Video: Errol Flynn and the Cuban revolution

It took a while but here is the film Errol Flynn made about the Cuban revolution.
Thanks to Maddy for drawing it to my attention.

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Errol Flynn and the Cuban revolution

Errol Flynn has more in common with the readers of this site than you might expect. Of course there is the prodigious drinking and rampant shagging but it turns out that he was a big supporter of the Cuban revolution as well.

I’ve just finished watching an astounding documentary that he made just after the [...]

Che Guevara

Here’s something about Che I wrote for Socialist Resistance a couple of years ago. The photo was taken in the Museum of the Revolution in Havana. You can see what they are trying to do.
Che Guevara, almost uniquely among 20th century revolutionary leaders, is still a symbol of rebellion for the youth of the 21st [...]

Latin America

Great! I’ve been told that I have to sum up Latin America and what we should be doing about it in twenty minutes on Sunday morning at the SR AGM. Here’s a draft of what I’ll be saying.
Due to overwhelming popular demand from one person I’ve included some of the documents which will inform [...]

Celia Hart interview text

Blimey! What clever helpful people read this site. A HUGE thanks to Socialist Appeal supporter Jorge who translated and transcribed Celia’s interview into English.
Thanks also to Dave Riley for explaining how to embed the climate change presentation.
CH I am going to Caracas on an invitation by the Ministry of [Peoples’ Power] for Labour and [...]

Celia Hart interview

This video interview with Cuban Trotskyist Celia Hart was conducted in an hotel in Havana. I’ll be writing it up for the next issue of Socialist Resistance. The camera work isn’t quite John Ford standard. It’s rather dark and there is background noise including a guest appearance from a very loud coffee machine plus [...]

Bethnal Green Hands Off Venezuela Meeting

Venezuela’s Permanent Revolution

Public Meeting
Tuesday June 19th @ 7pmPraxis Centre, Pott St (2 mins walk from Bethnal Green tube)Speaker: Jorge Martin (HOV’s International Secretary)

The Venezuelan government’s decision not to renew RCTV’s broadcasting license has been used as a stick with which to beat the revolution. It’s also opened a discussion among friends of the revolution about [...]

Venezuelans take to the streets to reject media inspired violence

Giant demonstration of Venezuelans supports democratisation of the airwaves
Here’s another piece which I got yesterday from Katherin in Caracas. Despite my translation it’s worth reading. It shows how the hard right is using students who have not been demoralised by previous defeats and how the revolutionary forces [...]

RCTV: A space dedicated to trampling civic rights

This is a guest post from Katherin in Caracas. I’ve clumsily translated it from Spanish and chopped it down from its original 2000+ words. The decision to take RCTV of the air has caused considerable controversy and a flurry of wooly liberalism. Katherin’s piece, despite my poor translation, gives a flavour of how the counter [...]

Freedom of expression in Venezuela and the non-renewal of RCTV’s licence – Hands Off Venezuela!!

By Hands Off Venezuela [...]