Red Star Over the Third World - Softcover

Prashad, Vijay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0745339662 ISBN 13: 9780745339665

Publisher: Pluto Press, 2019

Synopsis

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 Chí 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. It is not a comprehensive study, but a small book with a large hope – that a new generation will come to see the importance of this revolutionary spirit for the working class and peasantry in the parts of the world that suffered under the heel of colonial domination for centuries.

About this title

About the Author:

Vijay Prashad is the executive director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. He is the author or editor of several books, including The Darker Nations: A Biography of the Short-Lived Third World and The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South.  He writes regularly for Frontline, the Hindu, AlterNet, and BirGun.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pluto Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0745339662
• ISBN 13: 9780745339665
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144