26th of July Movement

Cuban political organization

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Leaders: Che Guevara , Alberto Bayo , Fidel Castro , Raúl Castro , Camilo Cienfuegos , Juan Almeida Bosque , Frank País , Celia Sánchez
Dates of operation: 1952–1955 (as "The Movement"), 1955–1962 (as "26 of July Movement")
Headquarters: Tuxpan , Veracruz , Mexico (first), Havana , Cuba (last)
Active regions: Cuba
Ideology: Vanguardism , Socialism , Political pluralism , Left-wing populism , Left-wing nationalism , Anti-imperialism
Political position: Far-left
Size: 32,105
Opponents: Fulgencio Batista 's Government, Cuban Army
Battles and wars: Operation Verano , Battle of La Plata , Battle of Las Mercedes , Battle of Yaguajay , Battle of Santa Clara , Santiago de Cuba Uprising

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The 26 July Movement (Spanish: Movimiento 26 de Julio; M-26-7), initially simply "The Movement" (Spanish: El Movimiento) was a Cuban vanguard revolutionary organization and later a political party led by Fidel Castro. The movement's name commemorates the failed 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba, part of an attempt to overthrow the dictator Fulgencio Batista. M-26-7 is considered the leading organization of the Cuban Revolution.

At the end of 1956, Castro established a guerrilla base in the Sierra Maestra. This base defeated the troops of Batista on 31 December 1958, setting into motion the Cuban Revolution and installing a government led by Manuel Urrutia Lleó. The Movement fought the Batista regime on both rural and urban fronts. The movement's main objectives were distribution of land to peasants, nationalization of public services, industrialization, honest elections, and large-scale education reform.