The Left Strikes Back: Class And Conflict In The Age Of Neoliberalism

by James Petras

Overview

The Left Strikes Back addresses the neglected topic of popular resistance to capital globalization and neoliberal polices, and considers the future of the revolutionary left in this region. James Petras shows that the current stage of capital globalization and the weakening of the ability of established popular groups to defend themselves have gene

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367318659
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/13/2019
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

James Petras is professor of sociology at SUNY-Binghamton. He is the coauthor of Democracy and Poverty in Chile: The Limits to Electoral Politics (Westview, 1994).

Table of Contents

Foreword — Introduction: Ten Theses on Latin America — Resistance, Pragmatism, and Alternatives — Latin America: The Left Strikes Back — Intellectuals: A Marxist Critique of Post-Marxists — Pragmatism Unarmed — Perspectives for Liberation: The Ambiguous Legacy — Elections and Extraparliamentary Politics — Alternatives to Neoliberalism — Neoliberal Political Cycles — The United States and Latin America — Liberalization and U.S. Global Strategy — Clinton's Cuba Policy — Mexico and the United States: Cures That Kill the Patient — Globaloney and the State — Beyond the Free Market: The Resurgence of the Left