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This week, the State Department published a report accusing Cuba of being the “capital of 21st-century communism,” and of plotting an anti-American revolution. On this week's On the Media, why the Trump administration can't stop invoking Cuba as its “communist” bogeyman. Plus, hear from a former flight attendant turned independent journalist, who is doggedly covering ICE's removal flights. [01:00] Brooke Gladstone looks at how President Trump and his allies are using dehumanizing language and the specter of communism — seemingly inspired by far right provocateur Jack Posobiec — to try to discredit all Democrats leading up to the midterm elections. Gil Duran, journalist and author of The Nerd Reich, explains the connection. [08:47] The State Department released a report this week about the threat that Cuba poses to the United States, listing everyone from Mayors Zohran Mamdani and Karen Bass, journalist Amy Goodman, to a co-founder of Ben & Jerry's as agents of Cuban influence. Brooke sits down with Michael J. Bustamante, associate professor of Cuban and Cuban-American history at the University of Miami, to talk about the cherry-picked historical scholarship in the report, and the role that the Cuba bogeyman plays in American politics today. [31:25] Micah Loewinger speaks with Gillian Brockell, independent journalist and former flight attendant who is covering ICE flights and third-country removals. Brockell explains why all ICE flights, domestic and international, are unsafe, and how the Trump administration is trying to skirt around judges' orders by sending asylum seekers to countries, often far-flung, that they didn't come from. Further reading / watching: “Why Trump Keeps Talking About Communism: The 'Unhumans' Playbook,” by Gil Duran Cuban Memory Wars: Retrospective Politics in Revolution and Exile, by Michael J. Bustamante “ICE Deportation Flights Are Getting Longer and Crueler,” by Gillian Brockell “Tracking All of Trump's Known Third-Country Removals,” by Gillian Brockell “Video proves Delta flew Liam Ramos and his dad to ICE detention center,” by Gillian Brockell On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Bluesky, TikTok and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
U.S. President Donald Trump has insisted that he will have the “honor of taking Cuba.” Although the administration has not specified what that might mean, following interventions in Venezuela and Iran over the past six months, there is reason to take seriously the possibility of some kind of forceful U.S. action, including military action. Already, a combination of U.S. pressure and the Cuban government's own failures has resulted in unrelentingly dire conditions on the island—leading many to expect some kind of break before long. In recent weeks, two of the sharpest observers of Cuba and U.S. policy toward Cuba have written essays in Foreign Affairs on the choices facing policymakers in both Havana and Washington. Michael Bustamante is chair of Cuba and Cuban-American studies at the University of Miami. And Ricardo Zuniga is a longtime U.S. official who served at the embassy in Havana and helped lead the secret talks that brought the Obama administration's opening to Cuba. Dan Kurtz-Phelan spoke with Bustamante and Zuniga on June 8 about what U.S. policymakers could and should do in the coming weeks and months—and what those decisions will mean for Cuba's future. You can find sources, transcripts, and more episodes of The Foreign Affairs Interview at https://www.foreignaffairs.com/podcasts/foreign-affairs-interview.
Will the US strike Iran or make a deal? That is the key question as the US continues to build up its military presence in the region. Meanwhile, the brutal crackdown that killed thousands of protestors last month appears to be almost forgotten. Abbas Milani is an Iranian-American historian and author of a landmark biography of the former Shah. He joins the show to discuss this all. Also on today's show: Michael J. Bustamante, Chair, Cuban Studies, University of Miami; Charles Duhigg, Writer, The New Yorker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dr. Michael Bustamante joined Steven to discuss his book *Cuban Memory Wars: Retrospective Politics in Revolution and Exile*. Michael J. Bustamante is Associate Professor of History and the Emilio Bacardí Moreau Chair in Cuban and Cuban-American Studies. https://people.miami.edu/profile/m.bustamante@miami.edu https://uncpress.org/book/9781469662039/cuban-memory-wars/
Dr. Michael Bustamante joined Steven to discuss his book *Cuban Memory Wars: Retrospective Politics in Revolution and Exile*. Michael J. Bustamante is Associate Professor of History and the Emilio Bacardí Moreau Chair in Cuban and Cuban-American Studies. https://people.miami.edu/profile/m.bustamante@miami.edu https://uncpress.org/book/9781469662039/cuban-memory-wars/
En esta entrevista hablo con el profesor Michael Bustamente sobre su Cuban Memory Wars. Retrospective Politics in Revolution and Exile que salió en marzo de 2021 y ya agotó existencias (todo un logro en el campo académico). Nuestra conversación incluye argumentos especulativos, como ¿por qué no es este un libro de testimonio? pasa por los problemas de la identidad cubano-americana, cómo se desvía su trabajo del “predecible” camino del testimonio y por qué no hay solo dos versiones de la historia de Cuba y su diáspora / exilio / migración -según usted quiera nombrarla-, ni en el periodo que cubre su libro (1959-1979) ni en ningún otro tiempo. Por supuesto, tocamos el tema de cómo se asume la cubanía aunque se carezca de pasaporte que te acredite como tal y de las cambiantes visiones políticas y estratégicas que su libro mapea. Y no, Cuban Memory Wars no es un libro de testimonio, aunque podría haberlo sido, porque Michael reconoce en la charla la influencia que tiene en su trabajo el profesor de la Universidad de Virginia Jeffrey K. Olick, que en The Sins of the Fathers. Germany, Memory, Method (U Chicago Press, 2016) explora los procesos de construcción de la memoria nacional en la Alemania post 1949 y cómo impactan en la política contemporánea. Al aplicarlo a Cuba, Michael cree que la recuperación de las idas tal y como eran en ciertos momentos -a través del paciente trabajo de archivo-, nos permite reconocernos como una comunidad más diversa y compleja de lo que alguna gente pretende, y el reconocimiento de tal diversidad es necesario para mirar al futuro. Para muchas personas de Cuba, la Revolución de Fidel Castro representó el final de un legado de desigualdad y decepciones nacionales. Para otra parte de su población -especialmente quienes viven en el exilio en los Estados Unidos- el giro de Cuba hacia el socialismo convirtió al periodo pre-revolucionario en un paraíso perdido. Michael J. Bustamante desestabiliza este dualismo convencional al excavar en la disputa sobre las memorias respecto a las raíces y resultados de la Revolución en sus primeros veinte años. Las batallas alrededor del pasado de Cuba, propone Bustamente, no solo desafían divisiones políticas simples; también ayudaron a moldear el curso mismo de la historia cubana. En la medida en que la Revolución avanzaba, la lucha por la memoria histórica devino espacio de disputa entre el liderazgo revolucionario de La Habana, las organizaciones expatriadas de Miami y la ciudadanía de Cuba. Todas las personas equilibran el pasado de manera individual, pero las memorias personales también chocaron con los esfuerzos del Estado cubano por institucionalizar una versión específica de la historia de la Revolución. Navegando a través de montañas de material de archivo, que van desde cartas personales hasta grabaciones de televisión, Bustamante rastrea el proceso de lo que llama “política retrospectiva” a un lado y otro del Estrecho de la Florida. Al hacerlo, produce una Historia de Cuba que se aleja de la visión polarizada aparentemente fijada en piedra hasta hoy, y anuncia la posibilidad de una narrativa nacional más inclusiva. Michael Bustamante (Ph.D., Yale University, en twitter https://twitter.com/MJ_Busta) es profesor asociado de historia y ocupante de la cátedra Emilio Bacardí Moreau para estudios cubanos y cubano-americanos en la Universidad de Miami. Antes, fue profesor asistente de historia en la Universidad Internacional de la Florida (o FIU, por sus siglas en inglés). Es autor de Cuban Memory Wars: Retrospective Politics in Revolution and Exile (University of North Carolina Press, 2021), y co-compilador (junto con Jennifer Lambe) del libro The Revolution from Within: Cuba, 1959-1980 (Duke University Press, 2019). Entrevista por Yasmín S. Portales Machado, escritora de ciencia ficción, activista LGBTQ, curiosa sobre las relaciones entre consumo cultural y política en Cuba.
En esta entrevista hablo con el profesor Michael Bustamante sobre su Cuban Memory Wars. Retrospective Politics in Revolution and Exile (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2021) que salió en marzo de 2021 y ya agotó existencias (todo un logro en el campo académico). Nuestra conversación incluye argumentos especulativos, como ¿por qué no es este un libro de testimonio? pasa por los problemas de la identidad cubano-americana, cómo se desvía su trabajo del “predecible” camino del testimonio y por qué no hay solo dos versiones de la historia de Cuba y su diáspora / exilio / migración -según usted quiera nombrarla-, ni en el periodo que cubre su libro (1959-1979) ni en ningún otro tiempo. Por supuesto, tocamos el tema de cómo se asume la cubanía aunque se carezca de pasaporte que te acredite como tal y de las cambiantes visiones políticas y estratégicas que su libro mapea. Y no, Cuban Memory Wars no es un libro de testimonio, aunque podría haberlo sido, porque Michael reconoce en la charla la influencia que tiene en su trabajo el profesor de la Universidad de Virginia Jeffrey K. Olick, que en The Sins of the Fathers. Germany, Memory, Method (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2016) explora los procesos de construcción de la memoria nacional en la Alemania post 1949 y cómo impactan en la política contemporánea. Al aplicarlo a Cuba, Michael cree que la recuperación de las ideas tal y como eran en ciertos momentos -a través del paciente trabajo de archivo-, nos permite reconocernos como una comunidad más diversa y compleja de lo que alguna gente pretende y el reconocimiento de tal diversidad es necesario para mirar al futuro. Para muchas personas de Cuba, la Revolución de Fidel Castro representó el final de un legado de desigualdad y decepciones nacionales. Para otra parte de su población -especialmente quienes viven en el exilio en los Estados Unidos- el giro de Cuba hacia el socialismo convirtió al periodo pre-revolucionario en un paraíso perdido. Michael J. Bustamante desestabiliza este dualismo convencional al excavar en la disputa sobre las memorias respecto a las raíces y resultados de la Revolución en sus primeros veinte años. Las batallas alrededor del pasado de Cuba, propone Bustamente, no solo desafían divisiones políticas simples: también ayudaron a moldear el curso mismo de la historia cubana. En la medida en que la Revolución avanzaba, la lucha por la memoria histórica devino espacio de disputa entre el liderazgo revolucionario de La Habana, las organizaciones expatriadas de Miami y la ciudadanía de Cuba. Todas las personas equilibran el pasado de manera individual, pero las memorias personales también chocaron con los esfuerzos del estado cubano por institucionalizar una versión específica de la historia de la Revolución. Navegando a través de montañas de material de archivo, que van desde cartas personales hasta grabaciones de televisión, Bustamante rastrea el proceso de lo que llama “política retrospectiva” a un lado y otro del estrecho de la Florida. Al hacerlo, produce una historia de Cuba que se aleja de la visión polarizada aparentemente fijada en piedra hasta hoy, y anuncia la posibilidad de una narrativa nacional más inclusiva. Entrevista por Yasmín S. Portales Machado, escritora de ciencia ficción, activista LGBTQ, curiosa sobre las relaciones entre consumo cultural y política en Cuba.
En esta entrevista hablo con el profesor Michael Bustamante sobre su Cuban Memory Wars. Retrospective Politics in Revolution and Exile que salió en marzo de 2021 y ya agotó existencias (todo un logro en el campo académico). Nuestra conversación incluye argumentos especulativos, como ¿por qué no es este un libro de testimonio? pasa por los problemas de la identidad cubano-americana, cómo se desvía su trabajo del “predecible” camino del testimonio y por qué no hay solo dos versiones de la historia de Cuba y su diáspora / exilio / migración -según usted quiera nombrarla-, ni en el periodo que cubre su libro (1959-1979) ni en ningún otro tiempo. Por supuesto, tocamos el tema de cómo se asume la cubanía aunque se carezca de pasaporte que te acredite como tal y de las cambiantes visiones políticas y estratégicas que su libro mapea. Y no, Cuban Memory Wars no es un libro de testimonio, aunque podría haberlo sido, porque Michael reconoce en la charla la influencia que tiene en su trabajo el profesor de la Universidad de Virginia Jeffrey K. Olick, que en The Sins of the Fathers. Germany, Memory, Method (U Chicago Press, 2016) explora los procesos de construcción de la memoria nacional en la Alemania post 1949 y cómo impactan en la política contemporánea. Al aplicarlo a Cuba, Michael cree que la recuperación de las ideas tal y como eran en ciertos momentos -a través del paciente trabajo de archivo-, nos permite reconocernos como una comunidad más diversa y compleja de lo que alguna gente pretende, y el reconocimiento de tal diversidad es necesario para mirar al futuro. Para muchas personas de Cuba, la Revolución de Fidel Castro representó el final de un legado de desigualdad y decepciones nacionales. Para otra parte de su población -especialmente quienes viven en el exilio en los Estados Unidos- el giro de Cuba hacia el socialismo convirtió al periodo pre-revolucionario en un paraíso perdido. Michael J. Bustamante desestabiliza este dualismo convencional al excavar en la disputa sobre las memorias respecto a las raíces y resultados de la Revolución en sus primeros veinte años. Las batallas alrededor del pasado de Cuba, propone Bustamente, no solo desafían divisiones políticas simples; también ayudaron a moldear el curso mismo de la historia cubana. En la medida en que la Revolución avanzaba, la lucha por la memoria histórica devino espacio de disputa entre el liderazgo revolucionario de La Habana, las organizaciones expatriadas de Miami y la ciudadanía de Cuba. Todas las personas equilibran el pasado de manera individual, pero las memorias personales también chocaron con los esfuerzos del Estado cubano por institucionalizar una versión específica de la historia de la Revolución. Navegando a través de montañas de material de archivo, que van desde cartas personales hasta grabaciones de televisión, Bustamante rastrea el proceso de lo que llama “política retrospectiva” a un lado y otro del Estrecho de la Florida. Al hacerlo, produce una Historia de Cuba que se aleja de la visión polarizada aparentemente fijada en piedra hasta hoy, y anuncia la posibilidad de una narrativa nacional más inclusiva. Michael Bustamante (Ph.D., Yale University, en twitter https://twitter.com/MJ_Busta) es profesor asociado de historia y ocupante de la cátedra Emilio Bacardí Moreau para estudios cubanos y cubano-americanos en la Universidad de Miami. Antes, fue profesor asistente de historia en la Universidad Internacional de la Florida (o FIU, por sus siglas en inglés). Es autor de Cuban Memory Wars: Retrospective Politics in Revolution and Exile (University of North Carolina Press, 2021), y co-compilador (junto con Jennifer Lambe) del libro The Revolution from Within: Cuba, 1959-1980 (Duke University Press, 2019). Entrevista por Yasmín S. Portales Machado, escritora de ciencia ficción, activista LGBTQ, curiosa sobre las relaciones entre consumo cultural y política en Cuba.
En esta entrevista hablo con el profesor Michael Bustamente sobre su Cuban Memory Wars. Retrospective Politics in Revolution and Exile que salió en marzo de 2021 y ya agotó existencias (todo un logro en el campo académico). Nuestra conversación incluye argumentos especulativos, como ¿por qué no es este un libro de testimonio? pasa por los problemas de la identidad cubano-americana, cómo se desvía su trabajo del “predecible” camino del testimonio y por qué no hay solo dos versiones de la historia de Cuba y su diáspora / exilio / migración -según usted quiera nombrarla-, ni en el periodo que cubre su libro (1959-1979) ni en ningún otro tiempo. Por supuesto, tocamos el tema de cómo se asume la cubanía aunque se carezca de pasaporte que te acredite como tal y de las cambiantes visiones políticas y estratégicas que su libro mapea. Y no, Cuban Memory Wars no es un libro de testimonio, aunque podría haberlo sido, porque Michael reconoce en la charla la influencia que tiene en su trabajo el profesor de la Universidad de Virginia Jeffrey K. Olick, que en The Sins of the Fathers. Germany, Memory, Method (U Chicago Press, 2016) explora los procesos de construcción de la memoria nacional en la Alemania post 1949 y cómo impactan en la política contemporánea. Al aplicarlo a Cuba, Michael cree que la recuperación de las idas tal y como eran en ciertos momentos -a través del paciente trabajo de archivo-, nos permite reconocernos como una comunidad más diversa y compleja de lo que alguna gente pretende, y el reconocimiento de tal diversidad es necesario para mirar al futuro. Para muchas personas de Cuba, la Revolución de Fidel Castro representó el final de un legado de desigualdad y decepciones nacionales. Para otra parte de su población -especialmente quienes viven en el exilio en los Estados Unidos- el giro de Cuba hacia el socialismo convirtió al periodo pre-revolucionario en un paraíso perdido. Michael J. Bustamante desestabiliza este dualismo convencional al excavar en la disputa sobre las memorias respecto a las raíces y resultados de la Revolución en sus primeros veinte años. Las batallas alrededor del pasado de Cuba, propone Bustamente, no solo desafían divisiones políticas simples; también ayudaron a moldear el curso mismo de la historia cubana. En la medida en que la Revolución avanzaba, la lucha por la memoria histórica devino espacio de disputa entre el liderazgo revolucionario de La Habana, las organizaciones expatriadas de Miami y la ciudadanía de Cuba. Todas las personas equilibran el pasado de manera individual, pero las memorias personales también chocaron con los esfuerzos del Estado cubano por institucionalizar una versión específica de la historia de la Revolución. Navegando a través de montañas de material de archivo, que van desde cartas personales hasta grabaciones de televisión, Bustamante rastrea el proceso de lo que llama “política retrospectiva” a un lado y otro del Estrecho de la Florida. Al hacerlo, produce una Historia de Cuba que se aleja de la visión polarizada aparentemente fijada en piedra hasta hoy, y anuncia la posibilidad de una narrativa nacional más inclusiva. Michael Bustamante (Ph.D., Yale University, en twitter https://twitter.com/MJ_Busta) es profesor asociado de historia y ocupante de la cátedra Emilio Bacardí Moreau para estudios cubanos y cubano-americanos en la Universidad de Miami. Antes, fue profesor asistente de historia en la Universidad Internacional de la Florida (o FIU, por sus siglas en inglés). Es autor de Cuban Memory Wars: Retrospective Politics in Revolution and Exile (University of North Carolina Press, 2021), y co-compilador (junto con Jennifer Lambe) del libro The Revolution from Within: Cuba, 1959-1980 (Duke University Press, 2019). Entrevista por Yasmín S. Portales Machado, escritora de ciencia ficción, activista LGBTQ, curiosa sobre las relaciones entre consumo cultural y política en Cuba.
I had the pleasure of interviewing my mentor, Dr. Michael J. Bustamante on his first monograph, Cuban Memory Wars: Retrospective Politics in Revolution and Exile which was published in March 2021 as part of the Envisioning Cuba series by the University of North Carolina Press. "For many Cubans, Fidel Castro's Revolution represented deliverance from a legacy of inequality and national disappointment. For others—especially those exiled in the United States—Cuba's turn to socialism made the prerevolutionary period look like paradise lost. In Cuban Memory Wars, Bustamante unsettles this familiar schism by excavating Cubans' contested memories of the Revolution's roots and results over its first twenty years. Cubans' battles over the past, he argues, not only defied simple political divisions; they also helped shape the course of Cuban history itself. As the Revolution unfolded, the struggle over historical memory was triangulated among revolutionary leaders in Havana, expatriate organizations in Miami, and average Cuban citizens. All Cubans leveraged the past in individual ways, but personal memories also collided with the Cuban state's efforts to institutionalize a singular version of the Revolution's story. Drawing on troves of archival materials, including visual media, Bustamante tracks the process of what he calls retrospective politics across the Florida Straits. In doing so, he drives Cuban history beyond the polarized vision seemingly set in stone today and raises the prospect of a more inclusive national narrative." Dr. Bustamante is the Bacardi Chair in Cuban and Cuban American Studies at the University of Miami and Associate Professor in the Department of History. He is also my mentor, which makes this conversation a special treat for me. He and I talked about the journey from dissertation to monograph, navigating the politics of the Cuban archive, and challenging our own assumptions and biases. It was an AMAZING conversation and a must-listen! Rozzmery Palenzuela Vicente is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at Florida International University. Her dissertation examines the cultural and intellectual politics surrounding black motherhood in twentieth-century Cuba. Twitter: @RozzmeryPV
I had the pleasure of interviewing my mentor, Dr. Michael J. Bustamante on his first monograph, Cuban Memory Wars: Retrospective Politics in Revolution and Exile which was published in March 2021 as part of the Envisioning Cuba series by the University of North Carolina Press. "For many Cubans, Fidel Castro's Revolution represented deliverance from a legacy of inequality and national disappointment. For others—especially those exiled in the United States—Cuba's turn to socialism made the prerevolutionary period look like paradise lost. In Cuban Memory Wars, Bustamante unsettles this familiar schism by excavating Cubans' contested memories of the Revolution's roots and results over its first twenty years. Cubans' battles over the past, he argues, not only defied simple political divisions; they also helped shape the course of Cuban history itself. As the Revolution unfolded, the struggle over historical memory was triangulated among revolutionary leaders in Havana, expatriate organizations in Miami, and average Cuban citizens. All Cubans leveraged the past in individual ways, but personal memories also collided with the Cuban state's efforts to institutionalize a singular version of the Revolution's story. Drawing on troves of archival materials, including visual media, Bustamante tracks the process of what he calls retrospective politics across the Florida Straits. In doing so, he drives Cuban history beyond the polarized vision seemingly set in stone today and raises the prospect of a more inclusive national narrative." Dr. Bustamante is the Bacardi Chair in Cuban and Cuban American Studies at the University of Miami and Associate Professor in the Department of History. He is also my mentor, which makes this conversation a special treat for me. He and I talked about the journey from dissertation to monograph, navigating the politics of the Cuban archive, and challenging our own assumptions and biases. It was an AMAZING conversation and a must-listen! Rozzmery Palenzuela Vicente is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at Florida International University. Her dissertation examines the cultural and intellectual politics surrounding black motherhood in twentieth-century Cuba. Twitter: @RozzmeryPV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-south
I had the pleasure of interviewing my mentor, Dr. Michael J. Bustamante on his first monograph, Cuban Memory Wars: Retrospective Politics in Revolution and Exile which was published in March 2021 as part of the Envisioning Cuba series by the University of North Carolina Press. "For many Cubans, Fidel Castro's Revolution represented deliverance from a legacy of inequality and national disappointment. For others—especially those exiled in the United States—Cuba's turn to socialism made the prerevolutionary period look like paradise lost. In Cuban Memory Wars, Bustamante unsettles this familiar schism by excavating Cubans' contested memories of the Revolution's roots and results over its first twenty years. Cubans' battles over the past, he argues, not only defied simple political divisions; they also helped shape the course of Cuban history itself. As the Revolution unfolded, the struggle over historical memory was triangulated among revolutionary leaders in Havana, expatriate organizations in Miami, and average Cuban citizens. All Cubans leveraged the past in individual ways, but personal memories also collided with the Cuban state's efforts to institutionalize a singular version of the Revolution's story. Drawing on troves of archival materials, including visual media, Bustamante tracks the process of what he calls retrospective politics across the Florida Straits. In doing so, he drives Cuban history beyond the polarized vision seemingly set in stone today and raises the prospect of a more inclusive national narrative." Dr. Bustamante is the Bacardi Chair in Cuban and Cuban American Studies at the University of Miami and Associate Professor in the Department of History. He is also my mentor, which makes this conversation a special treat for me. He and I talked about the journey from dissertation to monograph, navigating the politics of the Cuban archive, and challenging our own assumptions and biases. It was an AMAZING conversation and a must-listen! Rozzmery Palenzuela Vicente is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at Florida International University. Her dissertation examines the cultural and intellectual politics surrounding black motherhood in twentieth-century Cuba. Twitter: @RozzmeryPV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science
I had the pleasure of interviewing my mentor, Dr. Michael J. Bustamante on his first monograph, Cuban Memory Wars: Retrospective Politics in Revolution and Exile which was published in March 2021 as part of the Envisioning Cuba series by the University of North Carolina Press. "For many Cubans, Fidel Castro's Revolution represented deliverance from a legacy of inequality and national disappointment. For others—especially those exiled in the United States—Cuba's turn to socialism made the prerevolutionary period look like paradise lost. In Cuban Memory Wars, Bustamante unsettles this familiar schism by excavating Cubans' contested memories of the Revolution's roots and results over its first twenty years. Cubans' battles over the past, he argues, not only defied simple political divisions; they also helped shape the course of Cuban history itself. As the Revolution unfolded, the struggle over historical memory was triangulated among revolutionary leaders in Havana, expatriate organizations in Miami, and average Cuban citizens. All Cubans leveraged the past in individual ways, but personal memories also collided with the Cuban state's efforts to institutionalize a singular version of the Revolution's story. Drawing on troves of archival materials, including visual media, Bustamante tracks the process of what he calls retrospective politics across the Florida Straits. In doing so, he drives Cuban history beyond the polarized vision seemingly set in stone today and raises the prospect of a more inclusive national narrative." Dr. Bustamante is the Bacardi Chair in Cuban and Cuban American Studies at the University of Miami and Associate Professor in the Department of History. He is also my mentor, which makes this conversation a special treat for me. He and I talked about the journey from dissertation to monograph, navigating the politics of the Cuban archive, and challenging our own assumptions and biases. It was an AMAZING conversation and a must-listen! Rozzmery Palenzuela Vicente is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at Florida International University. Her dissertation examines the cultural and intellectual politics surrounding black motherhood in twentieth-century Cuba. Twitter: @RozzmeryPV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/latino-studies
I had the pleasure of interviewing my mentor, Dr. Michael J. Bustamante on his first monograph, Cuban Memory Wars: Retrospective Politics in Revolution and Exile which was published in March 2021 as part of the Envisioning Cuba series by the University of North Carolina Press. "For many Cubans, Fidel Castro's Revolution represented deliverance from a legacy of inequality and national disappointment. For others—especially those exiled in the United States—Cuba's turn to socialism made the prerevolutionary period look like paradise lost. In Cuban Memory Wars, Bustamante unsettles this familiar schism by excavating Cubans' contested memories of the Revolution's roots and results over its first twenty years. Cubans' battles over the past, he argues, not only defied simple political divisions; they also helped shape the course of Cuban history itself. As the Revolution unfolded, the struggle over historical memory was triangulated among revolutionary leaders in Havana, expatriate organizations in Miami, and average Cuban citizens. All Cubans leveraged the past in individual ways, but personal memories also collided with the Cuban state's efforts to institutionalize a singular version of the Revolution's story. Drawing on troves of archival materials, including visual media, Bustamante tracks the process of what he calls retrospective politics across the Florida Straits. In doing so, he drives Cuban history beyond the polarized vision seemingly set in stone today and raises the prospect of a more inclusive national narrative." Dr. Bustamante is the Bacardi Chair in Cuban and Cuban American Studies at the University of Miami and Associate Professor in the Department of History. He is also my mentor, which makes this conversation a special treat for me. He and I talked about the journey from dissertation to monograph, navigating the politics of the Cuban archive, and challenging our own assumptions and biases. It was an AMAZING conversation and a must-listen! Rozzmery Palenzuela Vicente is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at Florida International University. Her dissertation examines the cultural and intellectual politics surrounding black motherhood in twentieth-century Cuba. Twitter: @RozzmeryPV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/caribbean-studies
I had the pleasure of interviewing my mentor, Dr. Michael J. Bustamante on his first monograph, Cuban Memory Wars: Retrospective Politics in Revolution and Exile which was published in March 2021 as part of the Envisioning Cuba series by the University of North Carolina Press. "For many Cubans, Fidel Castro's Revolution represented deliverance from a legacy of inequality and national disappointment. For others—especially those exiled in the United States—Cuba's turn to socialism made the prerevolutionary period look like paradise lost. In Cuban Memory Wars, Bustamante unsettles this familiar schism by excavating Cubans' contested memories of the Revolution's roots and results over its first twenty years. Cubans' battles over the past, he argues, not only defied simple political divisions; they also helped shape the course of Cuban history itself. As the Revolution unfolded, the struggle over historical memory was triangulated among revolutionary leaders in Havana, expatriate organizations in Miami, and average Cuban citizens. All Cubans leveraged the past in individual ways, but personal memories also collided with the Cuban state's efforts to institutionalize a singular version of the Revolution's story. Drawing on troves of archival materials, including visual media, Bustamante tracks the process of what he calls retrospective politics across the Florida Straits. In doing so, he drives Cuban history beyond the polarized vision seemingly set in stone today and raises the prospect of a more inclusive national narrative." Dr. Bustamante is the Bacardi Chair in Cuban and Cuban American Studies at the University of Miami and Associate Professor in the Department of History. He is also my mentor, which makes this conversation a special treat for me. He and I talked about the journey from dissertation to monograph, navigating the politics of the Cuban archive, and challenging our own assumptions and biases. It was an AMAZING conversation and a must-listen! Rozzmery Palenzuela Vicente is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at Florida International University. Her dissertation examines the cultural and intellectual politics surrounding black motherhood in twentieth-century Cuba. Twitter: @RozzmeryPV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/latin-american-studies
I had the pleasure of interviewing my mentor, Dr. Michael J. Bustamante on his first monograph, Cuban Memory Wars: Retrospective Politics in Revolution and Exile which was published in March 2021 as part of the Envisioning Cuba series by the University of North Carolina Press. "For many Cubans, Fidel Castro's Revolution represented deliverance from a legacy of inequality and national disappointment. For others—especially those exiled in the United States—Cuba's turn to socialism made the prerevolutionary period look like paradise lost. In Cuban Memory Wars, Bustamante unsettles this familiar schism by excavating Cubans' contested memories of the Revolution's roots and results over its first twenty years. Cubans' battles over the past, he argues, not only defied simple political divisions; they also helped shape the course of Cuban history itself. As the Revolution unfolded, the struggle over historical memory was triangulated among revolutionary leaders in Havana, expatriate organizations in Miami, and average Cuban citizens. All Cubans leveraged the past in individual ways, but personal memories also collided with the Cuban state's efforts to institutionalize a singular version of the Revolution's story. Drawing on troves of archival materials, including visual media, Bustamante tracks the process of what he calls retrospective politics across the Florida Straits. In doing so, he drives Cuban history beyond the polarized vision seemingly set in stone today and raises the prospect of a more inclusive national narrative." Dr. Bustamante is the Bacardi Chair in Cuban and Cuban American Studies at the University of Miami and Associate Professor in the Department of History. He is also my mentor, which makes this conversation a special treat for me. He and I talked about the journey from dissertation to monograph, navigating the politics of the Cuban archive, and challenging our own assumptions and biases. It was an AMAZING conversation and a must-listen! Rozzmery Palenzuela Vicente is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at Florida International University. Her dissertation examines the cultural and intellectual politics surrounding black motherhood in twentieth-century Cuba. Twitter: @RozzmeryPV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history
I had the pleasure of interviewing my mentor, Dr. Michael J. Bustamante on his first monograph, Cuban Memory Wars: Retrospective Politics in Revolution and Exile which was published in March 2021 as part of the Envisioning Cuba series by the University of North Carolina Press. "For many Cubans, Fidel Castro's Revolution represented deliverance from a legacy of inequality and national disappointment. For others—especially those exiled in the United States—Cuba's turn to socialism made the prerevolutionary period look like paradise lost. In Cuban Memory Wars, Bustamante unsettles this familiar schism by excavating Cubans' contested memories of the Revolution's roots and results over its first twenty years. Cubans' battles over the past, he argues, not only defied simple political divisions; they also helped shape the course of Cuban history itself. As the Revolution unfolded, the struggle over historical memory was triangulated among revolutionary leaders in Havana, expatriate organizations in Miami, and average Cuban citizens. All Cubans leveraged the past in individual ways, but personal memories also collided with the Cuban state's efforts to institutionalize a singular version of the Revolution's story. Drawing on troves of archival materials, including visual media, Bustamante tracks the process of what he calls retrospective politics across the Florida Straits. In doing so, he drives Cuban history beyond the polarized vision seemingly set in stone today and raises the prospect of a more inclusive national narrative." Dr. Bustamante is the Bacardi Chair in Cuban and Cuban American Studies at the University of Miami and Associate Professor in the Department of History. He is also my mentor, which makes this conversation a special treat for me. He and I talked about the journey from dissertation to monograph, navigating the politics of the Cuban archive, and challenging our own assumptions and biases. It was an AMAZING conversation and a must-listen! Rozzmery Palenzuela Vicente is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at Florida International University. Her dissertation examines the cultural and intellectual politics surrounding black motherhood in twentieth-century Cuba. Twitter: @RozzmeryPV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
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