Cuba Archives - Public Books https://www.publicbooks.org/tag/cuba/ a magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship Sat, 17 Jan 2026 02:20:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.publicbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-favicon-2-300x300.png Cuba Archives - Public Books https://www.publicbooks.org/tag/cuba/ 32 32 Thelma King and the Call for Revolution https://www.publicbooks.org/thelma-king-and-the-call-for-revolution/ Wed, 05 Jan 2022 16:00:05 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=46756 In 1963, a Panamanian assemblywoman took to Cuban radio to condemn the United States and its control of the Americas.

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]]> And Cuba Shall Lead Them https://www.publicbooks.org/and-cuba-shall-lead-them/ Fri, 12 Apr 2019 15:00:36 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=27613 In an era when, history textbooks contend, the United States lurched to the right, Gus Newport presided over an unapologetically leftist government in the San Francisco Bay Area. If the region has a progressive reputation today, it is because people like Newport fought to make it so. As mayor of Berkeley from 1979 to 1986, […]

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]]> You Can Call It “The Cuban”: Miami, Florida https://www.publicbooks.org/you-can-call-it-the-cuban-miami-florida/ Thu, 13 Dec 2018 16:00:25 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=25478 The fall of 2018 in Miami saw the grand opening of an institution you would’ve thought the city already had. The ...

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]]> Cuba’s Next Chapter https://www.publicbooks.org/cubas-next-chapter/ Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.publicbooks.org/cubas-next-chapter/ In April 2016, Cuba’s Communist Party (PCC) convened its Seventh Party Congress. Sprinkled throughout the published proceedings were a few attempts at levity by the otherwise laconic Raúl Castro. One joke went as follows: when US politicians critize Cuba for having a single-party system, Raúl responds, “Yes, just like you.” The gullible Americans correct him, […]

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]]> Breaking Down Walls at the Havana Biennial https://www.publicbooks.org/breaking-down-walls-at-the-havana-biennial/ Sun, 01 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.publicbooks.org/breaking-down-walls-at-the-havana-biennial/ The Malecón, Havana’s five miles of curving, spray-soaked seawall and esplanade, is both magnificent and intimate. Since the early 20th century, it has been the site for evening promenades, a meeting spot for lovers, and a place for fishermen to cast their lines. The far side of its roadway used to be fronted with elegant […]

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