Che on The New Deal - help request

[James]

hey all, havn't posted in ageeees.

Anyway, i wondered if the community could help me... i've been told that Che wrote an article on the New Deal (FDR, America, 1930s etc etc).

My exam is in just two weeks, and i'm trying to get as much reading done as possible. Would be fun to quote Che!

Anyway, any links would be loved....

Lots of love,
James

[Dan Majerle]

I'm not sure about Che but i know that Fidel was a fan of Roosevelt and his New Deal. Ummm there is some info in the Fidel Castro biography by Robert E Quirk if you wanna go to your bookstore and quickly look it up. It's not much but i know Castro admired him so try to look for that.

[James]

hmm
do you have a personal opinion?

[Larissa]

I still can't find it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:angry: grrrrrrrr

It was such a good article! Dammmmmmmmnnnn

[James]

hmm... only just over a week left
:S

[Dan Majerle]

Here are some references from Robert E Quirk - Fidel Castro.
Page 66

"And he was fascinated by the American New Deal reforms. On April 15 he wrote Nati: "I want to learn everything i can about Roosevelt and his oplicies, the raising of farm prices, the conserving and increasing of soil fertility, the ways of extending credit, of conceling debts, the expanding of national and internationa markets, the creating of more jobs, the reduction of the workweek, the raising of salaries, socieal benefits for the unemployed..Roosevelt actualy did some magnificent things, and i know that osme of his countrymen have never forgiven him."
That was in 1954 by the way so Castro was still a bit young.

Page 71

"The pamphlet represented chiefly FIdel Castro's maturing reflections on the NEw Deal elgislation of Franklin Delano Roosevelt."
That is the HIstory will abslolve me Pamplet in 1954.

Page 73
"In language that invoked the spirit of Roosevelt's ringing oratory, Castro called for helathy and strong farmers who loved the land, for indutralisation, improved cattle production, decent housing, agricultural and technical schools, sanitation and public heatlthm easures, and the equality of rich and poor before the law."

Page 155
"St. Geroge observed that in addition to the many cigars and vitamin pills Castro carriedi n his kanpsack , he had a photograph of FDR."
Though not about the NEw Deal maybe you can show in your essay how he was a fan of his and tie it up somehow.

Page 160
"He was not yet a Marxist or even a socialist in 1958. He admired FDR more than Lenin. What Karl E. Meyer of REporter magazine asked Castro if he favoured a "New Deal" for his own country, he answered with an emphatic "Yes!" But he quickly assured the American that he could never aspire to be known as the Roosevelt of Cuba."

Page 253
"He compared himself to FDR, who had also been a victim of attacks by the "trusts and monopolies." But like he AMerican presdient, he said, he would dfend himself "With deeds and with words."
This is in 1959

You can also mention how Castro when he was a boy wrote a letter ot ROosevelt to congratulate him on winning a third term in office and asking him for a dollar because he had never seen an American bill before.

Hope that helps.

[James]

hmm
thanks alot, rather interesting.

I totally disagree with dearist castro though

[Dan Majerle]

COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY!!!!!!!

;)
Not to sound mean but doesn't history suggest otherwise as American sort of recovered. Don't think i know anything about the New Deal or profess to know anything about it but i always for some reason thought it was successful. But yeah you don't have to answer with another essay as i'm sure you are tired of writing your first one. I did a brief search for any Che articles on the NEw Deal and couldn't find any.

[James]

well its all over now.... alas i think i messed up on timing, didn't do as good a conclusion that i would have liked. :(
Think i passed it though.... turns out i knew too much (the questions were those annoying ones that ask over the whole period so don't allow you to go into detail - thus i probably wasted alot of time, space and ink :) )

Counter revolutionary?!?! lol
hmm
well the New Deal is so dodgy, sure it eliminated child labour, sweat shops, put a roof over hours floor under wages and gave trade union laws.

But it was so contradictory, most Acts passed were drawn up by conflicting teams within Roosevelts administration (had rather left and rather right within).

And most importantly, it saved American capitalism! Now who's being counter revolutionary eh??? :P

Thanks for looking matey.