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Links and networking between Far-Right politicians all over the world are causing widespread alarm but the Left can also pool its own experience and offer inspiration as it seeks to turn the tide back towards justice, equality and human rights.
Dissidents of the International Left features interviews with progressives, leftists, liberals, leaders of social movements, dissidents, anarchists and feminists from across the globe. Their views, in their own words.
Lesser-known thinkers and activists have the same platform as the pre-eminent figures on the Left, giving a nuanced insight into the different strands of the international and domestic leftist currents pulsing throughout the world.
How have the Kurdish revolutionaries in Rojava ended up putting into practice US thinker Murray Bookchin's idea of libertarian municipalism? Why have the policies of Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch offended activists in North Africa? Are US military interventions ever justifiable from a leftist viewpoint?
'The discussions in this book can be a model for our future course. They provide an example of the best kind of globalization - globalization from below.' - John Feffer, Institute of Policy Studies
List of contents
Foreword by John Feffer
Introduction
North America
Kwame Anthony Appiah
Peter Beinart
Michael Berube
Noam Chomsky
Juan Cole
Bridget Conley
Glenn Greenwald
Michael Kazin
Michael Lerner
Sara Mersha
Jeffrey Sachs
George Scialabba
Stephen R Shalom
Meredith Tax
Michael Walzer
Bill Weinberg
Stephen Zunes
Africa
Hassan Avdullahi
Chidinma Perpetua Chikwelu
Sodfa Daaji
Farid Esack
Tesfagabir Ghebre-egziabiher
Leo Igwe
Lekan Latubosun
Mahmood Mamdani
Nyuon Susan Sebit
Fatou Sow
Alex de Waal
Latin America
Maria Teresa Blandon
Ana Maria Cofino
Alda Facio
Linda Farthing
Anabel Hernandez
Rosalva Aída Hernández Castillo
Thea Riofrancos
Gilda María Rivera Sierra
Juslene Tyresias
Gina Vargas
Alejandro Velasco
Middle East and Northern Africa
Hawzhin Azeez
Janet Biehl
Sarah Eltantawi
Yassin al-Haj Saleh
Anissa Helie
Marieme Helie Lucas
Gideon Levy
Houzan Mahmoud
Yanar Mohammed
Mouin Rabbani
Fawwaz Traboulsi
Robin Yassin-Kassab
South and East Asia
Javed Anand
Jieun Baek
Pervez Hoodbhoy
Malalai Joya
Harsh Kapoor
Chulani Kodikara
Moon Nay Li
Sokeel Park
Diep Saeeda
Amartya Sen
Teesta Setalvad
Mandira Sharma
Lee San Young
Europe
Nadezdha Azhgikhina
Predrag Kojovic
Sonja Licht
Roger Lippman
George Monbiot
Maryam Namazie
Pragna Patel
Gita Sahgal
Inna Shevchenko
Lino Veljak
Ed Vulliamy
Ian Williams
Stasa Zajovic
Afterword by Andy Heintz
About the author
Andy Heintz is a freelance writer based in the American Midwest. His work has been published in progressive media outlets in the United States, Europe, India and the Middle East, including Foreign Policy in Focus, the New Internationalist, Muftah, The Wire, Common Dreams, Secularism is a Women's Issue, Balkan Witness, Culture Project, Europe-Solidaire, and CounterVortex. Heintz specializes in writing about foreign policy issues, social movements, universal rights and international solidarity. He has written opinion columns that have appeared in a number of Midwestern newspapers and magazines. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism/mass communication from Kansas State University, in Manhattan, KS, USA.
Summary
Dissidents of the International Left features interviews with progressives, leftists, liberals, leaders of social movements, dissidents, anarchists and feminists from all over the world; their views, in their own words.
