Verso Books Paths of Revolution: Selected Essays

"The writer and militant Adolfo Gilly directly observed many of Latin America's most tumultuous events, from the aftermath of Bolivia's National Revolution and the Cuban Missile Crisis to the guerrilla wars of Central America and Mexico's Zapatista uprising. Paths of Revolution is the first representative selection from his extensive body of work, collecting close-quarters reportage, sharp political analysis, and reflections on art and letters"-- First English-language anthology of one of Latin America’s pre-eminent Marxist writersThe Argentine-born writer Adolfo Gilly has directly observed many of Latin America’s most dramatic events, from the Bolivian Revolution of the 1950s and Cuba during the Missile Crisis to the guerrilla wars of Central America and Mexico’s Zapatista uprising. Paths of Revolution presents the first representative selection from across his extensive body of work, collecting close-quarters reportage, sharp political analyses and reflections on art and letters.A living link between the New Left of the 1960s and the Pink Tide of recent decades, Gilly once described the twentieth century as a series of lightning flashes which can illuminate our present-day predicament. The essay form is where he fully comes into his own, covering a truly impressive range of topics and places. This collection draws out the continuities within one of the world’s more vibrant and politically successful left traditions.In the introduction, Tony Wood (author of Russia Without Putin) offer an overall portrait of Gilly’s life and work. Autorid: Adolfo Gilly, Tony Wood, Lorna Scott Fox