Red Star Over The Third World

The October Revolution proved that the working class and the peasantry could not only overthrow an autocratic government but that they could form their own government, in its image. There has never existed such a revolution of such significance and scale in the history of humanity. From Cuba to Vietnam, from China to South Africa, the October Revolution remains as an inspiration. This book of Vijay Prashad explains the power of the October Revolution for the Third World. However, it is not a comprehensive study, but a dissertation with a large hope that new generation will come to see the importance of this revolution for the working class and peasantry in that part of the world that suffered under the heel of colonial domination. Vijay Prashad is the Executive Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. He is the author or editor of several books, including The Darker Nations: A Biography of the Short-Lived Third World.