PH.D. University of Kansas,1998. 371 p. Chair: ANTON ROSENTHAL
DAI, VOL. 59-10A, Page 3935

"Anarchists organized themselves into a constant counter-cultural force for social change in Cuba during the three decades following independence from Spain in 1898.

This dissertation explores how anarchists developed an internationalist critique of Cuban nationalism during this time while creating their own initiatives in health care and education to counter those found in the dominant culture. Such counter-cultural stances and initiatives illustrate how anarchists challenged Cuban elites and US occupiers. In addition, they strongly suggest that anarchists played a significant role in developing issues of internationalism, health and education in Cuba’s leftist revolutionary heritage—a heritage tapped into by the Cuban Communist Party and Fidel Castro after the Cuban Revolution of 1959".