Red Star over the Third World
"From Cuba to Vietnam, from China to South Africa, the October Revolution inspired millions of people beyond the territory of Russia. The Revolution proved that the masses could not only overthrow autocratic governments, but also form an opposing government in their own image. The new idea that the working class and the peasantry could be allied, combined with the clear strength and necessity of a vanguard party, guided multiplying revolutions across the globe. This book explains the ideologica…
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- Full title :Red Star over the Third World / Vijay Prashad.
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"From Cuba to Vietnam, from China to South Africa, the October Revolution inspired millions of people beyond the territory of Russia. The Revolution proved that the masses could not only overthrow autocratic governments, but also form an opposing government in their own image. The new idea that the working class and the peasantry could be allied, combined with the clear strength and necessity of a vanguard party, guided multiplying revolutions across the globe. This book explains the ideological power of the October Revolution in the Global South. From Ho Chi Minh to Fidel Castro, to reflections on polycentric Communism and collective memories of Communism, it shows how, for a brief moment, another world was possible."
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- Publication Date:2019.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Pluto Press
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2019.
Notes
Publié initialement par : New Delhi : LeftWord Book, 2017.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 v. (131 pages) : : illustrations ; : 22 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780745339665, 0745339662
- oclc:on1126254855
- LC Classification:DK265.9.I5
- Dewey Decimal:947.084
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