In the United States, those who oppose Washington's imperial arrogance and insupportably brutal and oppressive course in the world drew great strength from our victory at Gir n. There could not be a more appropriate moment for Pathfinder Press to bring out its edition of Haciendo historia, the English edition of which was launched a year ago at the Havana book fair together with Editora Pol tica's edition of the Spanish. As they transform the conditions of their lives, they transform themselves. The impossible becomes possible. The enormous weight of imperialism today bears down on the people of Cuba primarily through the economic warfare that is unending, and the political and diplomatic offensive that accompanies it.
Similar pressures come down on working people inside the United States as well.
For the large majority of working people, the deteriorating conditions of life and work, the direct consequence of the capitalist economic offensive, are generating something new, something we have not seen in decades. They are searching for examples of how to fight effectively, and to win. And that is why their minds are open to seeing and learning the truth about the Cuban Revolution. The self-promotion of all the imperialist agencies proclaims that world capitalism, with Washington at its head, has reached new heights of invincibility. But the men and women of Cuba have proven the opposite for 40-plus years.