Celia Hart
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Celia Hart was a Cuba
n physicist and writer. Until May 2006, she was a member of the Cuban Communist Party. She was the daughter of two historic leaders of the Cuban Revolution
, Haydee Santamaria and Armando Hart
http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/auteur.php3?id_auteur=363.
Since 2003, many of her writings have been translated into English by CubaNews http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CubaNews/. Its editor, Walter Lippmann http://walterlippmann.com/, is also editor of It's never too late to love or rebel, the English-language collection of Hart's writings http://resistancebooks.blogspot.com/2006/06/its-never-too-late-to-love-or-rebel.html. According to that book, she has described herself as a 'freelance Trotskyist' since discovering Leon Trotsky
's writings when she was studying in East Germany in the 1980s. According to the editors of Socialist Resistance
, "at that time she could see at first hand that this so-called 'actually existing socialism' was a society in decadence and without a future."
Ms. Hart died in a car accident in Havana on September 7, 2008. Also with her died her older brother Abel. Report from Havana official radio (Spanish); AP report (English)
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
n physicist and writer. Until May 2006, she was a member of the Cuban Communist Party. She was the daughter of two historic leaders of the Cuban Revolution
Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement against the regime of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista between 1953 and 1959. Batista was finally ousted on 1 January 1959, and was replaced by a revolutionary government led by Castro...
, Haydee Santamaria and Armando Hart
Armando Hart
Armando Hart Dávalos is a Cuban politician and a Communist leader. His grandfather was born in Georgia, USA and emigrated to Cuba as a child....
http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/auteur.php3?id_auteur=363.
Since 2003, many of her writings have been translated into English by CubaNews http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CubaNews/. Its editor, Walter Lippmann http://walterlippmann.com/, is also editor of It's never too late to love or rebel, the English-language collection of Hart's writings http://resistancebooks.blogspot.com/2006/06/its-never-too-late-to-love-or-rebel.html. According to that book, she has described herself as a 'freelance Trotskyist' since discovering Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky , born Lev Davidovich Bronshtein, was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and theorist, Soviet politician, and the founder and first leader of the Red Army....
's writings when she was studying in East Germany in the 1980s. According to the editors of Socialist Resistance
Socialist Resistance
Socialist Resistance is a Trotskyist and ecosocialist organisation in Britain which publishes a Marxist periodical of the same name. In July 2009 the International Socialist Group merged into it, making SR the British Section of the Fourth International.-Origins:It was launched on 8 September...
, "at that time she could see at first hand that this so-called 'actually existing socialism' was a society in decadence and without a future."
Ms. Hart died in a car accident in Havana on September 7, 2008. Also with her died her older brother Abel. Report from Havana official radio (Spanish); AP report (English)
External links
- Biographical note
- Selected writings 2003-2007 (in English)
- Selected writings 2003-2005 (in Spanish)
- Blog about Celia's English-language book
- Fidel from my balcony
- Celia Hart Santamaría (1963 – 2008) Obituary by Alan Woods