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Las DOS Izquierdas: Lo Que Nunca Se Cont Sobre La Izquierda Mexicana / The Two Lefts: What Has Never Been Told about the Mexican Left
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En una de las naciones ms desiguales del planeta, la lucha por abatir la injusticia ha moldeado su historia, sus instituciones, su carcter y, por ello, su esencia misma. Este libro relata la historia de aquellos que han entregado su vida para construir un Mxico menos injusto. Pero tambin cuenta la historia de sus contradicciones y errores, de sus carencias y pugnas fratricidas, e incluso la de aquellos que la han traicionado, aprovechado, y que han fracturado al pas en su empeo. Sin maniquesmos, Jorge Castaeda y Joel Ortega nos cuentan una perspectiva nueva desde la que leer y entender el combate de tantos mexicanos por una vida menos vieja, menos injusta, ms luminosa... «Por izquierda entendemos aquellas posiciones polticas e ideolgicas --de personas, agrupaciones, partidos, sindicatos, universidades, publicaciones, gobiernos extranjeros-- que se han empeado a lo largo del ltimo siglo y medio en Mxico por cambiar el estado de cosas vigente hacia otro, menos desigual, ms prspero, ms nacionalista, ms solidario, ms democrtico... -De la Introduccin ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The history of the left-wing party in Mexico is one of two opposing currents: one that comes from the Mexican Revolution and another that has sought to distance itself from it and from any government that emerged from it. In one of the nations with the most inequality on the planet, the struggle to overcome injustice has shaped its history, its institutions, its character, and, therefore, its very essence. This book tells the story of those who have dedicated their lives to building a Mexico with less injustice. But it also tells the story of their contradictions, mistakes, their shortcomings, and internal struggles, and even the stories of those who have betrayed it, taken advantage of it, and fractured the country while doing so. Without Manichaeism, Jorge Castaeda and Joel Ortega present a new perspective from which to read and understand the struggle of so many Mexicans for a newer, less unjust, brighter life... "By "left", we mean those political and ideological positions--by individuals, groups, political parties, unions, universities, publications, foreign governments--that have, over the past century and a half in Mexico, committed themselves to changing the prevailing state of affairs towards a new, more equal, more prosperous, more nationalist, more solidarity-based, more democratic..." -From the Introduction"
En una de las naciones ms desiguales del planeta, la lucha por abatir la injusticia ha moldeado su historia, sus instituciones, su carcter y, por ello, su esencia misma. Este libro relata la historia de aquellos que han entregado su vida para construir un Mxico menos injusto. Pero tambin cuenta la historia de sus contradicciones y errores, de sus carencias y pugnas fratricidas, e incluso la de aquellos que la han traicionado, aprovechado, y que han fracturado al pas en su empeo. Sin maniquesmos, Jorge Castaeda y Joel Ortega nos cuentan una perspectiva nueva desde la que leer y entender el combate de tantos mexicanos por una vida menos vieja, menos injusta, ms luminosa... «Por izquierda entendemos aquellas posiciones polticas e ideolgicas --de personas, agrupaciones, partidos, sindicatos, universidades, publicaciones, gobiernos extranjeros-- que se han empeado a lo largo del ltimo siglo y medio en Mxico por cambiar el estado de cosas vigente hacia otro, menos desigual, ms prspero, ms nacionalista, ms solidario, ms democrtico... -De la Introduccin ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The history of the left-wing party in Mexico is one of two opposing currents: one that comes from the Mexican Revolution and another that has sought to distance itself from it and from any government that emerged from it. In one of the nations with the most inequality on the planet, the struggle to overcome injustice has shaped its history, its institutions, its character, and, therefore, its very essence. This book tells the story of those who have dedicated their lives to building a Mexico with less injustice. But it also tells the story of their contradictions, mistakes, their shortcomings, and internal struggles, and even the stories of those who have betrayed it, taken advantage of it, and fractured the country while doing so. Without Manichaeism, Jorge Castaeda and Joel Ortega present a new perspective from which to read and understand the struggle of so many Mexicans for a newer, less unjust, brighter life... "By "left", we mean those political and ideological positions--by individuals, groups, political parties, unions, universities, publications, foreign governments--that have, over the past century and a half in Mexico, committed themselves to changing the prevailing state of affairs towards a new, more equal, more prosperous, more nationalist, more solidarity-based, more democratic..." -From the Introduction"
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$21.95