Leonardo Padura’s Like Dust in the Wind and the Afterlife of a Generation
Padura's novel traces the dreams, disappointments, and dispersal of a generation shaped by the Cuban Revolution.
Our Comrades in Havana: Cuba, the Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe, 1959-1991 (Review)
Yordanov’s new book fills a gap in the historiography of the Cuban Revolution by centering Cuba’s post-revolutionary relations with its Eastern European allies.
Portable Postsocialisms: New Cuban Mediascapes after the End of History (Review)
Paloma Duong's book explores Cuba's changing media landscape's effect on local and global perceptions of the country by analyzing popular Cuban music and recent leftist travel literature on Cuba.
On Cuba: Reflections on 70 Years of Revolution and Struggle (Review)
The recent book by Noam Chomsky and Vishay Prashad provides a critical analysis of the U.S. empire’s treatment of Cuba, from the Cuban Revolution to the present.
Remembering Elizabeth Dore (1946-2022)
Remembering a longtime historian of Latin America who gave voice to ordinary people.
Letters to Eloísa (Review)
A new PBS documentary explores the life and career of literary figure José Lezama Lima in revolutionary Cuba.
Using Cuba’s Protests as a Chance to Denounce the Left
The recent protests in Cuba provoked a predictable slew of blanket denunciations of "the Left." But we can't understand what's going on in Cuba without looking at the U.S. role.
Cuba’s Crisis, Our Response
Viewpoint: With Cuba at a crossroads, we must respond to recent protests by listening to the Cuban people and recognizing the country's accomplishments and its shortcomings, its past and its potential.
“Don’t Throw the Sofa out the Window” Discussing Protests in Cuba
Viewpoint: Refusing to accept the complexity and plural nature of protests in Cuba means giving away half the playing field to the most reactionary opposition.
Cuban Memory Wars (Review)
Michael Bustamante's new book explores contested narratives of the Cuban Revolution, focusing on its first two decades in power.
Artists in Cuba Spearhead First Major Protest in Decades
The 27N movement calls for political freedom for all Cubans and the end of state repression of artists and journalists.
