NEW YORK—More than 120 people packed the Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center to take part in an exchange with five representatives of the Federation of Cuban Women, in celebration of International Women’s Day. They talked about the massive gains for women and other social advances made possible by the 1959 revolution in which Cuba’s workers and peasants overthrew the U.S.-backed tyranny and wrested political power from the capitalist exploiters.

Among participants in the March 2 program were students from Brooklyn College, Boricua College, the State University of New York at New Paltz, and Columbia University. The program was sponsored by Casa de las Americas, the July 26th Coalition, and Occupy Harlem.

Shown from left are Federation of Cuban Women representatives Maritzel González, Ana Milagros Martínez, Yanira Kuper, Yamila González, and Teresa Hinojosa. The five were in the U.S. to take part in meetings of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.

Participants bought eight copies of the new book Women in Cuba: The Making of a Revolution Within the Revolution from Pathfinder Press, as well as five subscriptions to the Militant.

—CANDACE WAGNER