From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marta Harnecker
Marta Harnecker
Marta Harnecker crisis in the left, Harnecker analyzes what has happened and
makes some very important proposals about political organiza-
Born 1937 tion. - Hugo Chavez, President of the Bolivarian Republic
Chile
of Venezuela
Occupation Sociologist This book is an illuminating overview of the revolutionary
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left, particularly in Latin America, and its failings in the second
part of the 20th century. Essential reading for all those who are
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about Rebuilding the Left.
Marta Harnecker is a Chilean sociologist, political scien- Full of observations, analyses and reflections which are ex-
tist, journalist and activist. Harnecker, a descendant of tremely useful for the times we live in. Harnecker’s personal
Austrian immigrants, was a Roman Catholic in her child- knowledge of so many social and political movements makes
hood. She visited Cuba in 1960 this book particularly important. - Francois Houtart about
Rebuilding the Left.
Early life For Harnecker, politics is the art of discovering the potential
in the present in order to make possible tomorrow what appears
After studying with Louis Althusser in Paris she returned impossible today. In this book she does just this for Latin Amer-
to her native Chile. Upon her return to Chile in 1968, ica and, in particular, Venezuela. But first she ditches the dog-
she got caught up in the fall of president Salvador Al- mas of the past with a disarming frankness. The result is an
lende and the coup by General Augusto Pinochet and original and valuable contribution to rethinking left politics. -
was forced into exile. In Cuba she founded and runs the Hilary Wainwright about Rebuilding the Left.
research institute Memoria Popular Latinoamerica
(MEPLA) and continues to write.[1]
Friends and colegues
Publications Peter McLaren is Professor of Education, Graduate School
of Education and Information Studies, University of Cali-
Harnecker has published over 60 books to date including fornia, Los Angeles. Nathalia Jaramillo is Assistant Profes-
The Basic Concepts of Historical Materialism and The Left after sor of Education, Department of Educational Studies, Col-
Seattle. Her most recent books are Hugo Chávez Frias: un lege of Education, Purdue University.
hombre, un pueblo, Venezuela: Militares junto al pueblo and
Venezuela: una revolución sui generis which reflect her sup-
port of the Bolivarian revolution. (Source: Zed Books, References
publisher of Rebuilding the Left (London, 2007)).[2][3] [1] "El sistema de inteligencia venezolano y la guerra
• Harnecker, Marta (2010): Ideas for the Struggle, asimétrica" (visited 18/08/08)
Socialist Interventions Pamphlet Series. [2] Chavez según Harnecker en el periódico chileno
• Harnecker, Marta (1999): Haciendo posible lo imposible: Qué pasa (visited 18 August 2008)
La izquierda en el umbral del siglo XXI, Siglo Veintiuno [3] http://pueblounido-peru.blogspot.com/2008/12/
Editores, 429 Seiten. ISBN 968-23-2187-5 martha-harnecker-opina.html
• Harnecker, Marta (1990): América Latina, izquerda y
crisis actual: Izquierda y crisis actual, Siglo Veintiuno
Editores, 305 Seiten. ISBN 968-23-1635-9 External links
• Harnecker, Marta (1986): La Revolución Social: Lenin y • Biografía de Marta Harnecker en e-libro. (Consultado
América Latina, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, 307 Seiten. el 17 August 2008)
ISBN 968-23-1385-6 • Marta Harnecker en Aporrea - Artículos de Marta
Harnecker en Aporrea
Commendations • Marta Harnecker en Talcualdigital - Notas
biográficas sobre la autora.
To me, this is a book which speaks out to proponents of socialist
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revolution and ordinary people... a book which could be very
useful to everyone. In the chapter dealing with the organic Name Harnecker, Marta
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