The revolution in Indonesia has shaken the ruling class to its foundations. In one of the first full length accounts in English of the crisis in Indonesia Clare Fermont looks at the economic and social background to the revolution and goes on to piece together a compelling narrative of the struggles which toppled Suharto's dictatorship. Our coverage continues by interviewing Indonesian trade un…
Area specialists examine 11 developing countries with various types of socialist governments. Describe the political culture of each country, what motivated the citizens to adopt their governments, what variation of socialism was adopted, and how it was adapted.
The political implacations of this theory are important. As lenin eventually realized and made clear in his closely related theories of imperialism and nationalism, third world nationalist struggles againts colonial rule or neo-colonial domination can have significant progressive political potential.