Word: revolucion
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Cuban government since he left the island in the early sixties. Like many exiles, he supported Castro at the beginning of the revolution; for three years he as a cultural official in the revolutionary government, a founder of its Film Institute, and director of a literary magazine, Lunes de Revolucion, that was closed down in 1961. After conflict over a film that was not funded because its theme was "decadent," he left the island on a diplomatic mission, never to return. Though he is too idiosyncratic for any political group to trust him, the prestige of his first novel, Three...
...Horsey says that. "The real issue had never been approached in the midst of honest to God' battle it was forgotten, while viva is Revolucion" et al. was the day's chant." Although the factional squabbles Mr. Horsey describes are regrettable, the real issue of the march--racism--has more to do with revolution than with busing or schoolchildren. --Jon Jacobs
...this was only a play of light and shadow. For the real issue had never been approached. In the midst of 'honest-to-God' battle it was forgotten, while 'Viva la Revolucion' et al was the day's chant. Though the revolution might be coming, the march was supposed to have been for the children. And not much was heard of them. They floated around somewhere in the background, but only as an abstract concept, lingering in the shadow of the ultimate truth the revolution. Perhaps children are too small an issue. Certainly they pale in comparison with revolution...
...Hasta la revolucion...
...left the palace after his inauguration, 15,000 citizens cheered him, and his Mercedes was showered with white carnations. The frosty general broke into a rare smile and returned his supporters' V-for-victory sign. Even an obscure left-wing splinter group called Movimento Anarquista dos Homosexuais Revolucionários pledged its unswerving loyalty to the new regime. Another band of anarchists marched into a government office demanding recognition as a "democratic opposition." When an official patiently explained that the government itself was now democratic, the firebrands shouted "Viva Spinola!" and withdrew to "reorganize...