. . . ... In 2019, Díaz-Canel asked him to lead the commission for Cuba’s new constitution. Raúl knew that this updated charter was needed in order to legitimize the emerging Cuba and update its structures of legality.
The document bore Raúl’s stamp. It retained many aspects of the revolution’s first constitution from 1976, which had appeared to follow Soviet models, but subtly changed its ideological definitions. In place of the commitment to Marxism-Leninism — always a shorthand for Soviet-style communism — there were unhyphenated references to “Marxism, Leninism” as sources of political inspiration, along with the ideas of José Martí and Fidel Castro. . . . The Legacy of Raúl Castro by Antoni Kapcia Jacobin, April 30 https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/04/raul-castro-fidel-che-guevara-cuba-history Antoni Kapcia is professor of Latin American history at the University of Nottingham’s Centre for Research on Cuba. His works include Leadership in the Cuban Revolution: The Unseen Story, A Short History of Revolutionary Cuba: Revolution, Power, Authority and the State from 1959 to the Present Day and Cuba in Revolution: A History Since the Fifties. On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 3:24 PM Kevin Lindemann and Cathy Campo <[email protected]> wrote: > https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/04/raul-castro-fidel-che-guevara-cuba-history > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#8298): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/8298 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/82492370/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
