26th of July Movement

dislodge Batista’s new dictatorship by legal means, Castro began to organize a rebel force for the task. Hoping to spark a widespread uprising, Fidel Castro led about 160 men in a suicidal attack on the Moncada military barracks in Santiago de Cuba on July 26, 1953. Castro was one of the only men to survive the raid, and was sentenced to 15 years jail time. When released, Fidel Castro and his brother Raul Castro went to Mexico and continued to plot against the…

Zapatistas wear ski masks? The main reason is for no one to try to become the leader. The Zapatistas wear ski masks in order to prevent this from happening. They want to be anonymous. They are also trying to avoid corruption. 2. Who lead the Zapatista Movement? Subcomandate Marcos 3. What does EZLN stand for? Ejercito Zapatista de Liberación Nacional “Zapata Army of National Liberation" 4. Who has control of the poor people of Guatemala? Catholic Church and the military has control of…

Che Guevara: Reviled and Revered Today, Che Guevara is looked at as a symbol of rebellion. However, Che Guevara is both revered and reviled in today's society due to his horrific actions of being a cruel leader, but successfully being committed to the justice of the people of the Cuban Revolution. Born as Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, Che Guevara was born on June 14, 1928 in Rosario, Argentina. He was part of a middle class family that was the source of most of his political views. As a child,…

The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt led by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement. It was against the government and Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. The revolt took place between 1953 and 1959. Batista was finally removed from office on January 1, 1959. He was replaced by a new government led by Castro. This government…

recognized for painting some of the most famous biblical artworks in history (). However, Gentileschi’s accomplishments, as well as the accomplishments of other women in early history, were all seen as anomalies until the beginnings of the feminist movement.…

My grandparents’s neighborhood for the 4th of July party always has poster competition, in which kids and adults draw or write something according to the theme, and in 2015 the theme was “ if you could ask a real or imaginary american character, what would you ask him”. I participated in the competition and I chose Harvey Milk and asked him : even though you didn’t fight for same sex marriage what would say about the great changes ( on June 26th the supreme court legalized same-sex marriage in…

Why did Fidel Castro come to power? Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban Politian and revolutionary who ruled Cuba for almost 5 decades. In 1959 he seized control as dictator due to Fulgencio Batista (the former dictator) being disliked by the people of Cuba because of the lack of a genuine alternative to his regime, economic problems and unemployment. To over throw him Castro led revolts and offered an alternative type of leadership which made him popular with the citizens and ultimately prime…

The introduction of “Rebels without Borders” starts with a quote from Max Weber, “The state is a human community that claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of force within a given territory” It goes without saying that the rebel organizations - a human community - are not based on this principle. I want to emphasize that this critical response is based on the book's introduction, my critical arguments may be specified later in the same book, but, I will focus on talking about the topics…

a little over seven million people, the year 1959 changed the course of their entire future when the Cuban Government under President Fulgencio Batista was toppled by a guerrilla army lead by Fidel Castro and the Movimiento 26 de Julio–the 26th of July Movement–became reality in Cuba. The subsequent government that replaced the Batista regime was lead exclusively by the leaders of this revolution and everything that the government embodied–everything from its policies, its politicians, and all…

for over 20 years. ~Increasing numbers of women are found in politics. Canadian women only began to consider careers in politics seriously in the 1970s, having learned in the preceding half century that winning the vote was only a first step in a movement, far from over, for fundamental political and social change. As of 2011, the greatest number of women (76) had been elected to the House of Commons and as of 2013, the greatest number (12) had become Cabinet ministers. A total of 38 women had…