03411nam 2200649Ia 450 991045534060332120200520144314.01-84964-292-3(CKB)1000000000802645(StDuBDS)AH22933580(SSID)ssj0000415621(PQKBManifestationID)11297107(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000415621(PQKBWorkID)10411992(PQKB)10485110(MiAaPQ)EBC3386612(Au-PeEL)EBL3386612(CaPaEBR)ebr10578966(CaONFJC)MIL987841(OCoLC)654106148(EXLCZ)99100000000080264520060403d2006 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrDemocracy and revolution[electronic resource] Latin America and socialism today /D. L. RabyLondon ;Ann Arbor, MI Pluto ;Toronto Between the Lines20061 online resource (296 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7453-2435-5 0-7453-2436-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.'A useful corrective to the mountain of lies published in the media and circulated by New Labour toadies.' Tariq Ali'A thoughtful examination of the revolutionary experience and traditions of Latin America.' Richard Gott, author of Cuba: A New History, and Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian RevolutionIs 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 Chavez 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.Anti-globalization movementPolitical leadershipPopular frontsPower (Social sciences)SocialismCubaPolitics and governmentVenezuelaPolitics and governmentElectronic books.Anti-globalization movement.Political leadership.Popular fronts.Power (Social sciences)Socialism.320.531097291Raby D. L.1944-1028301MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455340603321Democracy and revolution2444270UNINA