AMAZING GRACE: The W.R. Grace Corporation

AMAZING GRACE: The W.R. Grace Corporation

On April 29, the Protagonistic Critical Observatory Network (Red Protagónica Observatorio Crítico), an autonomous group of Cuban activists and intellectuals, ...
A New Doctrine of Insecurity? U.S. Military Deployment in South America

A New Doctrine of Insecurity? U.S. Military Deployment in South America

The announced redeployment this summer of the U.S. Navy’s Fourth Fleet, a World War II–era flotilla, to patrol the Caribbean ...
‘The South Also Exists,’ as the Third World Once Did

‘The South Also Exists,’ as the Third World Once Did

In my childhood, Latin America had only three countries: Argentina, Brazil, and Cuba. ABC. I would hear of Argentina and ...
Middle Powers: IBSA and the New South-South Cooperation

Middle Powers: IBSA and the New South-South Cooperation

In the 1970s, the world’s underdeveloped nations launched the idea of South-South cooperation. Following in the spirit of Bandung, they ...
Red Star Over Latin America

Red Star Over Latin America

Since the Bandung Conference of 1955, China has consistently identified itself with the developing world, calling itself the “world’s largest ...
Problematic Brothers: Iranian Reaction to Chávez and Ahmadinejad

Problematic Brothers: Iranian Reaction to Chávez and Ahmadinejad

When Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez and his Iranian counterpart, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, call each other brothers, they are bound to be “up ...
The Eye of the Storm: A 40th Anniversary Interview With Aijaz Ahmad

The Eye of the Storm: A 40th Anniversary Interview With Aijaz Ahmad

Aijaz Ahmad is a leading Marxist intellectual and academic based in New Delhi, India. He has written widely on political ...
Globalizing Resistance in Cancún

Globalizing Resistance in Cancún

CANCUN, MEXICO—As the World Trade Organization’s Fifth Ministerial Meeting was kicked-off September 10 in Cancún, Mexico, the battle on the ...