14
WINTER-SPRING
2006

Lessons from Latin America:
Neoliberalism, Crises and Social Struggles

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Oppressed and Politics in Latin America: At the Beginnings of a New History
Çiğdem Çidamlı

Leftist Goals and the Debate over Anti-Neoliberal Strategy in Latin America
Steve Ellner

The Unexpected Revolution: Venezuela Confronts Neoliberalism
Gregory Albo

Ballad of the Silent Man: Reflections on Venezuela in the Context of Latin America
Fuat Ercan

Made in Venezuela: The Struggle to Reinvent Venezuelan Labor
Jonah Gindin

The Lula Disaster in Brazil
Sungur Savran

Decentralization Reforms in Mexico: The Intersection of Neoliberalization and Democratization Processes
Aylin Topal

Global Process, Local Meanings: The Argentine Local Supporters to the Structural Reforms
Gastón J. Beltrán

Politics of the Demos vs. Politics of Politicians: Lessons from Argentina
Emilia Castorina

The Socio-Religious Origins of Brazil’s Landless Rural Workers Movement
Michael Löwy

Internationalism and Nationalism
José Carlos Mariátegui

Interview with Greg Albo (Full Text)

The Kurdish National Movements in Iraq and in Turkey: A Historical Comparative Framework for Discussion
Cenk Saraçoğlu

A Critique of the Neoliberal Concept of Education and the New Curriculum in Primary Schools
Kemal İnal