Of october, 1962 when the United States and the soviet union faced off over missiles in cuba in one of the hottest episodes of the cold war. He explains how the ideological militancy of cuban leader fidel castro worried leaders in both moscow and washington who did not truly desire Nuclear Conflict despite their tough talk. Dr. Kengor all right, welcome. Here good we have cspan today. And we are going to talk about the cuban missile crisis. And specifically, fidel castro leading into the cuban missile crisis. So we will hit a. Of 1957 until 1950 nine until the missile crisis itself in october, 1962. Aboutst class we talked july 20 6, 1953 launch of the revolution, the communist revolution in cuba. That was when fidel and force of 100 to 200 rebels launched an attack on the Army Barracks santiago,o, in cuba. It did not go well. A bunch of rebels were killed. Fidel castro ascends to 15 years in prison for that. He did not quite serve 15 years in prison. He served less than one year, 11 m
Crisis itself in october, 1962. That will pick off a little bit where we left off in the last class. The last class we talked about july 26, 1953 launch of the revolution, the communist revolution in cuba. And that was when fidel and a force of 100 to 200 rebels launched an attack on the Army Barracks in santiago, cuba. 15 years in prison, so less than a year in prison, 11 months altogether. With that, he was on the run, he was in exile. He went to mexico. His brother, raul, as well. They would eventually come back and try to recommence the revolution, taking over in january, 1959. That is about where we left off. One thing i didnt mention the last class, but youre going to read the article on this, its the Herb Matthews piece in the New York Times. If you have not read it yet if you have, you have probably been shocked, right . By this article, you are thinking what is this . What is this piece . Herb matthews was a reporter for the New York Times. He wrote a february 24, 1957 front p
There are lots of wonderful Women Leaders who will be joining the conversation as well, so we have just over an hour i think, actually we are just under an hour to hear from some of the muslims leading the conversation about work for justice and inclusion in america and our topic is just a small issue of how phobia is affecting our civic and political discourse. So ill keep intros quite brief and i dont have everyones full introduction because of the panel because maybe ill let folks tell a little bit about themselves, the folks you havent heard from you. But we want to use the time to actually hear from these compelling leaders about these issues and i think we will be joinedby representative omar when she arrives. So doctor abu l siad is a physician, Public Health activists among many other things and ran for governor of michiganin 2018 with numerous progressive endorsements. Kzhir khan lost his son in the iraq war and is most known for his compelling speech about the constitution an
The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Green, for five minutes. Thank you, madam speaker. Madam speaker, and still i rise. I rise because i love my country, and i rise today because we are celebrating and commemorating, to a certain extent, juneteenth, when general granger arrived in galveston when he announced to the slaves, if you will, they have been freed. Pursuant to the emancipation proclamation. I am pleased that general granger did this. Im pleased because liberation is a wonderful thing. Nobody should be enslaved. But i am also concerned that that liberation has not completely obliterated the bigotry that ensued after the liberation. In this country, we still suffer from bigotry, hatred, xenophobia, hobia, all of the unliness that can cause people to receive less than the American Dream that others receive. And here in this country today, we in the house of representatives have a unique opportunity to do something about bigotry in our country. We have an opportunit
it did not go well. a bunch of them, a bunch of rebels were killed. fidel was actually sentenced to 15 years in prison for that. did not quite serve 15 years in prison, so less than a year in prison, 11 months altogether. with that, he was on the run, he was in exile. he went to mexico. his brother, raul, as well. they would eventually come back and try to recommence the revolution, taking over in january, 1959. that is about where we left off. one thing i didn t mention the last class, but you re going to read the article on this, it s the herb matthews piece in the new york times. if you have not read it yet if you have, you have probably been shocked, right? by this article, you are thinking what is this? what is this piece? so herb matthews was a reporter for the new york times. he wrote a february 24, 1957 front page piece for the new york times. major, major, major piece. and books have been written about this. herb matthews and the york times and what it did with fid