Resources and informatin regarding Cuba

  1. mykittyhasaboner
    mykittyhasaboner
    I'd like this thread to be an ever increasing list of websites, journals, studies, articles, and accounts covering Cuba's socialist system, news, statistics, and other information. I think this will be especially useful for debate as well as educational purposes; and we are in even more need of good material ever since the Cuba Truth Project went down. So I'll start:

    Cuban Consitution

    The Cuba Truth Project its down again
    People's Power In Cuba - Green Left
    Cuba's GDP per capita
    Cuba: Issues & Answers - This is a great source, containing a plethora of information and links. ***It is currently down **
    Urban Farming in Cuba
    Cuba Coopera *For English you must use Internet Explorer
    Urban Farming in Havana - there are plenty of links on this subject, just google it.
    Class Forces in the Cuban Revolution
    How Worker's Control led to nationalization of Cuban Industry
    A fantastic source covering the Cuban legal system, and it's socialist character. - currently down, i hope someone fixes it
    Cuban News Agency
    "Democracy In Cuba"
    Cuba Supports Press Freedom
    http://www.freethefive.org/
    Cuba: A Different America (preview)
    Participation and Development of Cuban Municipalities


    Recently added:
    http://www.radioreloj.cu/
    The Myth of Cuban "Dictatorship"
    A Contemperary Cuba Reader: Reinventing the Revolution

  2. Hoxhaist
    Hoxhaist
    Are there any links about studying ideology or student exchange programs with Cuba?
  3. mykittyhasaboner
    mykittyhasaboner
  4. SocialDemocrat
    SocialDemocrat
    Awesome links, you need to post some more! I need to learn as much as possible about the true Cuban society, and links such as #1 are extremely helpful in helping me achieve that.
  5. Soviet
  6. mykittyhasaboner
    mykittyhasaboner
    Updated the list. Thanks for the addition, Soviet.
  7. SecondLife
    SecondLife
    Hi, I am interested more about information of getting Cuban citizenship and migration to Cuba. Why Cuba don't like immigration or I am wrong?
  8. mykittyhasaboner
    mykittyhasaboner
    Maybe this site could help.

    http://www.helplinelaw.com/article/cuba/336
  9. SecondLife
    SecondLife
    Thank You! But is here somebody who already get Cuban citizenship through migration?
  10. mykittyhasaboner
    mykittyhasaboner
    I'm not sure, because I'm not knowledgeable enough on the subject. I'm sure its not very difficult to earn a citizenship once you've lived there for some time. From what I understand its not very difficult to get permanent residence, so from there its just a matter of time I guess.
  11. LeninBalls
    LeninBalls
    Is there any links that talk about worker's control in production and stuff? So far I've only read about Cuban democracy, which is great, but I'd like to know the role of workers.
  12. mykittyhasaboner
    mykittyhasaboner
  13. Soviet
    Free the Cuban Five:http://www.freethefive.org/
  14. mykittyhasaboner
    mykittyhasaboner
    Updated...
  15. LeninBalls
    LeninBalls
    Wiki;

    In an effort to boost food production, the government turned over unused state-owned land to private farmers and cooperatives and moved much of the decision-making process regarding land use from the national level to the municipal level.

    Can anyone clarify this? Very sad if so.
  16. mykittyhasaboner
    mykittyhasaboner
    Wiki;

    In an effort to boost food production, the government turned over unused state-owned land to private farmers and cooperatives and moved much of the decision-making process regarding land use from the national level to the municipal level.

    Can anyone clarify this? Very sad if so.
    Could you post the link of which page this was on?

    Basically, many urban farms are run on a municipal level, but said farms aren't privatized or anything like that. Why do you think its a bad thing? In wake of economic crisis, Cubans have to be vigilant and malleable in terms of economic development; and urban farms are easier to run on a local basis than on a state level, because whats produced at an urban farm, will likely be sold or bartered right then and there at a local market or trading post. This is why small urban farms do not require state-planning, doesn't need much labor or servicing aside from the actual cultivation. Its pure economic incentive: you grow food on your farm, you keep some, you sell the rest and make decent money. Cuba puts capitalist's who spout free-market, laissez faire nonsense to shame.
  17. SecondLife
    SecondLife
    As long as farms are in general still nationalized, works in cooperative or municipal way (only in crisis time when central planning don't work well) and pay high taxes for state, there is still all OK. But there is some danger to go more far like Gorbachev. We hope that this don't happen.
  18. LeninBalls
    LeninBalls
    Well I'm rubbish on economics so I just thought Raul let small time petit bourgeoisie farmers run their own farms.

    Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raul_ca...sident_of_Cuba
  19. mykittyhasaboner
    mykittyhasaboner
    Well I'm rubbish on economics so I just thought Raul let small time petit bourgeoisie farmers run their own farms.

    Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raul_ca...sident_of_Cuba
    No way, in fact the municipal urban farms is simply decentralized form of managing collective agriculture, and has proven quite successful at stimulating economic growth by producing an abundance of food. Large "state farms" still exist, so what we see in Cuba is a dual system of agricultural production; which of course, can only function in a planned economic framework like Cuba's.
  20. RedSonRising
    RedSonRising
    I saw this book preview researching worker's control in Cuba, and it is a very detailed and seemingly objective account of the (partial) history of the changing relationship between the workers and the mode of production, and how that relates to their social condition, etc. I will probably purchase it, but the preview itself has lots of great information. Hope you guys can learn from it
  21. mykittyhasaboner
    mykittyhasaboner
    I saw this book preview researching worker's control in Cuba, and it is a very detailed and seemingly objective account of the (partial) history of the changing relationship between the workers and the mode of production, and how that relates to their social condition, etc. I will probably purchase it, but the preview itself has lots of great information. Hope you guys can learn from it
    OK, well what is it called?
  22. RedSonRising
    RedSonRising
    wow really sorry, I forgot to put the link haha. It's called Cuba: A Different America. Here is the preview:

    http://books.google.com/books?id=9CJ...zDFYI#PPA67,M1
  23. mykittyhasaboner
    mykittyhasaboner
    Thanks, I updated the list with your addition and added two more good sources as well.
  24. proudcomrade
    proudcomrade
    "From the horse's mouth":

    http://www.granma.cu "Granma", the official state newspaper in several languages, including 's own blog of "Reflections"

    http://www.cubadebate.cu "CubaDebate", great resource full of current discussions and opinions, with Party members making frequent contributions. Note: This site is down frequently; seems to be troubled on their server's end.
  25. pranabjyoti
    Is there any good way to help Cuba with good human resources? I mean there are a lot of people around the world with sufficient knowledge and innovative thoughts, which can be very helpful to Cuba, but how they can reach Cuban authorities and at present, how is the attitude of Cuban Authority to those people?
    USA has become a world power by collecting human resources all over the world. But, so far, the socialist countries, even Cuba, as far as I know, neglected this aspect and in my opinion, paying dearly. They should have a plan regarding that issue.
  26. Fulanito de Tal
    Fulanito de Tal
    Radio reloj: http://www.radioreloj.cu/

    12 y 50 de la maniana...beep beep beep!
  27. Fulanito de Tal
    Fulanito de Tal
    Radio reloj: http://www.radioreloj.cu/

    12 y 50 de la maniana...beep beep beep!
    Click "Audio En Vivo" on the left for a live feed en espaniol
  28. mykittyhasaboner
    mykittyhasaboner
    thanks for the addition.

    it's been awhile since i've taken a look at this group. most of the original links are now dead, so adding more would be good.