The Ongoing Crisis in Venezuela: A Forum
The reconstruction of the left can only begin with a forthright accounting of where governments that claim to be a part of the left have failed.
Winter 2024
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Year One of AMLO’s Mexico
When AMLO took office there was a sense of hope, enthusiasm, and renewal. Today, there is a growing sense of unease about whether his administration can deliver the changes that Mexicans so desperately need.
The Roots of the Right-Wing Coup in Bolivia
The international left must name what has happened in Bolivia for what it is: a popular mobilization against alleged electoral fraud that was sabotaged by the neo-fascist right.
The World Upside Down in Bolivia
Right-wing forces will find it difficult to defeat the indigenous and peasant groups that mobilized during the presidency of Evo Morales.
The LGBTIQ March on Havana
#LaMarchaVa represents a crisis of the state’s monopoly on information. By breaking with the standard methods and norms of participatory politics in Cuba, activists and the government find themselves in unknown territory.
Agribusiness against the Amazon
The fires in the Amazon are within the historical average. That’s why we should worry.
Puerto Rico Remade
The historic protests that forced the resignation of Ricardo Roselló have not ushered in a revolution. But Puerto Ricans now believe they have a future and are willing to fight for it.
Water Democracy
Farmers in New Mexico have banded together to protect scarce water resources from developments that could end their way of life. Their collective activity is a model for grassroots politics in the age of climate change.
The Venezuelan Crisis
Socialists need to fight against the dangerous and destabilizing actions of the Venezuelan opposition and the United States, while supporting the vast majority of the Venezuelan people in their struggle to regain democracy.
Mexican Labor Reawakens
Strikes at factories along the U.S.-Mexico border point to a new era for labor organizing in Mexico.
A Soft Coup in Guatemala
President Jimmy Morales kicked out an international anti-corruption commission established at the end of the country’s decades-long civil war. In doing so, he provoked a constitutional crisis.
Ecuador’s Dilemma
The main lesson of correísmo is that no project of transformation, if it wants to sustain and even deepen social change, can weaken the people who propel it forward.
Socialism from Above: Assessing the Cuban Experience
Since August 2018, one of the most important political processes of the last few decades has been taking place in Cuba: a public debate over a proposed constitution.
What Comes After Extractivism?
Reliance on resource rents keeps Latin American countries stuck in relations of dependency and undermines the core leftist goal of equality. The left must find another way.
Where the Caravan Stopped
Thousands of asylum seekers living in shelters at the U.S.-Mexico border face an uncertain future. Thousands more are heading north. A report from Tijuana.
