Interview with Matt Duss
For Dissent, I spoke with Matt Duss, the foreign policy advisor to Senator Bernie Sanders. We talk about how he developed his worldview, the current crises affecting the planet, and […]
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AMLO update: part 4
Image credit: Creative Commons 2.0 by Eneas de Troya Written this year with Humberto Beck, the fourth entry in my coverage of developments in AMLO’s Mexico is available in the […]
Venezuelans’ Hopes for a Biden Administration
I believe that the people affected by U.S. foreign policy should be listened to about how to shape it. I spoke with five Venezuelan social scientists about the situation in […]
An interview with the poet Carolyn Forché, author of “What You Have Heard is True”
The poet Carolyn Forché’s engagement with El Salvador stretches back to the late 1970s. In the 1980s, she toured extensively in the United States, reciting poetry and raising awareness about […]
Venezuela and the Left: A Forum
I’ve written an introduction to a forum, up now at Dissent magazine. The left has had a tricky relationship with Venezuela over the last couple of decades. It has often […]
Year One of AMLO’s Mexico
As we did a year ago during his campaign, Carlos Bravo Regidor and I tried to cut through the highly polarized conversation around Andrés Manuel López Obrador to get to […]
After the Pink Tide
The special section in the Winter 2019 edition of Dissent magazine is derived substantially from the work we did at the conference held last October on the Future of the Left in […]
The Future of the Left in the Americas
In collaboration with Dissent magazine and the New School, I have organized a conference for October 5th & 6th, 2018. At this link, there are descriptions of the panels, panelist biographies, and […]
AMLO’s Sweeping Victory
In the wake of AMLO’s sweeping victory in Mexico’s elections, Carlos Bravo Regidor and I have returned to Dissent to analyze the results. It was a strikingly thorough victory, he […]
A New Hope for Mexico?: A close look at Mexico’s 2018 elections and the candidacy of Andrés Manuel López Obrador
UPDATE 07/06/2018: After the election results, Carlos and I returned to Dissent to analyze the results. My friend Carlos Bravo Regidor and I grew frustrated with the international coverage of […]
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