{"product_id":"on-cuba-reflections-on-70-years-of-revolution-and-struggle-9781620978573","title":"On Cuba: Reflections on 70 Years of Revolution and Struggle","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn intimate conversation between towering public intellectuals examining the contentious interplay between the Cuban Revolution and U.S. empire\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn audacious revolutionary experiment in the backyard of empire, Cuba has occupied a vexed role in the international order for decades. Though its doctors (and fighters)--and the outsized influence of its example--have traversed the globe, from Venezuela to Angola, its political and economic future remain uncertain as the Castro era comes to a close and the U.S. embargo proceeds unabated.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough an intimate conversation between two of the country's most astute observers of international politics, Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad, \u003cem\u003eOn Cuba\u003c\/em\u003e traces Cuban history from the early days of the 1950s revolution to the present, interrogating U.S. interventions and extracting lessons on U.S. power and influence in the Western Hemisphere along the way. Neither a jingoistic condemnation nor an uncritical celebration, Chomsky's heterodox approach to world affairs is on full display as he and Prashad grapple with Cuba's unique place on the international scene.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn a media landscape saturated with half-truths and fake news, Chomsky and Prashad--\"our own Frantz Fanon . . . [whose] writing of protest is always tinged with the beauty of hope\" (Amitava Kumar, author of \u003cem\u003eImmigrant, Montana\u003c\/em\u003e)--seek to shed light on the truth of a complex and perennially controversial nation, while examining the limits of mainstream media discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620978573\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Noam Chomsky, Vijay Prashad","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44207345467573,"sku":"9781620978573","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1ea67f55-037f-4efc-ab8c-b9b549537584.jpg?v=1716909129","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/on-cuba-reflections-on-70-years-of-revolution-and-struggle-9781620978573","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}