Political Education

Please enjoy our growing collection of political education resources! This page is a work in progress and will updated after the 2023 May Day Brigade of International Solidarity with the Cuban People!

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NNOC BOOK CLUB BOOK OF THE MONTH:

“We are Cuba!
How a Revolutionary People have survived in a post-soviet world”

by Helen Yaffe

Interested in reading this book together, email [email protected] for dates and links

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Informative Articles

Book List!

  • Women in Cuba: The making of a Revolution within the Revolution by Vilma Espin, Asela de Los Santos, and Yolanda Ferrer
  • In Defense of Socialism by Fidel Castro
  • Socialism and Man in Cuba by Che Guevara and Fidel Castro
  • We are Cuba: How a Revolutionary People Survived in a Post-Soviet World by Helen Yaffe
  • Fidel & Malcolm X; Memories of A Meeting by Rosemari Mealy
  • History Will Absolve Me by Fidel Castro
  • Cuba and Its Neighbors: Democracy in Motion by Arnold August
  • Cuba-U.S. Relations; Obama and Beyond by Arnold August
  • The US and Cuba: A Chronological History by Jane Franklin
  • Voices From The Other Side: An Oral History of Terrorism Against Cuba 
  • by Keith Bolender
  • We Are Not Prepared To Renounce Our Sovereignty; Press Conference by Foreign Minister of the Republic of Cuba, Felipe Perez Roque, April 9, 2002 
  • What Lies Across the Water; The Real Story of the Cuban 5 by Stephen Kimber
  • Revolutionary Doctors; How Cuba and Venezuela Are Changing The World’s Conception of Healthcare by Steve Brouwer 
  • Sanctions as War: US Sanctions Cuba ‘to Bring About Hunger, Desperation and the Overthrow of the Government’ by Helen Yaffe 
  • Che Guevara Speaks to Young People by Che Guevera

Afro-Cuban History & Culture Reading List by Otis Cunningham Coming Soon

4-Week Political Education Course

WEEK 1

The US Blockade

What is it?

Why does it exist?

What are its impacts?

WEEK 2

US interference in Cuba

Cuban democracy and elections

WEEK 3

Race in Cuba

Women and LGBTQ+ rights, the Cuban Families Code

WEEK 4

Cuban internationalism

COVID-19 in Cuba, the Cuban medical system