When confronted with the many expressions of racism in post revolutionary Cuba, spokes-persons and apologists for the regime have historically claimed that these are leftovers of the capitalist past that will fade with the passage of time.
Read MoreThe refusal to allow substantive political debate in Cuba among the various candidates at the lower levels of Popular Power elections, or anywhere else, is justified by the government on the grounds of maintaining national and revolutionary unity. (First of six excerpts from the new book -“Cuba Since the Revolution of 1959: A critical assessment.)
Read MoreA new Cuba book by professor/author Sam Farber provides both valuable history and analysis of the island’s now 52-year-old revolution. With a very accessible style, Farber manages to communicate to a broad audience from scholars to those just getting to know the Caribbean island nation.
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