Commune or Nothing!: Venezuela's Communal Movement and Its Socialist Project 9781685900250, 9781685900236, 9781685900243

Titled after the rallying cry of Venezuela’s communards, “¡Comuna o Nada!,” Commune or Nothing! portrays an expanding ne

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Commune or Nothing!: Venezuela's Communal Movement and Its Socialist Project
9781685900250, 9781685900236, 9781685900243

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Table of contents :
Author’s Note
Introduction: Putting the Commune Back into Communism
1 Red Current, Pink Tide: El Maizal Commune
2 The Long Roots of Venezuela’s Communal Tradition
3 A Commune Called “Che”: A Socialist Holdout in the Venezuelan Andes
4 Mészáros and Chávez: The Philosopher and the Llanero
5 Three Communes in the East
6 The Communard Union and Its Foundational Congress
7 The Guayana Region: Communal Practices and Solidarity Brigades among Industrial Workers
8 El Panal Commune: Seething with Popular Power
9 Epilogue: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Notes
Index

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