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Venezuela's Process & Fall: The Legacy of Hugo Chávez

Peter Solenberger — 2026-09-16T11:48:21Z

“IN THE FIRST decade of the 21st century, Hugo Chávez's Venezuela had the most radical government and most developed social movements of the Latin American Pink Tide.[…]
Twenty years later, Venezuela was far less attractive: its economy was ruined, its social movements were shells, and the government of Nicolás Maduro, Chávez's successor, was repressive.

- Reviews section / Venezuela, Reviews

Mexico: A Revolutionary Ride

Kit Wainer — 2026-09-11T19:47:31Z

“One of the book's great strengths is that it offers an empathetic look at the various political currents swirling through revolutionary and post-revolutionary Mexico.”

- Reviews section / Mexico, Reviews, Historical events and figures

Russia's New Imperialism

Jean Batou — 2026-09-11T19:18:16Z

“A fascinating and highly topical book, which deserves to be read without fail.”

- Reviews section / Russia, Reviews, Features, Imperialism

Remaining true to socialism — and wrestling with its meaning

Paul Le Blanc — 2026-09-03T14:03:13Z

“Here is a gift for all who care about the human spirit, freedom, democracy and socialism: a volume of first-person, first-hand recollections about how something that seemed so extraordinarily promising — the 1917 Russian Revolution — took a tragically dark turn, and how some people sought to understand and push against such a fateful and terrible development.”

- Reviews section / Russia, Reviews, Historical events and figures

Searching for international solidarity

Alex de Jong — 2026-05-01T07:17:21Z

Deeper Grounds, Darker Shadows is the remarkable memoir of Eddie L. Quitoriano, a Filipino revolutionary who traveled across four different continents to find support for the struggle in his home-country. A book filled with stories of subterfuge and encounters with outlaws and dictators, it sheds new light on the history of the Maoist Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the limitations of its revolutionary strategy.

- Reviews section / Philippines, Japan, Reviews, Features

A Review of Nancy Holmstrom's “From a Marxist-Feminist Point of View”

Cinzia Arruzza — 2026-04-21T09:32:12Z

Nancy Holmstrom's From a Marxist-Feminist Point of View: Essays on Freedom, Rationality and Human Nature is a collection of essays written across several decades by a philosopher whose commitment to theoretically and politically integrating Marxism and feminism has remained unfashionably steady across half a century of shifting intellectual trends.

- Reviews section / Marxism, Women, Reviews

On Ernest Mandel's Contributions

Paul Le Blanc — 2026-01-15T13:52:32Z

“Kellner offers the following critical appreciation: ‘One hopes that many more people will be inspired by Mandel's verve and let themselves be motivated to live his kind of life, yet without succumbing to ungrounded political confidence or to some of his more questionable ideas.'”

- Ernest Mandel Archive / Marxism, Fourth International, Ernest Mandel, Reviews

“We Wanted to Show the Whole Range of Anti-War Resistance in Russia”

Simon Pirani — 2025-11-19T15:18:39Z

“They come from different generations, have different life experiences, and hold different political views. This diversity demonstrates that, despite the absence of public demonstrations and the lack of any real possibility of organizing an open anti-war movement in Russia, an anti-war movement does exist there.”

- Reviews section / Russia, Ukraine, Reviews

Raging Against Vladimir Putin's War Machine

Simon Pirani — 2025-11-19T14:57:40Z

“In Russia and occupied Ukraine, many thousands of civilians have been jailed or forcibly disappeared for speaking out against the invasion. The numbers reflect a crackdown on dissent worse than at any point since the 1950s.”

- Features / Ukraine, Reviews

Trotsky in Tijuana

Peter Veltmans — 2025-10-06T10:58:00Z

Books about historical topics can sometimes be a bit difficult. Often, the list of names, facts, anecdotes, and dates is so long that the reader risks getting lost. Moreover, the reasons behind events are not always very clear, nor always explained in a way that is easy to understand.

- Reviews section / Mexico, Reviews, Historical events and figures