Media reaction, in Ireland, to this News Release was hysterical and grossly ill-informed !
“A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery ; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.”
So here are some images from the ‘real’ Cuba … or ‘real’ images from Cuba … whichever you prefer …
Fidel Castro was one of the Principal Leaders of the Cuban Revolution. Raul Castro, President of Cuba (and Fidel’s brother), is now the only surviving member of that Group. Click to enlarge. [M-26-7 = Movimiento 26 de Julio. See below.]In 1961, the United States of America attempted a Counter-Revolutionary Invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. This attempt was an embarrassing failure for the USA … but a resolute and consolidating success for Cuba and the Revolution. Photograph by CJ Walsh of a museum exhibit at Playa Giron. 2007-04-13. Click to enlarge.Playa Giron … one of the 1961 Invasion landing areas in the Bay of Pigs. Photograph by CJ Walsh. 2007-04-13. Click to enlarge.Every group of houses … every street in a community … has its own Committee for the Defence of the Revolution (CDR) … an important cohesive feature in a Socially Resilient Society. Photograph by CJ Walsh. 2007-04-04. Click to enlarge.
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Hatuey, Indigenous ‘Taino’ Chief … Cuba’s First National Hero … burned at the stake in 1512 by Spanish soldiers … at Yara, Cuba. Photograph by CJ Walsh. 2007-04-10. Click to enlarge.Monument dedicated to Perucho Figueredo, who wrote the Cuban National Anthem: ‘La Bayamesa’ … in Bayamo, Cuba. The Anthem was first played in a local church, 1868. Photograph by CJ Walsh. 2007-04-10. Click to enlarge.Statue of General Antonio Maceo … Plaza de la Revolución … in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Photograph by CJ Walsh. 2007-04-09. Click to enlarge.Mausoleum of José Martí, Santa Ifigenia Cemetery … in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Photograph by CJ Walsh. 2007-04-09. Click to enlarge.
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Moncada Army Barracks (formerly) … now a school and museum … in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. On 26 July 1953, an attempted attack on the Barracks, led by Fidel Castro, failed. Photograph by CJ Walsh. 2007-04-09. Click to enlarge.The Sierra Maestra Mountains … in Eastern Cuba … birthplace of the second, successful phase of the Cuban Revolution … which began with the landing of the Granma in December 1956. Photograph by CJ Walsh. 2007-04-10. Click to enlarge.Early photograph of Dr. Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara de la Serna Lynch, in Cuba. Photograph by CJ Walsh of a museum exhibit in Yara. 2007-04-10. Click to enlarge.1958 Armoured Train Ambush Site & Monument … in Santa Clara, Cuba. The successful ambush, on 29 December, was led by Che Guevara. Photograph by CJ Walsh. 2007-04-14. Click to enlarge.Bosque de los Héroes … Santiago de Cuba, Cuba … white marble monument in honour of Che Guevara and the comrades who died with him (1967) in Bolivia. Photograph by CJ Walsh. 2007-04-08. Click to enlarge.
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José Martí Statue, Parque Central … in Havana, Cuba. Photograph by CJ Walsh. 2007-04-03. Click to enlarge.The Capitolio … in Havana, Cuba. Photograph by CJ Walsh. 2007-04-03. Click to enlarge.Statue of the Republic, Capitolio … in Havana, Cuba. Photograph by CJ Walsh. 2007-04-04. Click to enlarge.Salón de los Pasos Perdidos, Capitolio … in Havana, Cuba. Photograph by CJ Walsh. 2007-04-04. Click to enlarge.Gran Teatro de La Habana … in Havana, Cuba. Photograph by CJ Walsh. 2007-04-03. Click to enlarge.El Floridita Bar & Restaurant … in Havana, Cuba. Photograph by CJ Walsh. 2007-04-07. Click to enlarge.Main Staircase, Museo de la Revolución (formerly the Presidential Palace) … in Havana, Cuba. Notice the bullet holes in the marble ! Photograph by CJ Walsh. 2007-04-06. Click to enlarge.Salón de los Espejos, Museo de la Revolución (formerly the Presidential Palace) … in Havana, Cuba. Photograph by CJ Walsh. 2007-04-06. Click to enlarge.Paseo del Prado … in Havana, Cuba. Photograph by CJ Walsh. 2007-04-03. Click to enlarge.The Malecón … in Havana, Cuba. Photograph by CJ Walsh. 2007-04-07. Click to enlarge.Ministerio del Interior, Plaza de la Revolución … in Havana, Cuba. Photograph by CJ Walsh. 2007-04-04. Click to enlarge.
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Mural de la Prehistoria (1959-62, and restored in 1980), by Cuban painter Leovigildo González, in the Valle de Viňales … Pinar del Rio, Cuba. Photograph by CJ Walsh. 2007-04-05. Click to enlarge.Tobacco Harvest … in Pinar del Rio, Cuba. Photograph by CJ Walsh. 2007-04-05. Click to enlarge.Statue of Benny Moré (1919-63) … Cuban singer, bandleader and songwriter … Paseo del Prado, Cienfuegos, Cuba. Photograph by CJ Walsh. 2007-04-14. Click to enlarge.
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International Work Brigade (December 2011 – January 2012) at the Campamento Internacional Julio Antonio Mella … in Caimito, Cuba. Click to enlarge.
