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After the Pink Tide

Patrick Iber ▪ Winter 2019

To confront the newly powerful extreme right in Latin America, the left needs a clear-eyed understanding of its time in power.

Introducing the special section of our Winter issue.

Mexico’s Bid for Change

Carlos Bravo Regidor and Patrick Iber ▪ July 5, 2018

Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s landslide victory in Mexico’s presidential election reflects widespread dissatisfaction with the status quo—and a broad-based mandate to transform the country.

¿Una nueva esperanza para México?

Carlos Bravo Regidor and Patrick Iber ▪ May 16, 2018

Andrés Manuel López Obrador no es el demagogo que imaginan sus adversarios. Si se convierte en el próximo presidente de México, la pregunta más relevante es: ¿podrá llevar a cabo los cambios que el país requiere?

A New Hope for Mexico?

Carlos Bravo Regidor and Patrick Iber ▪ Spring 2018

Andrés Manuel López Obrador is hardly the demagogue of his critics’ imaginations. The more relevant question is: if he becomes Mexico’s next president, will he actually bring the changes the country needs?

Fidel Without Illusions

Patrick Iber ▪ December 3, 2016

Fidel Castro cloaked himself in protean myths. But learning from his life and the Cuba he governed requires looking past the mythologies to squarely face both the powers arrayed against him and the costs of the decisions he made to confront them.

Lessons from Latin America’s Pink Tide: A Forum

Patrick Iber ▪ June 13, 2016

As Latin America’s “pink tide” appears to ebb, Patrick Iber, Javier Buenrostro, Sujatha Fernandes, Bryan McCann, and Thea Riofrancos examine its lessons for democratic socialists in the region and abroad.

Populism and Democratic Socialism in Latin America: Reply

Patrick Iber ▪ June 13, 2016

Democratic socialism cannot emerge exclusively, or even primarily, from the grassroots—it implies the structuring of social resources in ways that require government action.

Karl Polanyi for President

Patrick Iber and Mike Konczal ▪ May 23, 2016

Whether they realize it or not, millions of Bernie Sanders supporters across the country have embraced a version of socialism developed by political economist Karl Polanyi in his 1944 classic, The Great Transformation. Dissent explains.

The Path to Democratic Socialism: Lessons from Latin America

Patrick Iber ▪ Spring 2016

Significant change to our political economy will require significant change to our structure of government. It is hard to see how to get there without some kind of “populist” moment, fraught with danger to other values we believe to be essential.