Marta Harnecker
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Chávez’s Chief Legacy: Building, with People, an Alternative Society to Capitalism By Marta Harnecker
When Hugo Chávez triumphed in the 1998 presidential elections, the neoliberal capitalist model was already floundering. The choice then was none other than whether to re-establish the neoliberal capitalist model — clearly with some changes including greater concern for social issues, but still motivated by the same logic of profit seeking — or to go… Continue reading
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“21st Century Socialism: the Strategy of the Left and the Latin American Experience.” By Michael Lebowitz and Marta Harnecker
Marta Harnecker and Michael Lebowitz were invited by the N. Poulantzas Institute and Transform Magazine to present lectures on “21st Century Socialism: the Strategy of the Left and the Latin American Experience.” Continue reading
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The Socialist Alternative: Real Human Development
Prof. Michael Lebowitz discussing aspects of his book The Socialist Alternative: Real Human Development, at the Maritime Labour Center in Vancouver, British Columbia. Continue reading
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Minorities Can Be Right: Lessons from Struggle: Building Organizations with a Democratic Culture By Marta Harnecker
Minorities should not be crushed or marginalized; they should be respected. Nor should the minority be required to completely subordinate itself to the majority. The minority must carry out the tasks proposed by the majority at each concrete political junction, but they should not have to renounce their political, theoretical and ideological convictions. Continue reading
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Lessons from the Struggle: Making the Case for Democratic Centralism By Marta Harnecker
In challenging bureaucratic centralization, it is important to avoid falling into the excesses of ultra-democracy, which results in more time being used for discussion than action, since everything, even the most minor points, are the subject of rigorous debates that frequently impede any concrete action. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 