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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Anyone have tips for reading political books and theory? I've been slackin lately and have lost my habit of reading for half an hour a day. It might be that the stuff I've been reading is too dense for me, or just a bit boring, so if anyone has good recommendations on books to read I'd love to hear them
what kind of theory would you like to read? what kinds of topics interest you? there is a lot of stuff out there from environmentalism to abolition etc. I like reading shorter books (150 pages) in between longer ones to not get exhausted.
Taking notes as I read helps me because I dont remember shit
When I read theory I always have a fiction book going at the same time for when I need a break but still want to read