Jun 9, 2008

Che Guevara's Final Verdict on the Soviet Economy

by John Riddell

One of the most important developments in Cuban Marxism in recent
years has been increased attention to the writings of Ernesto Che
Guevara on the economics and politics of the transition to socialism.

A milestone in this process was the publication in 2006 by Ocean Press
and Cuba's Centro de Estudios Che Guevara of Apuntes criticos a la
economía política [Critical Notes on Political Economy], a collection
of Che's writings from the years 1962 to 1965, many of them previously
unpublished. The book includes a lengthy excerpt from a letter to
Fidel Castro, entitled "Some Thoughts on the Transition to Socialism."
In it, in extremely condensed comments, Che presented his views on
economic development in the Soviet Union.

Full article on Socialist Voice: http://www.socialistvoice.ca/?p=298