Antonio Guiteras Holmes (born 22 November 1906 in Philadelphia – died 8 May 1935) was a leading politician in Cuba during the 1930s. A proponent of revolutionary socialism, he participated in the radical government installed after the overthrow of right-wing dictator Gerardo Machado y Morales in 1933. In 1931, Guiteras established the Unión Revolucionaria. Jump to: navigation, search November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ... Jump to: navigation, search May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the global depression. ... Jump to: navigation, search The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... Jump to: navigation, search Dictator was the title of a magistrate in ancient Rome appointed by the Senate to rule the state in times of emergency. ... Gerardo Machado (y Morales) (1871 - 1939), was a Cuban general and political figure. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Guiteras' political beliefs were nurtured in the volatile political climate of the 1920s. He first became widely known as a student leader and associate of Julio Antonio Mella, a young Communist revolutionary. He believed that the liberation of the people would be achieved through violent confrontation with the established authorities, but simultaneously held firm to the ideal of democracy. Antonio Guiteras was named Minister of the Interior under President Dr. Ramón Grau San Martín. Many reforms were introduced, including a minimum wage, minimum labour regulations, academic freedom, and nationalisation of important sectors of the economy. After the "government of 100 days," Guiteras became even more radical and founded Joven Cuba, a proletarian political organisation inspired by anti-capitalism and the nationalism of José Martí. Jump to: navigation, search Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America as the Roaring Twenties . In Europe it is sometimes refered to as the Golden Twenties. ... Julio Antonio Mella. ... Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... Ramón Grau San Martín was a university professor, as well as Cuban president from September 10, 1933 to January 15, 1934. ... Jump to: navigation, search T I AM YOUR KING ME ME ME MEhe proletariat (from Latin proles, offspring) is a term used to identify a lower social class; a member of such a class isproletarian. ... Jump to: navigation, search Socialist propaganda poster from 1911. ... Jump to: navigation, search José Julián Martí Pérez (January 28, 1853 – May 19, 1895) was a leader of the Cuban independence movement as well as an esteemed poet and writer. ...

In his revisionist account Cuba: A New History, the leftist historian Richard Gott summarizes Guiteras' beliefs and methods:

Guiteras's views reflected an eclectic mix of revolutionary influences, from Auguste Blanqui to Jean Jacques Jaurès. He drew inspiration from the Mexican and the Russian revolutions, the struggle in Ireland and Sandino's guerrilla movement in Nicaragua. He shared the anti-imperialist politics of the age and, drawing on anarchist roots, advocated rural and urban armed struggle, assaults on army barracks and the assassination of policemen and members of the government. He was a firm believer in direct action, the propaganda of the deed, derived from Blanqui and the Spanish anarchists, and was much criticised by the Communists for his voluntarism and his predilection for violence. Louis Auguste Blanqui (February 8, 1805 _ January 1, 1881) was a French political activist. ... Jean Jaurès Jean Léon Jaurès (September 3, 1859 – July 31, 1914) was a French Socialist leader. ... An Irish War of Independence memorial in Dublin The Anglo-Irish War (also known as the Irish War of Independence) was a guerilla campaign mounted against the British government in Ireland by the Irish Republican Army. ... Sandino (centre) en route to Mexico. ... Anti-imperialism is a current within the political left advocating the collapse of imperialism. ... Anarchism is a generic term describing various political philosophies and social movements that advocate the elimination of hierarchy and imposed authority. ... Jump to: navigation, search Direct action is a method and a theory of stopping objectionable practices or creating more favorable conditions using immediately available means, such as strikes, boycotts, workplace occupations, sit-ins, intimidation, harassment or sabotage, and less oppositional methods such as establishing radical social centres, although these are... Propaganda of the Deed was an anarchist doctrine that promoted the decisive action of individuals to inspire further action by others. ... Voluntarism (lat. ...

Guiteras was assassinated, along with his Venezuelan comrade Carlos Aponte, in Matanzas province in 1935. Matanzas is one of the provinces of Cuba. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

References

• Gott, Richard. Cuba: A New History. Yale University Press, 2004. (ISBN 0-300-10411-1)
• Rosales García, Juana. "Revolution and anti-imperialism in Antonio Guiteras." Originally published in Cuba Socialista [1]. Translated from the Spanish by Ana Portela.