Cuba Without the Castros
If the Cuban government focuses solely on economic reforms and limits political reform to cosmetic or ineffectual changes, it will be like cast iron: hard but brittle.
Fall 2019
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After the Pink Tide
To confront the newly powerful extreme right in Latin America, the left needs a clear-eyed understanding of its time in power.
Introducing the special section of our Winter issue.
Stop Eco-Apartheid: The Left’s Challenge in Bolsonaro’s Brazil
The horrors threatened by Brazil’s new president are compounded by a potential war on the Amazon. It is up to the left to build a coalition capable of overcoming it.
Antiprogressivism: A Specter Haunting the Americas
The fascistic Jair Bolsonaro nearly scraped a first-round victory in Brazil, an ominous sign both for the left and for the country’s democracy. But the values he espouses go far beyond Brazil, and it is up to the left to devise new alternatives.
Watch: The Future of the Left in the Americas
Watch videos of all eight panels at our conference on the Future of the Left in the Americas, October 5–6 at the New School.
A Glimmer of Hope in Brazil
Building on the legacy of the assassinated Rio councilwoman Marielle Franco, a new wave of local candidates is fighting to transform the country’s democracy.
Conference | October 5–6
The Future of the Left in the Americas
Watch live: Two days of discussion with scholars, activists, and journalists from across the Americas about the challenges and opportunities for left politics in the region today.
Edifices of Empire
Capitalism, from its very beginning, was twinned with racism. Two books describe how these two forces emerged together, at the same moment in the unfolding of Western political economy.
Brazil’s New Right
Since Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment, Brazil has been in political turmoil. With ex-president Lula’s recent surrender, a new right threatens to become the decisive force in the 2018 elections.
Which Way for Cuba?
As the country prepares for a historic presidential succession, ending the Castros’ nearly sixty-year grip on the highest office, inequality is growing and ordinary Cubans are increasingly disaffected. A report from Havana.
A New Hope for Mexico?
Andrés Manuel López Obrador is hardly the demagogue of his critics’ imaginations. The more relevant question is: if he becomes Mexico’s next president, will he actually bring the changes the country needs?
Unleashing the Military on Mexico’s Drug War
2017 was Mexico’s deadliest year on record—and a new law deepening the military’s role in law enforcement threatens only to make things worse.
