Samuel Farber was born and raised in Cuba and has written numerous books and articles on that country. His most recent book, The Politics of Che Guevara: Theory and Practice waa published by Haymarket Books in 2016. Verso Books recently reprinted his 1990 book, Before Stalinism: The Rise and Fall of Soviet Democracy.
Was Hamas Contained?
Against the Current No. 230, May/June 2024
Fidel Castro's Rule and Legacy--Part II
Against the Current, No. 201, July/August 2019
The Fate of the Pink Tide
Against the Current, No. 200, May/June 2019
Remembering Joanne Landy
Against the Current, No. 194, May/June 2018
Beginning a New Era
Against the Current, No. 175, March/April 2015
Tony Cliff as a Socialist Leader
Against the Current, No. 166, September/October 2013
Political Controls from Above
Against the Current, No. 141, July/August 2009
The Russian Revolution in Retreat
Against the Current, No. 136, September/October 2008
Myths of Cultural Dysfunction
Against the Current, No. 132, January/February 2008
Cuban Reality Beyond Fidel
Against the Current, No. 126, January/February 2007
Latin America to Iraq: Greg Grandin's Empire's Workshop
Against the Current, No. 125, November/December 2006
Julius Jacobson (1922-2003)
Against the Current, No. 105, July/August 2003
Michael Kidron (1939-2003)
Against the Current, No. 105, July/August 2003
The Relevance of the Enlightenment
Against the Current, No. 98, May/June 2002
Leadership and Democracy
Against the Current, No. 86, May/June 2000
Daniel Singer's Whose Millennium?
Against the Current, No. 82, September/October 1999
A View of the Teamster Tragedy
Against the Current, No. 72, January/February 1998
The Black Panthers Reconsidered
Against the Current, No. 64, September/October 1996
The Uses of Dmitri Volkogonov
Against the Current, No. 63, July/August 1996
Witold Jedlicki, 1929-1995
Against the Current, No. 60, January/February 1996
Latinos: One Group or Many?
Against the Current, No. 48, January/February 1994
Samuel Farber Responds
Against the Current, No. 47, November/December 1993
Cuba and the Left Today
Against the Current, No. 45, July/August 1993
Imagine The Possibilities
Against the Current, No. 42, January/February 1993
Before Stalinism: A Response to Critics
Against the Current, No. 41, November/December 1992
Reform and Revolution
Against the Current, No. 40, September/October 1992
Forgetting Race in New York
Against the Current, No. 34, September/October 1991
Lech Peron? Polish Politics Today
Against the Current, No. 32, May/June 1991
Afghan: Socialism from Above and Outside
Against the Current, No. 27, July/August 1990
Racism Over Three Decades
Against the Current, No. 26, May/June 1990
Revolutionaries in the 1950s
Against the Current No. 17, November/December 1988
Market Socialism: An Overview
Against the Current, No. 12-13, January-April 1988
On Perspectives
Against the Current, No. 8, March/April 1987
A Comment on the Cold War
Against the Current, No. 3, May/June 1986