Che Guevara READER

Writings by Ernesto Che Guevara on Guerrilla Strategy, Politics & Revolution

Edited by David Deutschmann

OCEAN PRESS Melbourne • New York * CONTENTS *

Ernesto Che Guevara ix

Introduction by David Deutschmann 1

Chronology of Ernesto Che Guevara 7

PART 1: THE CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR 17 Selections from Episodes of the Revolutionary War A revolution begins 19 Alegn'adePio 25 The battle of La Plata 28 A betrayal in the making 33 Interlude 39 A decisive meeting 45 The final offensive and the battle of Santa Clara 51 What we have learned and what we have taught (December 1958) 63 The essence of guerrilla struggle (1960) 66

PART 2: THE CUBA YEARS 1959-65 73 Political sovereignty and economic independence (March 20, 1960) 75 Speech to medical students and health workers (August 20, 1960) 95 Notes for the study of the ideology of the Cuban revolution (October 1960) 106 A new culture of work (August 21, 1962) 116 The cadre: Backbone of the revolution (September 1962) 127 To be a Young Communist (October 20, 1962) 134 A party of the working class (1963) 147 Against bureaucratism (February 1963) 157 On the budgetary finance system (February 1964) 164 Socialism and man in Cuba (1965) 197 PART 3: INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY 215 The OAS conference at Punta del Este (August 8, 1961) 217 The philosophy of plunder must cease (March 25,1964) 257 At the United Nations (December 11,1964) 282 At the Afro-Asian conference in Algeria (February 24, 1965) 301 Create two, three, many Vietnams (Message to the Tricontinental, April 1967) 313

PART 4: LETTERS 329 To Jose E. Marti Leyva 331 To Jose Tiquet 332 To Dr. Fernando Barral 333 To Carlos Franqui 334 To Guillermo Lorentzen 336 To Peter Marucci 337 To Dr. Aleida Coto Martinez 338 To the companeros of the Motorcycle Assembly Plant 339 To Pablo Diaz Gonzalez 340 To Lydia Ares Rodriguez 341 To Maria Rosario Guevara 342 T,o Jose Medero Mestre 343 To Eduardo B. Ordaz Ducunge 345 To Haydee Santamaria 346 To Dr. Regino G. Boti 347 To Elias Entralgo 348 To my children 349 To my parents 350 To Hildita 351 To Fidel Castro 353 Glossary 357

Bibliography of Che Guevara's writings and speeches 371

Index 391