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Democrat Senator John F. Kennedy condemned Castro’s communism, stating October 6, 1960: “Two years ago in September of 1958 — bands of bearded rebels descended from Cuba’s Sierra Maestra Mountains and began their long march on Havana — a march which ended in the overthrow of the brutal, bloody, and despotic dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. The slogans, the manifestos, and the broadcasts of this revolution reflected the deepest aspirations of the Cuban people. They promised individual liberty and free elections. They promised an end to harsh police-state tactics. The...

The celebration of New Year’s Day as a moment to contemplate renewal, usually personal renewal, follows the calendar adopted by Julius Caesar in 46BC. Designed by Greek mathematicians and astrologers, its sole purpose was to attain greater mathematical accuracy in the alignment of dates to the solar year. In recent years, Antonio Gramsci’s column that was published on 1 January 1916 in the Turin issue of Avanti! has been circulated in progressive circles on New Year’s Day. In the column, Gramsci rejected the idea that New Year’s Day should be an annual day of renewal and insisted tha...