The Long Roots of Venezuelan Communalism: Alternative to Mechanical Marxism

Surprisedly, Marxists can have a unilinear and rigid sense of history. For example, whole continents such as South America can be dismissed as “feudal” while striving towards a the capitalist phase. This way of looking at history  ignores the communal past embedded in those societies. It is also insensitive to the fact that that these communal pasts have their  own history. This article addresses these mistakes while also providing resource material for future study.