Lessons for revolutionists everywhere from the workers and farmers government that came to power in Nicaragua in July 1979. Based on ten years of socialist journalism from inside Nicaragua, this special issue of New International magazine recounts the achievements and worldwide impact of the Nicaraguan revolution. It then traces the political retreat of the Sandinista National Liberation Front leadership that led to the downfall of the revolution in the closing years of the 1980s. Documents of the SocialistWorkers Party.