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Meet the Forgotten Footsoldiers of Fidel's Global Revolution

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Meet the Forgotten Footsoldiers of Fidel's Global Revolution

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Jul 26, 2017

They spent decades fighting, unpaid and uncelebrated, for socialist movements from Angola to Iraq. But as the Castro era ends these aging warriors remain true to the cause.

Photography by Jonathan Alpeyrie, Interviews by Linet Lores Sanchez and Jonathan Alpeyrie.

Read the full article here: http://narrative.ly/meet-the-forgotten-footsoldiers-of-fidels-global-revolution/

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