Radio Cadena Agramonte emisiora de Camagüey
Havana, September 1st.- Members of the Construction Brigade Followers of Camilo and Che recall this day their arrival 53 years ago to the then Isla de Pinos following the instructions of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz at the Second Congress of the Union of Young Communists (UJC, for its acronym in Spanish), with the goal of building junior high schools over a three-year period.
Under the slogan "The present is for struggle and the future is ours," the event demonstrated the development and consolidation of the Columns Movement, which brought together more than 45,000 young people mobilized in the tasks of sugar harvest, agriculture in general, and construction, among other "shock works."
The National Committee of the UJC guided the formation of the Brigade, with more than 170 young people in the agencies of the central administration of the State, those who voluntarily joined it and who became one of the most productive forces in the country.
However, they not only built internships for students in the seventh to tenth grades, but also social works, and participated in the unloading of cement in bulk from ships in the port of Nueva Gerona, as well as recreational, cultural and sporting activities.
However, they not only built schools for students from seventh to tenth grades but also social works, participated in unloading bulk cement from ships at the port of Nueva Gerona, as well as in recreational, cultural and sports activities.
The group was made up of technicians, specialists, workers, professionals, artists, and actors, and a year later, on August 3, 1973, it joined the Independent Brigade of the Young Labor Army (EJT, for its acronym in Spanish), completing its mission in 1975. (Text and photo: ACN)
