At his birth, Fernando was socializing with Andre Breton, Marc Chagall, Alberto Giacometti, Simone de Beauvoir, and Joan Miro.

When Fernando came to lucidity, he protested against the middle name, so Jean-Paul became Jean, John or Juan in Spanish, which was shortened to Juanito and then to the nickname Tito.

[2] When Spanish Civil War broke out in Spain in 1936, at the agitation of André Malraux Fernando Gerassi joined the Loyalist forces under the International Brigade, and after distinguishing himself, was assigned by Colonel Georgy Zhukov under the Czech General Lukacz.

Rebuffed by the French government, when World War II became a reality, Fernando was assigned as a colonel to defend the Franco-German frontlines in the Vosges.

Returning to Paris with his battalion, Fernando used his friendship with Dominican diplomat Porfirio Rubirosa to secure passports and visas for his friends and 8,000 Spanish refugees.

Tito was drafted to fight in the Korean War, and lost his best friend during the conflict, which, in addition to the conduct of American forces there, only formented his radicalism.

[peacock prose] As a New York Times correspondent he became a supporter of the Cuban revolution, a friend of Che Guevara and a voice for revolutionary movements throughout Latin American and the world.

Initiated in response to suspension of a radical Black Panther graduate student instructor, these strikes escalated into violent protests resulting in police confrontations and occupation and a complete four month long shut down of the university.

In Blood in my Eye, George acknowledged the depth and relevance of Tito's historical, ideological and lived experience in advancing the liberation of peoples throughout the world from imperialistic exploitation and oppression and cites excerpts from "Overview: The Future Is Revolution" from The Coming of the New International: A Revolutionary Anthology.

[10] He died at the age of 81 from cancer in the hospice careunit at the Mount Sinai Beth Israel hospital in New York City at 11:30 pm on July 26, 2012, watched over by two of his students.

He died half an hour after the anniversary of the attack on the Moncada Barracks, led by Gerassi's acquaintance Fidel Castro, an event which signaled the start of the Cuban Revolution.