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Vilma Espín: "On our feet and not on our knees"
Progressive International | Thursday, 22 June 2023 | Click here for original article
Vilma Espín and Celia Sánchez
In 1961, Vilma Espín attended the Latin-American Conference for National Sovereignty, Economic Emancipation and Peace, convened by the former Mexican President, Lázaro Cárdenas. Bringing together leftist leaders from across the hemisphere, this conference drew international attention to the grim conditions in Latin America, denounced the US's imperialist activities, and defended the Cuban Revolution.
Below is Espín's remarkable address to the delegations, where she invokes the hope for a renewed consciousness to emerge out of the Americas, rooted in independence and peace.
In the name of the Cuban delegation, we wish to extend to all of you – the Mexicans, our Latin American brothers, and the fraternal delegates - our most cordial greetings and our most fervent and deeply felt gratitude. From the warm reception at the airport – where along with the stirring cheers, there was not lacking the inspiring note of revolutionary songs rendered by the typical mariachis - to the revolutionary enthusiasm shown at this magnificent opening session; ev
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Vilma Espin: A revolutionary life
June 20, 2007
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Vilma Espín was born on April 7, 1930, in Santiago de Cuba. She was one of the most active fighters in the revolutionary period. In the years leading up to the revolution, Vilma participated in the July 26 Movement, which honored the assault to Moncada Barracks, a move of the revolutionary guerrilla on July 26, 1953, five years before the victory of the Cuban Revolution, in which Espín also took part.
After the revolution, she assumed several leadership positions in the Cuban Communist Party, as well as in the women’s organization. Cuban women created spaces key to self-organization and collective construction, such as the Federation of Cuban Women, led by Espín from its creation in 1963 until her death in 2007.
Feminists from all over the world learn from Cuban women that women’s struggles are revolutionary, and that a radical transformation in how society organizes is indeed possible. Vilma Espín would always say that women are “a revolution inside the revolution”, because, among other reasons, they are responsible for deepening the processes of change and for fighting against patriarchy, which is unacceptable in socialism.
We share below two speeches by Vilma Espín so we can learn from her as from her own words. In “The Example of Cuban Women in Other Latitudes”, Esp