A World to Build: New Paths toward Twenty-First Century Socialism

An excellent book, simple to read, very didactic, very easy to understand or to use as a reference point for what has occurred in Latin America over the last fourteen years … It is a book that can be read quickly, that does not require a dictionary, nor does the reader have had to have read Gramsci or Hegel to understand it. However, it is obvious that, while she is able to easily explain these issues, each reflection demonstrates Marta’s ability to process an accumulation of knowledge and convert it into something concrete.

—Álvaro García Linera, Vice-President of Bolivia

A book that, without a doubt, was written to be studied, to learn from, and to directly influence the current and future decisions and actions of the Bolivarian revolution.

—Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela

With her characteristic combination of optimism and patience, concrete analysis and utopian longing, Marta Harnecker has provided us with an essential guide for both assessing Latin America’s left turn—its groundbreaking accomplishments and often overwhelming impediments—and more importantly for charting a path forward. This book is of global importance.

—George Ciccariello-Maher, author, We Created Chávez: A People’s History of the Venezuelan Revolution

Practice has without a doubt surpassed theory in Latin America, therefore Marta Harnecker’s analysis based on developments in the region comes at the right moment. She works through the main social struggles and the construction of alternatives in many countries of Our America to develop a theoretical analysis of twenty-first century socialism. As one of the actors building Buen Vivir in Ecuador, I am happy to find in Marta’s book this theoretical reflection, based on the practice of a true militant and activist.

—María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, poet and Minister of National Defense of Ecuador

A theoretical reflection rooted in the problems and struggles of the people; one that accompanies their struggles and provides them with weapons to help clarify their problems, resolve them, and advance along the path of building a socialist society.

—Carmen Bohórquez, coordinator of the Network of Intellectuals and Artists in Defense of Humanity, Venezuela