In this episode, part of the Reading Revolution series, we discuss Che Guevara’s 1964 speech to the United Nations “Colonialism Is Doomed,” regarding the ongoing independence movements throughout the world and Cuba’s solidarity with oppressed peoples in their fight for sovereignty.
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Readings & Resources
Che Guevara - “Colonialism Is Doomed” 1964 Speech to the United Nations
https://www.marxists.org/archive/guevara/1964/12/11-alt.htm

Ada Ferrer - Insurgent Cuba: Race, Nation, and Revolution, 1868-1898
https://uncpress.org/book/9780807847831/insurgent-cuba/

Aviva Chomsky - A History of the Cuban Revolution
https://www.bookdepository.com/History-Cuban-Revolution-Aviva-Chomsky/9781118942284

Vijay Prashad - The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World
https://thenewpress.com/books/darker-nations

Gregory Mann - Native Sons: West African Veterans and France in the Twentieth Century
https://www.dukeupress.edu/native-sons

Christine Hatzky - Cubans in Angola: South-South Cooperation and Transfer of Knowledge, 1976-1991
https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/5216.htm

Assata Shakur - Assata: An Autobiography
https://www.mahoganybooks.com/9781556520747
about the book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assata:_An_Autobiography

Che Guevara on Face the Nation (1964)
https://youtu.be/mzmOHy6Ine0

Che Guevara’s 1964 Address to the United Nations (excerpt)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bufHojkoGtw
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Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone
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