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« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2005, 06:39:59 PM » |
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Also called Fidelism and Guevarism, Castroists believe that the bourgeois capitalist state must be overthrown in order to create a socialist alternative. Instead of leading the masses through a vanguard party, however, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara developed the idea of focoism: acts of guerilla warfare and heroism by a small band of warriors against the establishment will inspire the masses to support and join the revolution. Castroism also pushes for a strong, authoritarian and centralized government, but not the totalitarian bureaucracy displayed by Stalinism, Maoism or Kimism. In the US, the largest Castroist party today is the Socialist Workers Party (SWP).
Developed upon by Leon Trotsky, based mostly in Leninist philosophy. Trotskyists oppose Stalinism and its related ideologies. Trotskyists believe in Permanent Revolution, the belief that a socialist revolution can occur in a backward, even feudalist country, by moving from the capitalist-democratic stage to the socialist one (via continual revolution). Also, in order to finish a socialist revolution, the revolution would have to be world-wide. This is in sharp contrast to Stalin's idea of "socialism in one country"; Trotsky felt (correctly so) that if a socialist nation-state was isolated, it would soon be destroyed by outside imperialist forces. Trotsky emphasized the importance of soviets (independent councils of workers) and the idea that a communist society will be a "workers' democracy." Considering the destruction of the USSR and the downfall of much of the Communist world, Trotsky's prophecies seem to have been proven by history.
I'd vote for Trotsky, tacitly, but I'm not sure.
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