The Left Strikes Back

This book is about the opposition to neoliberalism—a significant political movement that has influence, particularly among the popular classes. It analyzes the emergence of a new Left in Latin America grounded in the new social forces in the countryside and in the urban slums.

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).

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