The Poorer Nations

A Possible History of the Global South

Vijay Prashad

A truly global history that examines the prospects of a worldwide power shift from North to South. Since the ’70s, the countries of the Global South have struggled to build political...

Profit Over People

Neoliberalism and Global Order

Noam Chomsky

Why is the Atlantic slowly filling with crude petroleum, threatening a millions-of-years-old ecological balance? Why did traders at prominent banks take high-risk gambles with the money entrusted...

Faces of Latin America

Fourth Edition

Duncan Green

Faces of Latin America has sold more than 50,000 copies since it first appeared in 1991, and is widely considered to be the best available introduction in English to the economies, politics,...

Territories in Resistance

A Cartography of Latin American Social Movements

Raul Zibechi

“Emancipation,” argues Raúl Zibechi, “is not an objective but a way of life.” For the last half century, new and emancipatory social formations have worked to carve out their own territories in...

Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere

The New Global Revolutions

Paul Mason

The world is facing a wave of uprisings, protests and revolutions: Arab dictators swept away, public spaces occupied, slum-dwellers in revolt, cyberspace buzzing with utopian dreams. Events we were...

Economics Unmasked

From Power and Greed to Compassion and the Common Good

Philip B. Smith

The economic system under which we live not only forces the great majority of humankind to live their lives in indignity and poverty; it also threatens all forms of life—indeed life itself....

Hopeless

Barack Obama and the Politics of Illusion

Jeffrey St. Clair

The election of Barack Obama sparked long-dormant tingles of optimism in even the most entrenched political cynics. But the promise of an Obama revolution fizzled out even before his inauguration,...

Arab Spring, Libyan Winter

Vijay Prashad

This brief, timely analysis situates the assault on Libya in the context of the winds of revolt that swept through the Middle East in the Spring of 2011. Vijay Prashad explores the recent history...

Ecology and Socialism

Solutions to Capitalist Ecological Crisis

Chris Williams

Around the world, consciousness of the threat to our environment is growing. The majority of solutions on offer, from using efficient light bulbs to biking to work, focus on individual lifestyle...