Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Afro-Venezuelan culture and resistance: A conversation with Ines Perez-Wilke. The commune is the supreme expression of participatory democracy: A conversation with Anacaona Marin -- The commune and the 21st century socialism: A conversation with Robert Longa -- Grapes of wrath in rural Venezuela: A conversation with Angel Prado -- Building socialism from below: A conversation with Martha Lia Grajales -- Rebuilding the hegemony of Chavismo: A conversation with Gerardo Rojas -- The urban revolution: A conversation with Hernan Vargas -- Oil, privatizations, and the economy -- The past, present, and future of Venezuela's oil industry: A conversation with Carlos Mendoza Pottella -- Social inclusion is needed to overcome the crisis: A conversation with Luis Salas -- Privatizing oil in Venezuela? A conversation with Victor Hugo Majano -- How to get Venezuela's economy going again: A conversation with Luis Enrique Gavazut -- The Orinoco mining arc's impact: A conversation with Emiliano Teran Mantovani -- Heterodox and orthodox economics in Venezuela: A conversation with Luis Salas -- Chavez, politics, and Nuestra America -- Chavez and the continent of politics: A conversation with Chris Gilbert -- Chavez, a mirror of the people: A Conversation with Edgar Perez -- What's been learned won't be easily forgotten: A conversation with Antonio Gonzalez Plessman -- Venezuela and its singularities: A conversation with Reinaldo Iturriza -- Chavez and the twilight of capitalism: A conversation with Eduardo Rothe -- Defunding Chavez's project today: A conversation with Elias Jaua -- Everyday life in besieged Venezuela: A conversation with Jessica Dos Santos -- Campesino and working-class struggles -- Venezuela's Campesino struggle: A conversation with Kevin Rangel -- Reconnecting agriculture to our cultural base: A conversation with Ana Felicien -- Struggling against the "revolutionary bourgeoisie" in rural Venezuela: A conversation with Gerardo Sieveres and Arbonio Ortega -- Building "Patria": A conversation with Sergio Requena -- Campesinos defending Chavez's project: A conversation with Andres Alayo -- The role of the working class in Venezuela's crisis: A conversation with Pedro Eusse -- Imperialism, fascism, and the defense of Bolivarian Venezuela -- Venezuela's missile crisis: A conversation with Juan Contreras -- Either Washington or Venezuela, savage capitalism or socialism: A conversation with Luis Britto Garcia -- Venezuela's constituent assembly and the rise of fascism: A conversation with Julio Escalona -- Venezuela in the continental labyrinth: A conversation with Amilcar Figueroa -- The worldwide struggle against fascism and the role of Marxism in the struggle: A conversation with Nestor Kohan -- Economic downturns and state violence: A conversation with Andres Antillano -- Solidarity isn't a slogan, it's a process: A conversation with Vijay Prashad -- Feminism, gender, and race -- Women and the crisis in Venezuela: A conversation with Gioconda Mota -- If socialism isn't feminist, it won't be emancipatory: A conversation with Indhira Libertad Rodriguez -- A crisis of social reproduction in Venezuela: A conversation with Alba Carosio -- Afro-Venezuelan culture and resistance: A conversation with Ines Perez-Wilke.
Summary:
"Comprised of a series of interviews conducted by Cira Pascual Marquina, professor at the Bolivarian University, and contextualized by author Chris Gilbert, this book seeks to open a window on grassroots Chavismo itself in the wake of Hugo Chavez's death. Feminist and housing activists, communards, organic intellectuals, and campesinos from around the country speak up in their own voices, defending the socialist project and pointing to what they see as revolutionary solutions to Venezuela's current crisis"-- Provided by publisher.
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