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| Abstract [ ESP ] [ FRA ] [ DEU ] [ ITA ] |
| Acknowledgements |
iv |
| Glossary of abbreviations and acronyms |
vii |
| Glossary of Spanish terms |
x |
| Technical note |
xii |
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| CHAPTER 1: |
INTRODUCTION |
1 |
| 1.1 |
Statement of Argument |
1 |
| 1.2 |
A Critique of Past Work |
5 |
| 1.3 |
Methodology and Structure |
18 |
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| PART I: |
THE INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL CONTEXT |
24 |
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| CHAPTER 2: |
TROTSKYISM AND OFFICIAL COMMUNISM IN LATIN AMERICA, 1919-1965 |
25 |
| 2.1 |
The Theory of Permanent Revolution and the Origins of Trotskyism |
26 |
| 2.2 |
The Comintern and Stalinism in Latin America, 1919-65 |
42 |
| 2.3 |
Trotsky and Revolution in Latin America, 1937-40 |
51 |
| 2.4 |
Trotskyism and Revolution in Latin America, 1927-65 |
60 |
| 2.5 |
Conclusion |
69 |
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| CHAPTER 3: |
NATIONALISM AND SOCIALISM IN CUBA FROM THE 1800s TO 1965 |
72 |
| 3.1 |
Independence and the Development of the Cuban Political Economy |
73 |
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3.1.1 |
Background to Independence: The Foundations of the Cuban Political Economy |
73 |
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3.1.2 |
Independence, U.S. Domination and the Cuban Bourgeoisie |
76 |
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3.1.3 |
The Formative Years of the Cuban Labour Movement |
84 |
| 3.2 |
The Revolution of the 1930s |
91 |
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3.2.1 |
The Revolution of the 1930s and Radical Cuban Nationalism |
91 |
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3.2.2 |
The Cuban Communist Party and the Revolution of the 1930s |
101 |
| 3.3 |
Official Communism and Consensual Nationalism in Cuba, 1935-52 |
113 |
| 3.4 |
Dictatorship and Revolution in Cuba, 1952-65 |
124 |
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3.4.1 |
The Batista Regime and the Insurrectionary War |
124 |
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3.4.2 |
The Institutionalisation of the Revolutionary Government |
127 |
| 3.5 |
Conclusion |
138 |
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| PART II: |
TROTSKYISM IN CUBA |
141 |
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| CHAPTER 4: |
THE BIRTH OF DISSIDENT CUBAN COMMUNISM AND THE OPOSICIóN COMUNISTA de CUBA, 1925-1933 |
142 |
| 4.1 |
Julio Antonio Mella and the Roots of Dissension |
143 |
| 4.2 |
The Formation, Composition and Activity of the OCC |
161 |
| 4.3 |
The OCC and Revolutionary Strategy: From a Democratic to Permanent Revolution Perspective |
177 |
| 4.4 |
Conclusion |
192 |
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| CHAPTER 5: |
THE PARTIDO BOLCHEVIQUE LENINISTA AND THE REVOLUTION OF THE 1930s |
194 |
| 5.1 |
The Formation, Organisational Growth and Crisis of the PBL, 1933-35 |
195 |
| 5.2 |
The PBL and Revolutionary Strategy: The Democratic versus Permanent Revolution Perspectives |
215 |
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5.2.1 |
The Founding Programme of the PBL |
215 |
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5.2.2 |
The PBL and Revolutionary Strategy during the Grau San Martín Government, September 1933-January 1934 |
221 |
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5.2.3 |
The PBL’s Revolutionary Perspectives, 1934-35 |
226 |
| 5.3 |
Relations between the PBL and the Official Communists during the Revolution of the 1930s |
241 |
| 5.4 |
The PBL and its International Contacts |
251 |
| 5.5 |
Conclusion |
257 |
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| CHAPTER 6: |
TROTSKYISM IN CUBA BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS: THE PARTIDO BOLCHEVIQUE LENINISTA AND THE PARTIDO OBRERO REVOLUCIONARIO, 1935-1958 |
264 |
| 6.1 |
Trotskyism in Cuba between Revolutions: Organisational Development and Revolutionary Strategy, 1935-58 |
265 |
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6.1.1 |
The PBL, 1935-39: Regrouping and Revolutionary Strategy |
265 |
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6.1.2 |
The Foundation of the POR and the Organisation and Strategy of Cuban Trotskyists, 1940-46 |
282 |
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6.1.3 |
The Activity of the POR and Organisational Dissolution, 1946-58 |
302 |
| 6.2 |
Cuban Trotskyism and the Proletarian Military Policy during Wartime |
319 |
| 6.3 |
The Cuban Trotskyists and International Questions |
323 |
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6.3.1 |
Cuban Trotskyists and the Spanish Civil War |
323 |
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6.3.2 |
Cuban Trotskyism in the Fourth International |
328 |
| 6.4 |
Relations between Trotskyists and the Official Cuban Communists, 1935-58 |
338 |
| 6.5 |
Conclusion |
344 |
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| CHAPTER 7: |
THE REORGANISED PARTIDO OBRERO REVOLUCIONARIO (TROTSKISTA) AND THE 1959 REVOLUTION |
349 |
| 7.1 |
The Organisation and Activity of the POR(T), 1960-65 |
351 |
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7.1.1 |
The Formation and Composition of the POR(T) |
352 |
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7.1.2 |
The Activity and Suppression of the POR(T) |
356 |
| 7.2 |
The POR(T) and the 1959 Revolution: Theory and Strategy |
376 |
| 7.3 |
The View from Abroad: The Cuban POR(T) and the Fourth Internationals |
385 |
| 7.4 |
Epilogue: Trotskyism in Cuba after 1965 |
394 |
| 7.5 |
Conclusion |
401 |
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| CHAPTER 8: |
CONCLUSION |
403 |
| 8.1 |
The Cuban Trotskyists’ Democratic versus Permanent Revolutionary Strategy |
403 |
| 8.2 |
Composition and Organisational Characteristics of Cuban Trotskyism |
412 |
| 8.3 |
The Cuban Trotskyists’ Contribution to National Political Life |
419 |
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APPENDICES |
| Appendix A |
Splits and Fusions in the International Trotskyist Movement, 1923-65 |
427 |
| Appendix B |
Map of Cuba |
428 |
| Appendix C |
Trotskyism in Cuba: A Chronology of Events |
429 |
| Appendix D |
Table Showing the Strength of Different Ideologies in the Cuban Trade Union Movement, 1865-1958 |
435 |
| Appendix E |
Graph Showing the Number of Trotskyists in Cuba, 1932-65 |
436 |
| Appendix F |
List of Known Trotskyists in Cuba |
437 |
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
443 |