Samuel Farber

Life

Farber grew up in Marianao, a district of the capital, Havana. In the 1950s he participated in the protests against the dictator Batista in secondary education. Since that time he deals with socialist politics. Today he is a member of the Trotskyist International Socialist Organization. For the International Socialist Review, he regularly publishes articles. Also on the bilingual Internet platform Havana Times, he frequently publishes articles on Cuba.

1958 Farber emigrated to the United States. In the course of his studies of sociology, he graduated from the University of Chicago BA, then MA at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and finally in 1969 the Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley. He taught at numerous colleges and universities, including eight years at the University of California, Los Angeles. Most recently he was at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and is working there now a professor emeritus of political science.

Samuel Farber's work focuses on his native Cuba, the revolution and its consequences. He sharply criticized, among others, the overt and covert racism, discrimination against the Afro-Cuban population, discrimination against homosexuals, and the government's handling of the opposition, said he welcomes the recent economic liberalization under Raúl Castro in principle, but at the same doubts about the socially acceptable implementation expresses.

Works (selection)

  • Revolution and Reaction in Cuba, 1933-1960. Wesleyan University Press, 1976
  • Before Stalinism: The Rise and Fall of Soviet Democracy. Polity / Verso, 1990
  • Social Decay and Transformation: View from the Left. Lexington Books, 2000
  • The Origins of the Cuban Revolution Reconsidered. University of North Carolina Press, 2006
  • Cuba Since the Revolution of 1959. A Critical Assessment. Haymarket Books, 2011

Articles and essays

  • Cuba 's future: an assessment, in: International Socialist Review March / April 2012 ( English)
  • Cuba 's one- party state is the Main Obstacle in: Havana Times of 10 November 2012 ( English)
  • More Considerations on Cuba 's one- party state, in: Havana Times of 13 December 2012 ( English)
  • Cuba 's Workers After the Revolution, in: Havana Times on December 7, 2011 ( excerpt from the book Cuba Since the Revolution of 1959, English)
  • La izquierda y la cubana transición (PDF file, 329 kB), Nueva Sociedad No. 238, March / April 2012 ( Spanish)
  • La Iglesia y la izquierda crítica en Cuba (PDF file, 356 kB), Nueva Sociedad No. 242, November / December 2012 ( Spanish)
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