THERE’S no greater human virtue than solidarity, being capable of feeling deeply any injustice committed against anyone, anywhere in the world.
That’s according to Ernesto Guevara, Che, “the most beautiful quality of a revolutionary”. Bearing that in mind, I immediately think of the commander- in-chief of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz, who was that kind of a revolutionary. His vision of solidarity was based on a Third World perspective of liberation against imperialism. Thus, Fidel’s view of internationalism was predicated on the need to build the broadest anti-imperialist unity in action, in solidarity with the struggles of the peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America.
However, solidarity for Fidel went well beyond strongly worded statements and declarations of support, since he took it to unprecedented levels, which on many…