Rethink Everything (Maybe It’s Always Been This Way)
HISTORICALLY THE LEFT--THE WORLD LA- bor and socialist movement of the last hundred years--has always presumed the existence of an
THE LATIN AMERICAN LEFT A Painful Rebirth
IF OBJECTIVE SUFFERING WERE THE ONLY criterion, the 1990s would look good for the Left. Capitalism's failures could not be
What Future for Socialism?
IN THE "NEW WORLD ORDER" ANNOUNCED by George Bush the North-South conflict has dis- placed the East-West one at the
SOVIET COLLAPSE NOT SO RELEVANT
LATIN AMERICA WAS TRADITIONALLY AN area of marginal importance to the Soviet-bloc economy. The USSR and Eastern Europe developed sig-
Post-War Aid: What Kind and Who Decides?
One of the most wide-ranging po- litical battles unfolding in the wake of the Salvadoran peace accords concerns funding for
EL SALVADOR A Negotiated Revolution
Shortly before midnight on New Year's Eve, at the United Nations Plaza in New York City, Salvadoran Presi- dent Alfredo
LATIN AMERICAN UNITY
THE ENTIRE EXPERIENCE OF THE LATIN American Left grew out of the model for anti- imperialist nation-states established in the
THE ACCORDS IN BRIEF
The peace accords, signed on Janu- ary 16, are 122 pages long. They in- clude agreements about the armed forces,
Brazil’s PT: Socialism as Radical Democracy
THE WORKERS PARTY (PT) OF BRAZIL IS THE most important new political party to form on the Left in Latin
Foundations of a New Politics
TO IMAGINE NEW ALTERNATIVES FOR THE Left we ought to begin by recognizing that the current crisis is global and
On the Record
Who's Smiling? The Economist April 18-24, 1992 Huh?!? [During an early morning visit to the Jefferson Memorial, President Bush comments
Environmentalism: Fusing Red and Green
WITH THE COLLAPSE OF SOVIET-STYLE socialism, the fall of dictatorial regimes and the discredit of armed struggle, a cycle of
