{"product_id":"on-cuba-reflections-on-70-years-of-revolution-and-struggle-hardcover","title":"On Cuba: Reflections on 70 Years of Revolution and Struggle - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNoam Chomsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eVijay Prashad\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMiguel D?az-Canel\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn intimate conversation between towering public intellectuals examining the contentious interplay between the Cuban Revolution and U.S. empire\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNoam Chomsky\u003c\/b\u003e is Institute Professor (emeritus) in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Laureate Professor of Linguistics and Agnese Nelms Haury Chair in the Program in Environment and Social Justice at the University of Arizona. A world-renowned linguist and political activist, he is the author of numerous books, including \u003cem\u003eOn Language\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUnderstanding Power\u003c\/em\u003e (edited by Peter R. Mitchell and John Schoeffel), \u003cem\u003eAmerican Power and the New Mandarins\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFor Reasons of State\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eProblems of Knowledge and Freedom\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eObjectivity and Liberal Scholarship\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTowards a New Cold War\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Essential Chomsky\u003c\/em\u003e (edited by Anthony Arnove), \u003cem\u003eOn Anarchism\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Chomsky-Foucault Debate\u003c\/em\u003e (with Michel Foucault), and \u003cem\u003eThe Withdrawal\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOn Cuba\u003c\/em\u003e (both with Vijay Prashad), all published by The New Press. He lives in São Paulo, Brazil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVijay Prashad \u003c\/b\u003eis director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, editor of LeftWord Books, and the chief correspondent for Globetrotter (Independent Media Institute). He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUncle Swami: South Asians in America Today\u003c\/em\u003e, and co-author (with Noam Chomsky) of \u003cem\u003eThe Withdrawal\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOn Cuba\u003c\/em\u003e (all published by The New Press), as well as \u003cem\u003eWashington Bullets\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eThe Darker Nations\u003c\/em\u003e was chosen as a Best Nonfiction Book of the Year by the Asian American Writers' Workshop and won the Muzaffar Ahmad Book Prize. He lives in Santiago, Chile.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.6 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 23, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978303308077,"sku":"9781620978573","price":24.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/A9WNXIpPH79781620978573.webp?v=1775801541","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/on-cuba-reflections-on-70-years-of-revolution-and-struggle-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}