Name/Title
Revolutionary leaflet — "Ábrele tu puerta al campesino / El 26 cuenta contigo" (Concentración Campesina, 26 July 1959)Entry/Object ID
2025.22.1Description
A folded paper leaflet printed in black and red on cream stock, promoting the 26 July 1959 Concentración Campesina and the Agrarian Reform.
Outside: front panel with a bold red "26" on a dark ground, an illustration of campesinos in straw hats, and "habanero / el 26 cuenta contigo." Back panel headed "ÁBRELE TU PUERTA AL CAMPESINO," with a house-and-hat graphic, urging habaneros to host arriving campesinos (lodging, food, transport, clothing, beds) and to offer help at the Sociedad Colombista (Leonor Pérez/Paula 251 esq. Compostela; tels. 5-1952, 5-1956); slogans "la reforma agraria está en camino / CONTAMOS CONTIGO"; dated "Julio 26 de 1959 / Año de la Liberación"; "EDITADO POR LA OPI." Vertical printer's credit at the fold (reads "Gráfica Ayala," tentative).
Inside: left panel addressed "HABANERO:", arguing that raising the rural standard of living means more food for the cities and shared economic progress, closing "AFIRMA TU FE EN LA reforma agraria." Right panel headed "contamos contigo…", a series of "PORQUE…" clauses tying the appeal to the first 26 de Julio celebrated in freedom (first Moncada anniversary in liberty), the Agrarian Reform as the Revolution's fundamental law, the peasants' wartime shelter of the rebels, and Havana's record of resistance (referencing the fraudulent 3 November [1958] elections and the January [1959] general strike); closes "CONTAMOS CONTIGO."Acquisition
Accession
2025.22Source or Donor
Gerardo Fernández FeAcquisition Method
GiftMade/Created
Manufacturer
OPI, Comisión Organizadora Pro-Concentración CampesinaDate made
1959Place
City
HavanaCountry
CubaRegion
Caribbean, Central AmericaNotes
Maker / Issuer: Issued by "la OPI" (a revolutionary publicity/information office — acronym not fully confirmed), Havana, 1959; printed by Gráfica Ayala (tentative). Tied to the Comisión Organizadora Pro-Concentración Campesina.Inscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
Slogans and text as above; "EDITADO POR LA OPI"; printer's credit at the fold.Materials
Material
PaperMaterial Notes
Materials: Printed paper (cream stock); black and red inks.
Technique: Two-color offset/letterpress printing; folded leaflet.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Comisión Organizadora Pro-Concentración CampesinaRelated Places
Place
City
HavanaCountry
CubaRegion
Caribbean, Central AmericaNotes
circulation, productionRelated Events
Event
Concentración CampesinaResearch Notes
Notes
The Concentración Campesina was the first post-triumph 26 de Julio, conceived as a mass endorsement of the Agrarian Reform. The success of the guajiros' visit depended above all on the financial generosity, voluntary labor, and organizational support of Havana's middle class, with hundreds of habaneros donating money, lodging, and items including yarey hats; the leaflet's "open your door to the peasant" appeal is exactly that call.Created By
María A. Cabrera ArúsCreate Date
February 9, 2024Updated By
María A. Cabrera ArúsUpdate Date
June 14, 2026
