[Marxism] 100+ attend launch of 'Revolution Betrayed' in Cuba

[Walter Lippmann]

(A good report here, even though I wasn't personally present. I've
seen the lively and effective book tables and launchings which this
tendency has presented in Cuba, including with the participation of
Celia Hart as indicated. There are nice pictures which you can see
at the website. It's unclear what they mean when they say that this
is the first time a book by Trotsky "has been officially presented 
in Cuba". Actually, Pathfinder has been presenting Trotsky's book
in Cuba at this same book fair for years. From the pictures, you
Can see that Pathfinder's Martin Koppel was in attendance at this
event. Pathfinder's history at the Book Fair is the longest of any
international left publishing house other than the Australia-based
Ocean Press, which is the premiere international publishers of Cuba-
oriented books, especially books from the recent period.)
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More than one hundred attend launch of 'Revolution Betrayed' in Cuba  	  
By In Defence of Marxism   
Thursday, 21 February 2008

Havana Book Fair On Monday, February 18, more than one hundred people
filled the Fernando Ortiz meeting room at the Havana Book Fair, to
attend the launch of Leon Trotsky's Revolution Betrayed, the first
time that a book by the Russian revolutionary has officially been
presented in Cuba. The people were so keen that 15 minutes before the
advertised time, all 60 seats in the room had already been taken.
Those attending were revolutionary militants spanning three
generations and from many Latin American countries and beyond. Among
those present were veteran Cuban Trotskyist Idalberto Ferrera, and
his son and also a revolutionary militant Juan Leon Ferrera, who
participated in the revolutionary war and later worked with Che
Guevara.

This is the fourth year that the Spanish Frederick Engels Foundation
(FFE) is taking part in this impressive Book Fair which takes place
in the Cabaña complex, the old Spanish colonial fortress where Che
Guevara established his Comandancia (Command Post) after the victory
of the revolution, nearly 50 years ago. This time we decided to
present two works which in our opinion are crucial for the debates
about socialism that are taking place throughout Latin America, and
of course in Cuba itself. One is the already mentioned work by Leon
Trotsky, and the other a special issue of the Marxismo Hoy
theoretical magazine devoted to China, which includes a work on the
revolutionary history of the country, Trotsky's introduction to
Harold Isaacs book on China and a document by the International
Marxist Tendency analysing the process of capitalist restoration in
China.

THE FULL REPORT AND PHOTOS ARE MUCH LONGER:
http://www.marxist.com/cuba/launch-revolution-betrayed.htm