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Red Star Over the Third World

By Vijay Prashad
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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.

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“"Socialism is a total change in the life of the people and the establishment of new values and a new culture which should be based mainly on solidarity between people, not selfishness and individualism." – Fidel Castro good book that provided a brief background on the October Revolution and the USSR's impact on anti-colonial, anti-imperialist, anti-fascist and communist movements both in the west and the east. it was insightful although to me it lacked a bit of a structure.”
“vijay prashad is one of my favourite marxist authors, and this book always makes it into my book recs related to history (esp 20th century history in the third world). well-written + easy to follow, this book is a kicker to deconstructing the western mythology surrounding the role of the soviet union in the 20th century, and offers an alternative perspective from the recently liberated third world nations who viewed the october revolution and its aftermath as a beacon of hope, as a red star in the sky!”

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