Unidos todos contra el Fascismo y el Imperialismo: el Partido Comunista de Cuba y la intelectualidad cubana frente a la invasión italiana a Etiopía(1935-1941)

Abstract

The article analyzes the emergence and development of the cuban anti-fascist movement as one of the central repercussions that the Italian invasion of Ethiopia brought. From the review of documentary sources and periodical publications, it is demonstrated how fascist invasion of the african country was transformed for the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and progressive intellectuals into the fact-symbol of the capitalist exploitation that countries could exercise more powerful over the weakest, which allowed us to establish a close analogy with the situation that Cuba was facing with respect to the United States. At the same time that the revulsion against Fascism was consolidated by the various political and mass organizations, the promotion of north american anti-imperialism became part of the programmatic platform of the cuban anti-fascist movement, placing Fascism * Cubano. Licenciado en Historia y Máster en Historia Contemporánea, Universidad de La Habana, Cuba; Doctor en Historia, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Becario Posdoctoral en el Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (IdIHCS), Universidad Nacional de La Plata-Conicet, La Plata; Miembro/Investigador Grupo de Estudios sobre Centroamérica, Instituto de Estudios de América Latina y el Caribe (IEALC), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. El presente artículo forma parte de la tesis presentada para optar por el grado de Doctor en Historia en la Universidad de Buenos Aires. La investigación se financió con recursos de una beca de formación doctoral del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas (CONICET), Argentina. Correo electrónico: albertoconsuegra@yahoo.es. 49, mayo 2020 3463-3485 3464 and american imperialism almost as one enemy, which favored the creation of a true alliance between trade unionism, the Communist Party, and the progressive or leftist intellectuality.