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Tricontinental

This collection contains issues of Tricontinental, founded in 1967 by the Organization of Solidarity with the Peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin America (OSPAAAL) following the first Tricontinental conference. These periodicals, published in Havana, Cuba, cover a wide range of topics, from national liberation movements to the capitalistic exploitation of natural resources in various countries. The goal of this publication is to expose imperialistic policies and create international solidarity with leftist political movements. These articles focus on the struggles of countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America and include interviews with revolutionaries, cultural pieces such as poetry, analysis, and more.

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Documents

Tricontinental Special Supplement Tricontinental Special Supplement
Publisher: Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin AmericaYear: 1967Call Number: Volume Number: Special SupplementFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Tricontinental
"Comandante Ernesto Che Guevara: Message to the Tricontinental" Special Supplement Edition Article by Ernesto Che Guevara entitled "Create Two, Three... Many Vietnams -- That is the Watchword" links international revolutionary movements against U.S. imperialism. Guevara was among the first collaborators of Tricontinental. His article was published before the first publication of the magazine in order to spread this message to the peoples of the world.
Tricontinental No. 10 Tricontinental No. 10
Publisher: OSPAAL (Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin America)Year: 1969Call Number: Volume Number: No. 10 January - FebruaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Tricontinental
Contents: Cuba: Ten Years of Revolution (Fidel Castro) India: Introduction to a Congress (P. Sundarayya) The Tupamaros: Armed Vanguard in Uruguay (Carlos Nunez) Sociography of Misery (Albert-Paul Lentin) South Yemen: Towards a Definitive Liberation Black Panthers: The Afro-Americans' Challenge (George Murray and Joudon Major Ford) USA: the Alienation of Culture (Irwin Silber) Three Years After a Historic Meeting Meaning of the Tricontinental Conference (various delegates) Making an Army (Wilfred Burchett)
Tricontinental No. 26 Tricontinental No. 26
Publisher: Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin AmericaYear: 1971Call Number: Volume Number: No. 26 September - OctoberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Tricontinental
Anniversary in Triumph (Carlos Altamirano) - the ideological position of the Socialist Party of Chile and its prospects for the future / Juche Crosses the Sea (Han Duk Su) - The successes achieved by the Chongryun (org to defend the Korean nationality of 600,000 Koreans displaced in Japan) / Irrintzik (Ernesto Gonzalez Bermejo) - experiences and facts on the ETA and their struggle against oppression in the Basque region Spain / Boomerag for Israel (Osvaldo Ortega) - chronicle of the trial of Palestinian leader Taisir Kubaa / Apartheid: Imperialist Monster (Alex La Guma) - South African essayist on the rise of consciousness and armed struggle in South Africa / The Voice of David - reprints of editorials from newspaper Nhan Dan in Hanoi The Ford of Betrayal (Ernesto Gonzalez Bermejo) - documentation of the group of guerrillas assassinated in a ford of the Rio Grande in Bolivia in 1967 / Viet Nam, 1971 (Nguyen Minh Phuong) - interview with the Ambassador to Cuba from the Provisional Revolutionary Govt of South Viet Nam / Tricontinental Salute - reprint of the speech of the OSPAAAL delegation from the Special Meeting of the AAPSO Executive Committee, held in Syria / Solidarity (Carol Brightman and Sandra Levinson) - selections from Venceremos Brigade in which of the first members relate their experiences / News Behind the News
Tricontinental Bulletin No. 62 [Spanish] Tricontinental Bulletin No. 62 [Spanish]
Publisher: OSPAAL - Organization of Solidarity with the Peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin AmericaDate: 5/1971Call Number: Format: PeriodicalCollection: Tricontinental
In Spanish Only. Puerto Rico: portaviones del Caribe; El surgimiento del fascismo en Malaya; Desde un Ghetto Palestino; To Huu: el arte para la vida; Uruguay: Lucha armada o salida electoral?; Bases Programmaticas del Frente Ampilo; Posicion del MLN ante el Frente Ampilo; Programa del gobierno revolucionario del MLN
Tricontinental Bulletin No. 29 Tricontinental Bulletin No. 29
Publisher: OSPAAALDate: 8/1968Call Number: Volume Number: Year III No. 29Format: PeriodicalCollection: Tricontinental
Summary: The Banta Promise; The People's War and Popular Anti-Aircraft Defense; The Second Tricontinental Conference; Yankee Atomic Chants; LA SNCC Must Survive! For the People. / Tricontinental Scene: On the Road to Struggle (Nicaragua); Their Struggle is Our Struggle (Viet Nam). / Making the Revolution: Guerrilla War Strategy by Ernesto Che Guevara. / Guerrilla Fronts: ZAPU-ANC Joint Communique; From the Mountains(Colombia); The Palestine National Liberation Movement Al Fatah; Fight on to Victory (Venezuela). / Letters to OSPAAAL / Appeals and Messages / From the Executive Secretariat.
Tricontinental Bulletin No. 28 Tricontinental Bulletin No. 28
Publisher: OSPAAALDate: 7/1968Call Number: Volume Number: Year III No. 28Format: PeriodicalCollection: Tricontinental
Summary- Cuba: A Fitting Answer in Latin America; Zimbabwe: Total War; What the US Government Defends in Viet Nam is an Absurd and Criminal Policy; The Yankee Imperialists Cannot Achieve Their Objectives in Their War of Destruction Against the DRV / Tricontinental Scene - What the MPLA Expects from the OAU; Political Terror in Iran; Solidarity with Viet Nam in Africa; Attempt Against the Life of Haurai Boumedienne (Algeria); Hitting Where It Hurts / Guerrilla Fronts - What is to be done in Venezuela?; PAIGC Communique; Military Action of the People's Army of Liberation of the Congo (L) / Appeals and Messages - Africa is Resisting and Fighting Back; Material Support to Palestine; Message from President Huu Tho / From the Executive Secretariat / Letters to the OSPAAAL / Anniversaries.
Tricontinental Bulletin No. 84 Tricontinental Bulletin No. 84
Publisher: OSPAAALYear: 1973Call Number: Volume Number: Year VIII No. 84Format: PeriodicalCollection: Tricontinental
Summaries - Mona: World Oil Center; Saigon: the policy of slow death. Tricontinental Scene - The socialist constitution of the PDRK; Panama: the small country with the giant voice; Cuba: the doors of history; Guinea Bissau: the struggle has taken root; San Salvador: culture behind bars; Bolivia: flight from hell. Appeals and Messages - US-Saigon sabotage the Paris agreements.
Tricontinental Bulletin No. 59 Tricontinental Bulletin No. 59
Publisher: OSPAAALDate: 1/1971Call Number: Volume Number: Year VI No. 59Format: PeriodicalCollection: Tricontinental
Michele Firk ...she was not a leftist, she was a communist and a revolutionary. / Guinea: People's Victory / Argentina: Armed Revolutionary Organizations [Four Armed Organizations. Revolutionary Strategy and Tactical Actions. Concepts on Peronism, Ties with the Masses, the Armed Struggle and the Continental Revolution]. / Viet Nam: A Single History.
Tricontinental No. 67 - 68 Tricontinental No. 67 - 68
Publisher: OSPAAALYear: 1980Call Number: Volume Number: No. 67 / No. 68Format: PeriodicalCollection: Tricontinental
Genocide in Kampuchea / The Not-so-Silent Majority - The Black Community and the national economic and political context in America / Pham Van Dong's Messages / George Haoui: Unity is the Best Road to Victory - interview with general secretary of the Lebanese Communist Party who analyzes the historical and ideological roots of the Lebanese crisis and discusses the prospects for the struggle now being waged / Six Years of Struggle by the Chilean People / Many Streams Make a River - background on the Lebanese National Movement and Lebanese Communist Party / Notes on the History of the African National Congress of South Africa / Notes on the Social Structure of Black Africa
Tricontinental Bulletin No. 30 Tricontinental Bulletin No. 30
Publisher: OSPAAALDate: 9/1968Call Number: Volume Number: Year III No. 30Format: PeriodicalCollection: Tricontinental
Summary / Tricontinental Scene / Guerrilla Fronts / Letters to OSPAAAL / Anniversaries / Appeals and Messages / From the Executive Secretariat