Blas Roca Calederio, born on July 22 in 1908, was a Cuban communist revolutionary and radical journalist. Roca helped lead the 1933 general strike that ousted Gerardo Machado, and served in Fidel Castro's revolutionary government.

Born into a poor family, Roca began working at age eleven, shining shoes. According to Castro, Roca was already a prominent communist organizer in the province of Oriente at 21 years old.

At age 25, Roca helped lead a two week general strike that ousted dictator Gerardo Machado. By 1936, he was head of the Cuban Communist Party and began serving as a politican, helping author the 1940 Cuban Constitution.

Under Roca's leadership, Cuban communists were instrumental in providing an organizational and ideological structure for Castro's revolution, as well as playing a pivotal role using the party's long-standing ties with the Soviet Union to promote increasingly closer ties during the early days of the revolution.

In 1961, Blas Roca, leading a party delegation, presented a Cuban flag to Nikita Khrushchev during a meeting of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Roca served on the first central committee and politburo of the new Communist Party of Cuba, founded in 1965.

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  • I_CAST_BEAM_OF_BATS_I_CAST_BOLT_OF_BATS [none/use name]
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    5 months ago

    I'm convinced my feet are causing me to develop neuroses. Does anyone know good shoes/exercise for strengthening wide feet and high arches? I don't live anywhere I can go running without driving but I'm trying to add more cardio in addition to strength exercises

    I want like a device that is going to grab every one of my tarsal muscles and jank them radially away from each other you know

    To give you a better mental image of the kind of exercises I think will resolve my issues, I fantasize about beating my feet with a mallet

    • Blockocheese [any]
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      5 months ago

      I have unfortunately high arches and focus more on insoles than shoes.

      I still gravitate to shoes with arch support/cushioning but I need insoles and you can switch them between your shoes, I recommend the brand Superfeet. They don't last for me as long as they claim they will but I stomp when I walk and im disabled so its probably a me thing

      Depending on what type of shoes you wear, you can get away with keeping the insole that comes with shoe, and put the superfeet insole on top of it which is the only thing that works for me long term. If your shoes are kinda shallow it'll lift your heel too much and itll slip out when you walk.

      Also the stacking of insoles makes you taller which is nice for me big-cool