Democracy and Revolution: Latin America and Socialism TodayPluto Press, 2006 - 280 pages Is socialism dead since the fall of the Soviet Union? What is the way forward for the Left? D. L. Raby argues that Cuba and above all Venezuela provide inspiration for anti-globalization and anti-capitalist movements across the world. Another world is possible, but only by winning power on a popular democratic basis. Raby argues that the future lies not in the dogmatism of the Old Left, nor in the spontaneous autonomism of Holloway or Negri. Instead, it is to be found in broad popular movements with bold leadership. Examining the success of key leaders including Hugo Chávez, Fidel Castro and the Sandinistas in Nicaragua, Raby shows that it is more necessary than ever to take power, peacefully if possible, but with the strength that comes from popular unity backed by force where necessary. In this way democratic power can be built, which may or may not be socialist depending on one's definition, but which represents the real anti-capitalist alternative for the twenty-first century. |
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... declared that with the passage of time Cuba would fall ' like a ripe apple ' into the lap of the United States ; and in the course of the nineteenth century the US tried to purchase the island from Spain on four occasions ( Cantón ...
... declared to be Socialist ( which was not until April 1961 ) but from the very beginning . Even on 1 January 1959 when Batista had just fled and the revolutionaries were in control of Santiago and marching on Havana , the US Embassy ...
... declared that at this moment this Revolution is making a contribution to the thought of Latin America ; Nuestra América , to the South of the Río Grande , is in need of a system of thought for a continent which needs to unite and ...
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When Liberalism | 20 |
Revolutionary Reality in | 56 |
Originality and Relevance of the Cuban Revolution | 77 |
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