Che Guevara and the Fight for Socialism Today: Cuba Confronts the World Crisis of the '90s [Paperback]

Mary-Alice Waters (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1992

Socialism can be built only by free men and women working together to lay the foundations for a new society and transforming themselves in the process. That commitment was championed in action by Ernesto Che Guevara in the early years of the Cuban revolution. It remains a living legacy for Cuban working people today.

Also available in: French; Spanish; Icelandic

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"how to organize workers and farmers to make the transition to socialism." -- Vertical File Index

"is a good introduction to the economic thought and work of Che Guevara and its implications for Cuba today." -- An Phoblacht/ Republican News, February 1993

Product Details

• Paperback: 39 pages
• Publisher: Pathfinder Pr; 1st edition (October 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873487605
• ISBN-13: 978-0873487603
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,503,104 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Socialism lives, Stalinism dead, the fight in Cuba, July 5, 2006

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Tony Thomas (SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Che Guevara and the Fight for Socialism Today: Cuba Confronts the World Crisis of the '90s (Paperback)

This pamphlet is very important. It explains the political reason why the Cuba revolution has continued to grow and survive, while the stalinist bureaucratic run governments of Eastern Europe and the USSR have collapsed, and why the remaining Stalinist governments in China, North Korea, and Vietnam are in Crisis.

Whatever assistance the Cubans received from the Stalinized workers states, there was always a revolutionary opposition to the Stalinist politics and the approaches to "building socialism" that came with that aid. After the attempt to use more of these methods in the 1970s, the ideas of Che Guevera about political and economic struggle were revived in Cuba, and the Cuban government launched a program of struggle against Stalinism that Fidel Castro denounced as "worse than capitalism."

This pamphlets explains the political approach of Che which is the lifeblood of the Cuban revolution.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Might as well be written by Castro himself, April 17, 2006

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This review is from: Che Guevara and the Fight for Socialism Today: Cuba Confronts the World Crisis of the '90s (Paperback)

This book is propaganda pure and simple. I had to read this for a poli sci class last semester and it is horrible. It begins with the increaing interest in Marxism and socialism. And then goes on to profile che guvara and Castro and the implications for socialism after the 5 billion dollar subsidies dried up after the early 1990's.

Don't waste your time buying or reading this extremely short and biased work. Their is no information and only tiny philosophical reasons why communism didn't fail after the U.S.S.R fall. Very short and biased and contains nothing of substance. Also very expensive for what amounts to propaganda.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, November 14, 1997

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This review is from: Che Guevara and the Fight for Socialism Today: Cuba Confronts the World Crisis of the '90s (Paperback)

Mary-Alice does a wonderful job of describing Che's political ideas, and tying them in with today's political issues in the United States, Cuba, and all around the world. This pamphlet is a must for anyone interested in Che, Cuba, or worldwide trends in the capitalist system as a whole.