New Histories of the Latin American Left

Session Submission Type: Panel

Abstract

The twentieth-century Latin American left was much more complex than many accounts imply. Many revolutionaries combined analysis of class relations with incisive attacks on ethnic, gender, and other oppressions while seeking to build more democratic organizations, coalitions, and societies. And while usually internationalist in orientation, many leftists tried to adapt ideology to their particular national contexts. Furthermore, the left was not static, and was not shaped by its formal leadership alone. By highlighting the human decisions and actions at the heart of these processes, the panel will contribute to a new social history of the Latin American left.

Sub Track

• Civil Society and Social Movements

Session Organizer

• Kevin A Young, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Chair

• Diana Carolina Sierra Becerra

Individual Presentations

• Indigenous Movements in the Eye of the Hurricane - Marc Becker, Truman State University

• Anti-Colonial Struggle and Leftist Politics: The Relationship between the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, the Communist Party of Puerto Rico, and the Communist Party USA, 1940-1955 - Margaret M Power, Illinois Institute of Technology

• Izquierdas bolivianas y luchas campesinas e indígenas: Hacia una historia más completa - Kevin A Young, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

• For Our Total Emancipation: Revolutionary Feminism and the Association of Salvadoran Women, 1978-1987 - Diana Carolina Sierra Becerra

Discussant

• Alberto Aldo Marchesi, Universidad de la República