... Short’s book. Copyright 1994 by Duke University Press 1994 Law and Religion in Marxist Cuba: A Human Rights Inquiry . By Short Margaret I. . New Brunswick : Transaction , 1993 . Appendix. Notes. Bibliography , vii, 209 pp. Paper . $18.95 . ...

...Donald C. Hodges Mariátegui’s writings are noteworthy for the absence of citations from the Marxist classics and for the appearance of independence from the Communist mainstream. Indeed, Mariátegui reflects the pervasive influence of the Communists’ ongoing revision of Marxism, which Becker...

...Louis A. Pérez, Jr. José Martí, the United States, and the Marxist Interpretation of Cuban History . By Ripoll Carlos . New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Books , 1984 . Notes. Index . Pp. ix , 80 . Paper. $6.95 . Copyright 1985 by Duke University Press 1985 Both...

...Luis E. Aguilar Marxist Thought in Latin America . By Liss Sheldon B. . Berkeley : University of California Press , 1984 . Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index . Pp. x , 374 . Copyright 1985 by Duke University Press 1985 The study of Marxism in Latin America presents...

...Patricia Weiss Fagen Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Chile . Edited by Sweezy Paul M. and Magdoff Harry . New York , 1974 . Monthly Review Press . Pp. 169 . Cloth. $7.50 . Chile’s Marxist Experiment . By Moss Robert . New York , 1973 . John Wiley...

...Roderic Ai Camp Salvador Allende: An Interview with Chile’s Marxist President, May 29, 1973 . Interview by Wallach John . North Hollywood, California . The Center for Cassette Studies. Voices of Latin America , 34053. 59 minutes . $16.95 . Chile, 1973 . Panel discussion...

...Robert E. Scott Mexican Marxist. Vicente Lombardo Toledano . By Millon Robert Paul . Chapel Hill , 1966 . University of North Carolina Press . Appendices. Bibliography. Index . Pp. 222 . $6.00 . Copyright 1967 by Duke University Press 1967 Despite its title this short...

... historians in his essay, “History and Politics in the Soviet Union.” 1 Black points out that: The general line of the party’s directives to historians has been that they should contribute to the promotion of communism at home and abroad by demonstrating in the light of Marxist-Leninist methodology...

...David Scott Palmer The study is useful more as an effort to construct an appropriate Marxist framework for analysis of Third World societies than as a detailed examination of the military government of Perú. Hence, “economic constraints analysis [e.g., Aníbal Quijano, E. V. K. FitzGerald...

...Carlos B. Gil Historia mexicana: Economía y lucha de clases . By Semo Enrique . México , 1978 . Ediciones Era . Tables. Notes . Pp. 338 . Paper. Copyright 1980 by Duke University Press 1980 This book encourages the study of Mexican history from a Marxist perspective...

..., interesting, and correct” (p. 318), Packenham is deeply concerned about the movement’s “Marxist socialism” (p. 38) and its impact on intellectuals and, in particular, on mainstream social science and development studies. Consequently, this book presents an unusually strong polemical, critical, and contentious...

...Russell H. Bartley Koval has cast his study in the orthodox mold of Soviet Marxism, and, consequently, can expect a cool response from neo- and non-Marxists alike. Yet this volume represents a serious contribution to the historiography of modern Brazil and must be evaluated accordingly...

... realizes that the Cold War continues south of the Rio Grande. The collection ends, appropriately, with the 1990 “São Paulo Manifesto of the Latin American Left,” which demonstrates that the movement lives, and indicates that the region’s diverse Marxist elements must put aside their differences and work...

... . Copyright 1983 by Duke University Press 1983 In this book Samuel Silva Gotay treats the significance of Christians as revolutionary theorists and as political activists in Latin America today. He hopes to reconcile Marxist sociology with the liberation theologians’ sociology of religion to prove...

... in the Allende administration. But he does not rant against Marxism. Instead, Arriagada prefers to examine carefully the philosophical divisions within the Marxist camp which he claims led to Allende’s destruction. This calm, reasoned approach is a welcome departure from the sometimes hysterical denunciations...

... was already a convinced Marxist-Leninist. . . .” Hence, from the beginning, Castro was “consciously” [author’s emphasis] guiding the “Cuban revolutionary process toward a Jacobinic [sic] overthrow of the capitalist system and an alliance with the socialist camp” [reviewer’s emphasis]. To prove his...

... time, is interesting and thought-provoking for the specialist as well. In 1970 the Marxists took control of the nation. Their ambition was to create peacefully a socialist state, but they were confronted with a hostile congress, an entrenched bureaucracy and the traditional Chilean fear of Marxism...

... This short book gives an overall view of communist parties, guerrilla movements, and Marxist-Leninist governments in the various countries of Central America and the Caribbean. It does so against the background of the social, economic, and political problems of these nations, and within the context...

... between October 1970 and May 1971 attempts to outline the reasons Chile elected a Marxist President as well as to decipher the political appeals contained in the programs of the competing candidates. Garcés emphasizes the “uniqueness” of the Chilean political experience and spends considerable space...

... and later in Brazil, failed to provide the reader with a clear idea of the book’s contents. After an intellectually sloppy attempt to classify Latin American dictatorships in terms of their relationship to “fascism,” as defined by Marxist theory, the author moves on to his real concern: explaining...