1. The Impact of Media
Censorship on Cuban
Youth Politics
By: Sarah Simonds
University of Washington Bothell

2. Censorship Under Fidel Castro
• Began with written press
– Granma
• Spread to all news outlets in 1960
• Public support
Official paper
of Cuban
Communist
Party
established by
Fidel Castro

3. Influence of Fidel and Raul’s
Censorship Policies on Youth
• Witness elders’ struggles
– New goals, same passion
• Continuation of censorship under Raul Castro
• Raul accommodates tourism
• Electronic Subversion
– Generacion Y
Cuban
blogger
Yoani
Sanchez

4. Disconnect Between Youth and
Castro’s Revolution
• Realization of severity
– Goal: material opportunities match education
• Disregard state media
– Communist youth rejection
Official paper
of Communist
Youth

5. Youth Political Goals
• Avoid capitalist exploitation
• Open form of socialism
– Equality and expressive freedom
• Socialists vs. Fidelistas
Youth
“Cambio”
bracelets

6. Included Images
• Cambio Bracelet. Online Image. 6 Apr. 2010 <http://www.cubacambio.org/photos/CAMBIO
Hands.jpg>.
• Cambio Youth. Online Image. 5 Apr. 2010 <http://www.cubacambio.org/photos/Cambio-
3.jpg>.
• Cerco, Octavo. Granma. Online Image. 5 Apr. 2010 <http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OIzO1ZfhEI
/SYEO2yXG2AI/AAAAAAAAAM0/2PnKApSNer8/s1600-h/granma_sin_estrella.png>.
• Juventud Rebelde. Online Image. 7 Apr. 2010. <http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b
/ba/Juventud_Rebelde_Front_Page.jpg>.
• Montanes, Juan. Yoani Sanchez. Online Image. 6 Apr. 2010 <http://elheraldomontanes.word
press.com/2009/11/07/cubala-bloguera-yoani-sanchez-denuncia-que-fue-golpeada-y-retenida-
por-policias/>.

7. Thank you
Special thank you to Dr. Shayne, my
faculty mentor, for her direction and
support throughout this research
project.