The left strikes back
Subtitle: class conflict in Latin America in the age of neoliberalism
By: James Petras with Todd Cavaluzzi, Morris Morley, and Steve Vieux.
Contributors: Petras, James F., 1937-
Series: Latin American perspectives series ;; no. 19
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
Subjects: Social conflict -- Latin America; Latin America -- Economic policy; Latin America -- Politics and government -- 1980-; Latin America -- Relations -- United States; United States -- Relations -- Latin America
Description: The Left Strikes Back addresses the neglected topic of popular resistance to capital globalization and neoliberal policies and considers the future of the revolutionary left in this region. James Petras shows that the current stage of capital globalization and the weakening of the ability of established popular groups to defend themselves have generated an important organized response on the part of those whose standard of living is most undermined and threatened by the process.

The book argues convincingly that we can now see the emerging forms of resistance in new, popular organizations that, while frequently local and provincial, nevertheless have developed an international consciousness. By discussing their spatial-economic focus, social base, style of political action, and political perspective, The Left Strikes Back both identifies and differentiates the different waves of the left.

Further, it presents data documenting the growth, contradictions, and political challenges that confront these burgeoning sociopolitical movements.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.