During the past fifteen years, a new political reality has been created in Latin America, a consequence of popular movements that have brought to power Leftist/progressive governments that are seeking national and regional autonomy from the structures of the neocolonial world-system. This phenomenon represents a renewal of twentieth century Latin American nationalist anti-imperialist movements that began with the Mexican Revolution and that reached their previous high point in the 1960s, in the aftermath of the triumph of the Cuban Revolution.
In seeking to understand this Latin American quest for autonomous development and genuine independence, readers of the list may find useful my posts since February 3 on the Mexican Revolution. The posts
include: The Mexican Revolution (2/3/2014); Liberal reform and the Porfirian era (2/4/2014); Peasant armies occupy Mexico City, 2014 (2/5/2014); Zapata (2/6/2014); Pancho Villa (2/7/2014); A peasant-worker alliance from above (2/10/2014); The consolidation of reform from above (2/11/2011); The new Mexican bourgeoisie of 1920 (2/12/2014); The Morelos commune (2/13/2014); The proletariat and the Mexican Revolution (2/14/2014); Flores Magón and the petit bourgeoisie (2/17/2014); The legacy of the Mexican Revolution (2/18/2014); and Lessons of the Mexican Revolution (2/19/2014).
Look for the blog at the Global Learning Website, "The View from the South: Commentaries on world events from the Third World perspective." Find it at http://www.globallearning-cuba.com/blog-the-view-from-the-south.html.
Charles McKelvey
Professor Emeritus
Presbyterian College
Clinton, South Carolina
Research Affiliate
Center for US and Hemispheric Studies
University of Havana
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