A B C Cuba (2 results)

A chip to side edge. Foxed. A single-page single-side handbill issued by the underground Cuban ABC group opposed to the dictatorship of Gerardo Machado, denouncing the government's death squad known as 'la porra'. Concludes: ".Todos unidos bajo la Bandera del A.B.C.!" ["The ABC was founded in October 1931 by a group that had been meeting for a year in the office of Dr. Juan Andrés Lliteras. The most prominent member was Joaquín Martínez Saenz. Jorge Mañ ach and Francisco Ichaso were soon invited to join. The group's membership was predominantly middle class, including students and professionals. Cells had about seven members, each of whom could lead a cell on the tier below. Members of the organization knew only their leader and the cell below them. The system of alphabetical lettering of cells from tier to tier gave the organization its name.A sequence of numbers along with the letter identified each individual member. .,.The organization took credit for numerous terrorist attacks like assassinations and bombings.They targeted police officers and soldiers, and also made several high-profile killings, including Senate President Clemente Vázquez Bello. The ABC reportedly orchestrated a plan to kill Machado by bombing Vazequez Bello's funeral, but failed due to a last-minute change of cemetery. In early 1932 the government created a secret police force called the Porra, which acted against the opposition with no less violence.This repression further weakened the Machado government and enhanced the ABC's standing.,." - wikipedia]. Folded in eighths. Tears to crease. Browned. Fair condition.

Some tears. Folded in eighths. Some browning. Just Good. 42x30cm, This is a single-side placard, printed on newsprint. Caption title. Consists of 4 lengthy columns of text, signed-in-type: "Celula Directriz Nacional del Emergencio del A.B.C." At the bottom in large block letters: "El A.B.C. es la esperenza de Cuba, Todos unidios bajo la bandera del A.B. C". Response of Partido ABC to the Batista regime's fierce repression following the attempted revolutionary general strike of March 1935. Contents: Analysis de la Situacion; Posicion del ABC; Nuestro Anti- imperialismo; Problema clasista y alocucion general. ["One of the most effective groups in creating the political violence & economic disruption that lead to the resignation of President Machado in 1933 was the political secret society named ABC. The leaders of ABC were Carlos Saladrigas & Joaquin Martinez Sanz; its spokesman was the essayist Jorge Mañach (1898-1961).,." - Mauricio Augusto Font & Alfonso W. Quiroz "The Cuban Republic & Jose Marti"]. Some tears. Folded in eighths. Some browning. Just Good.