Anarchism in Cuba Revisited: History of a Libertarian Striving

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“There is more involved here than politics or ideology: it touches upon life stories, sacrifices and schemes for freedom that were repressed, ignored or driven out of the country, but which never were expunged from Cuban imagination. This book, then, is a story of resistance and remembrance as well as a call to rethink what it really means to be of the left in an island where authority has been muddled up with social justice.”

CONTENTS
Chapter I: The wakening of Proletarian Consciousness (1865-1878)
Chapter II: The Growth of Anarchism (1880-1892)
Chapter III: “Anarcho-separatism” and the War of ‘95
Chapter IV: The Republic and Disenchantment (1902-1925)
Chapter V: Repression, treachery and Eclipse: From the Machado Era to the Downfall of Batista (1925-1958)
Chapter VI: Revolution versus Freedom: Anarchism versus Marxism-Leninism in Cuba
Chapter VII: Cuban Anarchism in Exile: Remembrance, Struggle and Survival
Chapter VIII: Between Autonomy and the Trans-National Outlook: Trade Unionism and Labour Memory in Cuba
Chapter IX: The Fourth Generation: Libertarian Renaissance in 21st Century Cuba
Chapter X: Culture, Resistance and Freedom: Libertarian Praxis in Contemporary Cuban Art
Epilogue: Remembering and a Freedom Not Begged For

Translated by: Paul Sharkey.