North Korea, Tricontinentalism, and the Latin American Revolution, 1959–1970

Amidst the Cold War and global decolonization, North Korea and Cuba led a global struggle against US imperialism.

Moe Taylor (Author)

9781009305242, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 1 June 2023

240 pages
23.5 x 15.8 x 2 cm, 0.5 kg

'Moe Taylor has produced an original study on a significant anti-capital struggle largely forgotten about today: the moment Tricontinentalism was spearheaded by the small but inspirational revolutionary countries of North Korea and Cuba. Taylor's book is an essential addition to the history of global socialism and an important source on how to overcome the current capitalist condition.' Cheehyung Harrison Kim, University of Hawai'i at M?noa

In this deftly argued book, Moe Taylor examines the flourishing relationship between North Korea, Cuba, and the Latin American Left through the 1960s. Beginning with the Cuban Revolution, which represented North Korea's first phase of major engagement with the region, both nations found common ground in the belief that the hopes of the international Left relied on an anti-imperialist, anti-US united front – a global campaign of guerrilla warfare against US power. This special partnership included a joint-program to train, arm, and finance revolutionary movements throughout Latin America. In the process, North Korea became an important influence on Cuban and Latin American left-wing discourse on matters of economic development, revolutionary organization and strategy, democracy, and leadership. Both nations pioneered a new Third World-ist political phenomenon – Tricontinentalism – that challenged Soviet and Chinese leadership over the international communist movement, and injected a fiercely radical current into the left-wing and anti-colonial movements of the Global South.

Introduction
1. North Korea and the Cuban Revolution, 1959–1965
2. Building the Anti-imperialist, Anti-US United Front, 1966–1970
3. Solidarity with the Latin American Revolution
4. North Korea as a Model of Development: economic policy
5. North Korea as a Model of Development: leadership and governance
6. North Korea as a Model of Revolution
7. The End of the Anti-Imperialist, Anti-US United Front
Conclusion.

Subject Areas: History of the Americas [HBJK]