# Samuel Farber

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{{short description|American writer born and raised in Cuba|bot=PearBOT 5}}
'''Samuel Farber''' (born 1939 in [Marianao](/source/Marianao), [Havana](/source/Havana)) is an American writer born and raised in [Cuba](/source/Cuba).<ref name="havanatimes">{{cite web|url=http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=56831|title=A new book by Samuel Farber|date=3 Dec 2011|publisher=[Havana Times](/source/Havana_Times)|author=}}</ref>

Born and raised in Mariano, Cuba, Farber came to the United States in February 1958.<ref name="havanatimes"/> He obtained a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California, Berkeley in 1969 and taught at a number of colleges and universities including UCLA and, most recently, [Brooklyn College](/source/Brooklyn_College) of the City University of New York, where he is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science. His scholarship on Cuba is extensive and includes many articles and two previous books: ''Revolution and Reaction in Cuba, 1933-1960'' (Wesleyan University Press, 1976) and ''The Origins of the Cuban Revolution Reconsidered'' (University of North Carolina Press, 2006). He is also the author of ''Before Stalinism: The Rise and Fall of Soviet Democracy'' (Polity/Verso, 1990) and ''Social Decay and Transformation: A View From The Left'' (Lexington Books, 2000). Farber was active in the Cuban high school student movement against Fulgencio Batista in the 1950s, and has been involved in socialist politics for more than fifty years.

He writes about Cuba and its revolution. He also contributes to several Latin American newspapers, such as ''[Brecha](/source/Brecha_(newspaper))''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brecha.com.uy/index.php/mundo/892-obama-y-los-latinos|title=Obama and Latinos|date=2012-11-30|language=Spanish|publisher=[Brecha](/source/Brecha_(newspaper))|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119233132/http://www.brecha.com.uy/index.php/mundo/892-obama-y-los-latinos|archivedate=2012-11-19}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
*''Revolution and Reaction in Cuba, 1933–1960: A Political Sociology from Machado to Castro,'' 1976.<ref name="havanatimes"/>
*''Before Stalinism: Rise and Fall of Soviet Democracy,'' Verso Books, October 1990.
*''The Resurrection of Che Guevara,'' New Politics, Volume 7, Number 1, (Summer 1998).
*''Social Decay and Transformation: A View from the Left,'' Lexington Books, 2000.
*''The Origins of the Cuban Revolution Reconsidered,'' The University of North Carolina Press, 2006.<ref name="havanatimes"/>
*''Cuba Since the Revolution of 1959, a Critical Assessment''.<ref name="havanatimes"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=61156|title=Book review of ''Cuba: A Critical Assessment''|publisher=[Havana Times](/source/Havana_Times)|date=2 Feb 2012|author=Sheyla Hirshon}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://brill.com/view/journals/nwig/88/3-4/article-p351_20.xml|doi=10.1163/22134360-08803026|title=Samuel Farber, Cuba since the Revolution of 1959: A Critical Assessment. Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2011. Ix + 369 pp. (Paper US$24.00)|year=2014|last1=Kapcia|first1=Antoni|journal=New West Indian Guide|volume=88|issue=3–4|pages=351–353|doi-access=free}}</ref>
*''The Politics of Che Guevara: Theory and Practice,'' Haymarket Books, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newpol.org/politics-che-guevara-review/|title = The Politics of Che Guevara: A Review|date = 6 September 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.jacobinmag.com/author/samuel-farber Author profile]
*[https://isreview.org/person/samuel-farber Author profile]
*[https://lh.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/lh/article/download/39610/35832/48194 Interview]

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