Leo Huberman

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Leo Huberman (born October 17, 1903 in Newark , New Jersey , † November 9, 1968 ) was an American journalist and author. In 1949 he founded with Paul Sweezy , the magazine Monthly Review . Therein articles by Albert Einstein , Scott Nearing , IF Stone , Henry A. Wallace and others appeared.

Huberman was born in Newark in 1903, the last of eleven children. From the age of eleven, Huberman worked alongside school in various jobs, such as in a celluloid factory, as an assistant to an electrician and in a post office. After graduating from Newark State Normal School, he worked as a teacher at the local elementary school . In 1925 Huberman married Gertrude Heller and also studied in New York City. In 1926 he finished his studies and moved with his wife to New York, where he taught at a private school in Greenwich Village . In 1932, after We the people was published , he quit his private school job and went to London . There Huberman studied at the London School of Economics . After his return he worked in various jobs again, such as B. as Chairman of the Department of Social Science at New College of Columbia University and in 1941 as a columnist for US Week . In 1949 Huberman founded the magazine Monthly Review with Paul Sweezy , of which he was editor until his death on November 9, 1968.

Publications (selection)

  • 1932: We the people
  • 1936: Man's Worldly Goods: The Story of The Wealth of Nations
  • 1940: America, Incorporated
  • 1951: Socialism is The Only Answer
  • 1952: The ABC of Socialism
  • 1956: The Crisis in Race Relations: Two Nations, White and Black
  • 1968: Socialism in Cuba

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personal data
SURNAME Huberman, Leo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American journalist
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Newark (New Jersey)
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 1968