Cuba’s ideals failed. But at least it had them

Plaza de la Revolución, Havana, May 1963, Alberto Korda

Good, thoughtful story about ideals, politics and Cuba by Matthew Parris in The (London) Times.
Another interesting story about Co-ops in Cuba by John Restakis in The New Internationalist.

Update August 2015: Replaced missing picture. Linked story in the London Times has disappeared behind a paywall.