Democracy and Revolution: Latin America and Socialism TodayIs socialism dead since the fall of the Soviet Union? What is the way forward for the Left? Raby argues that Cuba and above all Venezuela provide inspiration for anti-globalisation and anti-capitalist movements across the world. Another World Is Possible, but only through an effective political strategy to win power on a popular and democratic basis. Raby argues passionately that the way forward for progressives is not the dogmatic formulae of the Old Left, nor in the spontaneous autonomism of John Holloway or Tony Negri. Instead, it is to be found in new, broad and flexible popular movements with bold and determined leadership. Examining the relationship of key leaders to their people, including Hugo Chávez and the Sandinistas in Nicaragua, Raby shows that it is more necessary than ever to take power, peacefully where possible, but in all cases with the strength that comes from popular unity backed by force where necessary. In this way it is possible to build democratic power, which may or may not be socialist depending on one’s definition, but which represent the real anti-capitalist alternative for the twenty-first century. |
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But it still lacks a political strategy , a strategy for taking power and an alternative
socio - economic model . This book will attempt to address the problem of a
political alternative for the Left and the popular movement , an alternative which
is not ...
But it still lacks a political strategy , a strategy for taking power and an alternative
socio - economic model . This book will attempt to address the problem of a
political alternative for the Left and the popular movement , an alternative which
is not ...
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... of the state and of the need for a political vanguard remains convincing , but
they cannot provide exclusive formulae for political organisation , strategy and
tactics in today's world , or for the alternative society to which we must still aspire .
... of the state and of the need for a political vanguard remains convincing , but
they cannot provide exclusive formulae for political organisation , strategy and
tactics in today's world , or for the alternative society to which we must still aspire .
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There is a general feeling that the alternative must be democratic , participatory ,
communitarian ; but the distrust of politics and politicians is such that few are
willing to engage in organised politics except in an oppositional stance , or to ...
There is a general feeling that the alternative must be democratic , participatory ,
communitarian ; but the distrust of politics and politicians is such that few are
willing to engage in organised politics except in an oppositional stance , or to ...
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When Liberalism | 20 |
Revolutionary Reality in | 56 |
Originality and Relevance of the Cuban Revolution | 77 |
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| Titre | Democracy and Revolution: Latin America and Socialism Today |
| Auteurs | D. L. Raby, Dawn Linda Raby |
| Édition | annotée |
| Éditeur | Pluto Press, 2006 |
| ISBN | 0745324363, 9780745324364 |
| Longueur | 280 pages |
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