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Monthly Archives: September 2020

Social Movements in Latin America: The Progressive Governments and Beyond Part 2

Sept 2020 Issue Editors: Ronaldo Munck and Kyla Sankey This second instalment of a social movements in Latin America dedicated issue develops some of the key themes from Issue 1. The progressive governments have faded and right wing regimes prevail but social movements continue. It takes up the complex interplay between the movements and the changing political domain. It examines the rural movements, the Workers’ Party of Brazil, feminism, the piqueteros of Argentina and the 2019 indigenous revolt in Ecuador.   TABLE OF CONTENTS | PURCHASE THIS ISSUE

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Paul Almeida’s book GLOBAL STRUGGLES AND SOCIAL CHANGE

From one of LAP's editors, Paul Almeida, a recent book on global struggles and social change co-authored with Christopher Chase-Dunn.  Good for updating material for those remote classes. GLOBAL STRUGGLES AND SOCIAL CHANGE From Prehistory to World Revolution in the Twenty-First Century Now available from JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS Christopher Chase-Dunn is a Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Riverside, where he is the director of the Institute for Research on World-Systems. He is the coauthor of Social Change: Globalization from the Stone Age to the Present. Paul Almeida is a professor of sociology at the University of California, Merced. He is the author of Social Movements: The Structure of Collective Mobilization. In the early decades of the twenty-first century, an international movement to slow the pace of climate change mushroomed across the globe. The self-proclaimed Climate Justice movement urges immediate action to reduce carbon emissions and calls for the adoption of bold new policies to address global warming before irreversible and catastrophic damage threatens the habitability of the planet. On another front, since the 1980s, multiple waves of resistance have occurred around the world against the uneven transition from state-led development to the neoliberal [...]

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Paul Almeida’s newly published book GLOBAL STRUGGLES AND SOCIAL CHANGE

From one of LAP's editors, Paul Almeida, a recent book on global struggles and social change co-authored with Christopher Chase-Dunn.  Good for updating material for those remote classes.   | September 10, 2020 GLOBAL STRUGGLES AND SOCIAL CHANGE From Prehistory to World Revolution in the Twenty-First Century Now available from JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS Christopher Chase-Dunn is a Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Riverside, where he is the director of the Institute for Research on World-Systems. He is the coauthor of Social Change: Globalization from the Stone Age to the Present. Paul Almeida is a professor of sociology at the University of California, Merced. He is the author of Social Movements: The Structure of Collective Mobilization. In the early decades of the twenty-first century, an international movement to slow the pace of climate change mushroomed across the globe. The self-proclaimed Climate Justice movement urges immediate action to reduce carbon emissions and calls for the adoption of bold new policies to address global warming before irreversible and catastrophic damage threatens the habitability of the planet. On another front, since the 1980s, multiple waves of resistance have occurred around the world against the uneven transition from state-led [...]

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Political Report # 1451 Letter from Friar Neto to his friends from abroad

Political Report # 1451   Letter from Friar Neto to his friends from abroad Carta do Frei Neto Aos Amigos E Amigas Do Exterior   Carta de Fray Neto a sus amigos del exterior Frei Betto   Frei Betto's Letter - The Brazilian drama encourages us to carry the Frei Betto Letter, addressed to citizens of other countries. We count on your participation in this journey. Carta de Frei Betto - O drama brasileiro nos incita a sermos portadores da Carta de Frei Betto, dirigida a cidadãos de outros paises.  Contamos com sua participação nesta jornada. Carta de Frei Betto - El drama brasileño nos anima a llevar la Carta de Frei Betto, dirigida a ciudadanos de otros países. Contamos con tu participación en este camino. In English: CONTINUE READING HERE > > > Posted by Latin American Perspectives at 12:25 PM 

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