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Chris Gilbert examines Marx’s approach to the commune from the Grundrisse through his late notes and letters on rural communes. After reconstructing the Marxist communal strategy, Gilbert argues that real-world projects in Venezuela, Bolivia and Brazil in recent times conform to this overall Marxist approach.
In a vividly drawn account of El Maizal Commune, the author provides readers with a window into the inner workings of a community refounded with an eye toward building a new “alternative communal economy.” The task is not only revolutionary, but liberating and creative. Also: ‘Maduro Appoints El Maizal’s Ángel Prado Minister of Communes’.
The project of communal socialism that was emerging in Venezuela during Chavez’s time is precisely the kind of system change that could save the climate and the Earth System more generally. A look at some of the ecological aspects of Venezuela’s project of communal socialism today.
A visit to Luisa Cáceres, a Venezuelan commune, reveals a fascinating look into the creative ways communards forge ways of life in urban centers, and how these projects intersect with the much-needed transformations required for a grassroots and socially integrated ecology.
It is a strange and interesting story how the longstanding and ultimately two-way relationship between revolutionary Venezuelan politician Hugo Chávez and Hungarian intellectual István Mészáros came to exist.
Despite facing many challenges, commune-building goes forward in Venezuela, driven by grassroots bases whose commitment comes from their political consciousness. Now, attempts are being made to build unity and coordinate these efforts – the most important being the Communard Union.
The Che Guevara Commune is markedly different from others that sprung up in response to Hugo Chávez’s call to build communes as “the basic cells of socialism.”
El Maizal has grown and thrived during the worst of times in Venezuela, becoming a symbol of resistance and a socialist vanguard in a country where for many people the only task is to survive.
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