Podcast: Caio Prado Júnior - the meaning of the Revolution -

Podcast: Caio Prado Júnior – the meaning of the Revolution

21/02/2021

Marxism

PODCAST: conversation between Lincoln Secco and Francisco Teixeira about Caio Prado Júnior's political theory on the YouTube channel “Pensando com Marx”. Edited by Daniel Pavan.

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Francisco Teixeira, Lincoln Secco

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