NEW! PRE-ORDER: Venezuelan Revolution: A Marxist Perspective

The Bolivarian Revolution transformed Venezuela. The corrupt landowners had their lands confiscated, and empty factories were expropriated. A mass program of housing, education, and healthcare was underway. 

 

For the first time in their history, the Venezuelan working masses had a say in their lives. The revolution lit a fire in their hearts and was a beacon to the masses of Latin America. It was for this crime that Hugo Chávez attracted the ire of the “devil” in the White House.

Writing as these events unfolded, Alan Woods explains how the outright sabotage of the oligarchy, the pressure of liberal and reformist elements in the PSUV, and the crushing domination of US imperialism put a brake on the movement.

This book serves not only as an analysis of the Venezuelan Revolution, but as an illustration of the internationalist duty of Marxists to explain and point to the way forward  through events. Even more pertinently, lessons should be learnt from the limitations of the Bolivarian Revolution in order to arm a new generation of class fighters.