On the attack at the Capitol
I’m continuing to write in Spanish for Nueva Sociedad on U.S. politics. Here is an interpretation of the attack on the Capitol building. In short: don’t say “this is not […]
Tag Archives: essays
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 […]
After Sanders, what’s next?
In Spanish, for Nueva Sociedad, I wrote about what is next for the U.S. left after Sanders. I mentioned a few aspects of my work for the campaign. (It’s in French […]
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 […]
US foreign policy and Venezuela
This is not an easy subject. Anti-imperialism may be a limited framework in this situation, and the Maduro government needs to be subject to pressure to leave. But I think, […]
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 […]
El populismo de minorías de Donald Trump
As part of efforts to contribute to intellectual and political internationalism, I am trying to write about U.S. politics for Nueva Sociedad on a regular basis. At the link, in Spanish, is […]
Five Principles to Guide a Foreign Policy for the Left
The Fellow Travelers blog is hosting a forum in which different thinkers are asked to provide five guiding principles for a potential left foreign policy. The current participants are Rep. […]
