 by

President John F Kennedy in his office during a meeting with Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and Vice-president Lyndon B Johnson, at the White House in Washington, DC, 1961. “The world stood still 50 years ago during the last week … Continue reading →

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COINTELPRO (1956–1971)

Posted on November 25, 2018 by

J. Edgar Hoover at Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C., July 24, 1967. “COINTELPRO (Portmanteau derived from COunter INTELligence PROgram) (1956–1971) was a series of covert, and at times illegal, projects conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation … Continue reading →

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Zapruder film

Posted on November 4, 2018 by

“The Zapruder film is a silent 8mm color motion picture sequence shot by private citizen Abraham Zapruder with a Bell & Howell home-movie camera, as U.S. President John F. Kennedy‘s motorcade passed through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas on November … Continue reading →

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Everything Is Connected: Art and Conspiracy

Posted on October 18, 2018 by

“For the last fifty years, artists have explored the hidden operations of power and the symbiotic suspicion between the government and its citizens that haunts Western democracies. Everything Is Connected: Art and Conspiracy is the first major exhibition to tackle … Continue reading →

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Spy vs. Spy

Posted on October 15, 2018 by

“Spy vs. Spy is a wordless comic strip published in Mad magazine. It features two agents involved in stereotypical and comical espionage activities. One is dressed in white, and the other in black, but they are otherwise identical, and are … Continue reading →

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