Venezuela's Movimiento Al Socialismo: From Guerrilla Defeat to Innovative Politics

by Steve Ellner

Teodoro Petkoff and the other members of the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) in Venezuela had aroused the ire of the orthodox communist leaders by claiming to be both authentic communists and true nationalists, not bound by the dictates of either the Moscow or Maoist/Beijing wings of the party. To infuriate the traditionalists even further, Petkoff and his associates succeeded in being more than isolated critics, as MAS quickly eclipsed the traditional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822308088
• ISBN13: 9780822308089
• Release Date: May 1988
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.4"