Ken -- Ellen Israel's memoir of Cuba travel doesn't state that the NLF pushed for a particular line, and that's not how I read the review either. Ellen writes:
"One of the most significant outcomes of the 1963 and 1964 Cuba trips was that they became a catalyst for the anti-Vietnam War effort. While we were in Cuba, some of us met with delegates of the National Liberation Front. We were so impressed with their persistence in resisting the French and now the US imperialists that we decided to launch the May 2nd Movement (M2M) to bring an anti-imperialist perspective to nascent antiwar movement. On May 2, 1964, M2M organized national antiwar marches, which drew over 1,000 students and others in New York City, 700 in San Francisco, and smaller crowds in Boston, Madison, and Seattle." By the way, the YSA was also involved in organizing the May 2, 1964 actions. The following paragraph of the memoir begins: "The May 2nd Movement ultimately suffered from the same sectarianism as PL's other initiatives." The book includes a bunch of photos from Cuba, including Fidel playing ping pong with the U.S. students. One caption reads: "Fidel engaging students during ping pong matches. Fidel beat everyone." -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#512): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/512 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/76251960/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES<br />#1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message.<br />#2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived.<br />#3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
