Hipsters and apparatchiks -- Naming the hurricane -- Socialists in Manhattan -- The cultural apparatus of the empire -- Moons of the revolution -- Negroes with guns -- The league of militant poets -- The skin of socialism.
New York in the 1960s was a hotbed for progressive causes of every stripe, including women's liberation, civil rights, opposition to the Vietnam War - and the Cuban Revolution. 'Fighting over Fidel' brings this turbulent cultural moment to life by telling the story of the New Yo…
New York in the 1960s was a hotbed for progressive causes of every stripe, including women's liberation, civil rights, opposition to the Vietnam War-and the Cuban Revolution. Fighting over Fidel brings this turbulent cultural moment to life by telling the story of the New York i…