Mike Gonzalez (historian)
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Mike Gonzalez is a British historian
and literary critic, who was Professor of Latin American Studies in the Hispanics Department of the University of Glasgow
.
He has written widely on Latin America. In his writings and speeches concerning Cuba
, Gonzalez is particularly critical of the events that followed the Cuban Revolution
of 1959, regarding Cuba as a state-capitalist economy in direct contradiction to grassroots socialism.
A leading member of the British Socialist Workers Party
; he testified in the Sheridan defamation trial
and HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan
in Tommy Sheridan
's defence. Gonzalez is also a member of Solidarity - Scotland's Socialist Movement, the party Sheridan formed after the split in the Scottish Socialist Party
.
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
and literary critic, who was Professor of Latin American Studies in the Hispanics Department of the University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
.
He has written widely on Latin America. In his writings and speeches concerning Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
, Gonzalez is particularly critical of the events that followed the Cuban Revolution
Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement against the regime of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista between 1953 and 1959. Batista was finally ousted on 1 January 1959, and was replaced by a revolutionary government led by Castro...
of 1959, regarding Cuba as a state-capitalist economy in direct contradiction to grassroots socialism.
A leading member of the British Socialist Workers Party
Socialist Workers Party (Britain)
The Socialist Workers Party is a far left party in Britain founded by Tony Cliff. The SWP's student section has groups at a number of universities...
; he testified in the Sheridan defamation trial
Sheridan v News International
Sheridan v News Group Newspapers is a civil court case brought by Tommy Sheridan against the publishers of the News of the World, which began in the Court of Session in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 4 July 2006...
and HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan
HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan
Her Majesty's Advocate v Thomas Sheridan and Gail Sheridan was the 2010 criminal prosecution of Tommy Sheridan, a former Member of the Scottish Parliament and his wife Gail Sheridan for perjury in relation to the earlier civil case Sheridan v News Group Newspapers.In Scotland criminal prosecutions...
in Tommy Sheridan
Tommy Sheridan
Tommy Sheridan is a Scottish socialist politician. He has had various prominent roles within the socialist movement in Scotland and is currently one of two co-convenors of the left-wing Scottish political party Solidarity....
's defence. Gonzalez is also a member of Solidarity - Scotland's Socialist Movement, the party Sheridan formed after the split in the Scottish Socialist Party
Scottish Socialist Party
The Scottish Socialist Party is a left-wing Scottish political party. Positioning itself significantly to the left of Scotland's centre-left parties, the SSP campaigns on a socialist economic platform and for Scottish independence....
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Selected articles/works
- Cuba, Castro and Socialism (with Peter Binns) (1980)
- Cuba, socialism and the third world with Peter Binns and Alex CallinicosAlex CallinicosAlexander Theodore Callinicos is a Trotskyist political theorist, a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers Party and its International Secretary, and is Director of the Centre for European Studies at King's College London...
) (1980) - Nicaragua : revolution under siege (1985)
- Nicaragua : what went wrong? (1990)
- Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Chile
- Which way forward for the movement? (with Alex CallinicosAlex CallinicosAlexander Theodore Callinicos is a Trotskyist political theorist, a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers Party and its International Secretary, and is Director of the Centre for European Studies at King's College London...
) (2002) - Che Guevara and the Cuban Revolution (2004)
- Bolivia: Rising of a People(2005)
- A rebel's guide to Marx (2005)
- The split in the Scottish Socialist Party(2006)
Interviews with Mike Gonzalez
- 'Revolution Stalled? Venezuela and Bolivia: An Interview with Mike Gonzalez' State of Nature, July 2010