Nicaragua 25 years later: a reply to Lee Sustar

2004-07-26 Thread Louis Proyect
Twenty five years ago, the FSLN seized power in Nicaragua. Although it is difficult to see this abjectly miserable country in these terms today, back then it fueled the hopes of radicals worldwide that a new upsurge in world revolution was imminent. Along with Grenada, El Salvador and

Nicaragua 25 years later

2004-07-23 Thread Louis Proyect
I am actually working on an article for Phil Ferguson's magazine that will expore this topic in some depth, but I would be remiss if I didn't comment on ISO leader Lee Sustar's article that appears in today's Counterpunch at: http://www.counterpunch.org/sustar07232004.html While giving the