Articles by Chris Gilbert
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A Commune Called ‘Che’: A Socialist Holdout in the Venezuelan Andes
Chris Gilbert | Monthly Review - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Mar 2022
1 Mar 2022 – Just as the independence struggle had different resonances in the Andes, so too does Venezuela’s project of communal socialism. The region is home to one of the most successful communes in the country and has a solid productive basis (a chocolate factory and coffee cooperative). However, the Che Guevara Commune is markedly different from others.
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Red Current, Pink Tide: A Visit to El Maizal Commune in Venezuela
Chris Gilbert | Monthly Review - TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Dec 2021
1 Dec 2021 – Chris Gilbert on how Venezuela’s El Maizal Commune’s flag-waving communards are among the reddest elements in the so-called Pink Tide.
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