Rebuilding the Left
Based on a lifetime's experience in politics, this book is a critique of social democratic realpolitik. It studies the challenges faced by the left now, and suggests ways to move forward to build a different world. The author looks to the social experiments being carried out in Latin America today: they are essentially socialist, democratic projects in which the people are the driving force. Rebuilding the Left offers real hope to those who believe that an alternative to capitalism is necessary and possible
1 online resource (vii, 168 p.)
9781848130784, 9781281215697, 1848130783, 1281215694
1105469902
IntroductionPart I: The Left and the New World1. Profound Changes in the World2. Profound Discontent among Much of Humankind3. Towards the Creation of an Alternative Social BlocPart II: The Crises of 'Party' and Why we Need a New Left Political Culture4. Crisis of Theory5. Programmatic Crisis and the Crisis of Credibility6. The Organic Crisis7. The Theory Underlying this Concept of Party8. Politics as the Art of Making the Impossible Possible9. Why we Need a Political OrganizationPart III: The New Political Instrument10. The Characteristics of the New Political Instrument11. A New Paradigm for Internal OrganizationPart IV: From Reforms to Revolution: The Bolivarian Revolutionary Process12. Local Governments: Signposts to an Alternative Path13. The Left and Reform14. The Bolivarian Revolution - Is It a Revolution?NotesIndex