Marxism in Latin America from 1909 to the Present

Michael Loewy is emeritus research director at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris. His books On Changing the World and the Politics of Combined and Uneven Development have been translated into twenty-nine languages.

""The purpose of this anthology of writings by Latin American Marxists is to provide a working tool for both students and activists. While including theoretical, sociological, historical, and economic writings, the majority of the documents center on political struggles throughout the continent. The anthology's method is historical, considering the evolution of Marxist thought in the context of social and political struggles during the different historical periods in Latin America, as well as in connection with developments in the international workers' movement. Of particular interest are hard-to-find documents from the early years of the Communist International; a number of important and previously untranslated texts by Jose Carlos Mariategui, widely considered the most important Marxist thinker of the Americas; documents from the 1932 revolt in El Salvador led by Farabundo Marti; and selections from the most dynamic elements of the Latin American left, including the Central American revolutionary movements, the Brazilian Workers Party, and liberation theologists." --African Sun Times (2001 "Best Picks")