{"product_id":"reformism-or-revolution-alan-woods-9781900007337","title":"Reformism or Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe declarations of Hugo Ch疱ez in favour of socialism sparked an important debate in Venezuela and internationally. However, some have concluded that the \"old\" ideas of Marxism are no longer valid and that it is necessary to invent a completely new and original theory of \"Socialism of the 21st Century.\" This book is a reply to that view - expressed by Heinz Dieterich among others - and a defence of the fundamental ideas of Marxism and scientific socialism against these revisionist arguments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlan Woods' new book sharply criticizes the ideas of reformist writers like Dieterich, who assert that socialism can be built simply by carrying out reforms within the confines of the capitalist system while maintaining the structures of the bourgeois state apparatus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReformism or Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e explains that it is impossible to reform capitalism, that it is necessary to build the revolutionary party, mobilize the working class, dismantle the bourgeois state apparatus and nationalize the key levers of the economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book also explains and defends the views of Marxists on: Philosophy and Science, Historical Materialism, the English and French Revolutions, Marxist Economics, the Economics of Socialism of the 21st Century, the question of Socialism vs. Stalinism, the State and Revolution, the Permanent Revolution, the Future of the Cuban Revolution, the Venezuelan Revolution and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan Woods\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1900007339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781900007337\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wellred\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 1.04d","brand":"Alan Woods","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44567042294015,"sku":"9781900007337","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a5e23361-6bc6-4dfa-abfa-2dfa5f890dc7.jpg?v=1701375759","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reformism-or-revolution-alan-woods-9781900007337","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}