the cuban 'prologue' was simple math

prologue to the cuban revolution pt. iv? what kind of performative nonsense is that? there was no 'prologue,' just generations of yankee capital raping the land, turning an entire goddamn island into a sugar plantation for their profits. batista wasn't some independent villain, he was the bouncer for the americans, keeping the exploited in line. the 'revolution' wasn't a series of dramatic acts; it was the goddamn inevitable consequence of unbearable material conditions. it's not a story to be told in 'parts,' it's the class struggle finally boiling over. anything else is just ideological gloss, distracting from the blood and sugar that built their fortunes.