Marta Harnecker
Ideas for the struggle #8 - The left should avoid allowing the right to set its agenda for struggle
1. In the previous article, I stated that a large section of the political left has found it very difficult to work with social movements and develop ties with the new social forces in recent decades.
Ideas for the struggle #6 - The need to unite the political left and the social left
1. The rejection by a majority of the people of the globalization model imposed on our continent intensifies each day given its inability to solve the most pressing problems of our people.
Ideas for the struggle #5 - Minorities can be right
1. Democratic centralism implies not only the subordination of the minority to the majority, but also the respect of the majority towards the minority.
Ideas for the struggle #4 - Should we reject bureaucratic centralism and simply use consensus?
1. For a long time, left-wing parties operated along authoritarian lines. The usual practice was that of bureaucratic centralism, influenced by the practice of Soviet socialism.
The best homage we can pay Fidel: look outward together in the same direction
Ideas for the struggle #3 - To be at the service of popular movements, not replace them
1. We have previously stated that politics is the art of constructing a social and political force capable of changing the balance of forces in order to make possible tomorrow that which today appears to be impossible.
‘Ideas for the Struggle’: required reading for activists in these challenging times
Ideas for the struggle #1 - Mass uprisings or revolutions? The role of the political instrument
1. The recent and not so recent popular uprisings that rocked numerous countries across the world have clearly demonstrated that the initiative of the people, in and of itself, is not enough to defeat ruling regimes.
