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NACLA at 50: Looking Forward, Looking Back

Editors’ Note

Editorial
NACLA at 50
Laura Weiss
Pages: 216-218
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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Part I. On the Magazine

Introduction
NACLA, 1967-2002
Longtime editor Fred Rosen’s reflections on NACLA’s history for our 35th Anniversary Report (Volume 36, Issue 3, 2002) became a seminal text and resource on the meanings and challenges of doing solidarity work with a critical edge. It has informed activists and scholars ever since. Here, we present an abridged version.
Fred Rosen
Pages: 219-228
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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NACLA in the 21st Century
Amid dramatic shifts in the media landscape over the last 15 years, NACLA has weathered the storm, continuing to bring together North-South solidarity movements and hard-hitting political-economic analysis both in print and online.
Christy Thornton
Pages: 229-232
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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Part II. On the Issues Wars, Cold and Dirty

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Salvador Allende: A Pueblo Unido?
Salvador Allende stands as a symbol of those who gave up their lives for the cause of social justice. But in 1971, his and the Unidad Popular’s struggles to transform Chile remained largely unknown to foreign audiences. Saul Landau’s interview with the socialist president in the pages of NACLA helped change that.
Steven Volk
Pages: 233-234
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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Allende Interview
Saul Landau
Pages: 235-239
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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Darkness and Dictatorship
By 1979, much of the southern cone had fallen to right-wing military dictatorships in an era defined by militarist anti-communism, the defeat of the working class movement, and the emergence of neoliberalism. “The Long Night of the Generals” captured that moment's overwhelming terror.
Greg Grandin
Pages: 240-241
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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The Long Night of the Generals
VOLUME 13, ISSUE 2, 1979
Amalia Bertoli, Roger Burbach, David Hathaway, Robert High & Eugene Kelly
Pages: 241-246
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Part II. On the Issues Central American Crucible

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Nicaragua: Snapshots of a Revolution
Amid the terror of the dirty wars, Sandinismo's victory over Somoza was a reminder of the hope and promise of militant resistance against enormous odds. NACLA's coverage of the uprising—in text and in photos—remains a testament to the power of progressive journalism at the height of Cold War aggression.
Fred Rosen
Page: 247
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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Nicaragua
Susan Meiselas’ memorable photos from key moments of the Nicaraguan Revolution are a testament to the history of struggle and strength that empowered the Sandinista movement against dictatorship in the late 1970s.
Susan Meiselas
Pages: 248-251
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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El Salvador: Blood and Solidarity
Throughout the bitter 12-year conflict between leftist insurgents and a U.S.-backed military dictatorship in El Salvador, NACLA served as a voice of conscience and dissent from the belly of empire.
Hilary Goodfriend
Page: 252
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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On NACLA's delegations
Janet Shenk
Pages: 253-254
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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There’s a War Going On
VOLUME 14, ISSUE 4, 1980
Bob Armstrong
Pages: 257-260
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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El Salvador: The New and the Old War
VOLUME 19, ISSUE 3, 1985
Janet Shenk
Pages: 260-261
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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Active Engagement: The Legacy of Central America Solidarity
VOLUME 28, ISSUE 5, 1995
Van Gosse
Pages: 261-263
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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Guatemala: War, Continued
Thirty years after NACLA first reported on Efraín Ríos Montt’s genocide in Guatemala, its revelations stand the test of time.
Pamela Yates
Pages: 264-265
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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The War Goes On
VOLUME 17, ISSUE 2, 1983
George Black, Milton Jamail & Norma Stoltz Chinchilla
Pages: 265-267
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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Part II. On the Issues Neoliberal Nightmares

Article
Capitalismo Salvaje
Just as the horrors of wars cold, hot, and dirty appeared to be ebbing, a new and overwhelming terror spread fast and violent. From the start, the links between Cold War terror and neoliberal hegemony were never lost on NACLA.
Oscar Ugarteche
Pages: 268-269
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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Neoliberalism and Its Discontents
VOLUME 26, ISSUE 4, 1993
Germán Sánchez Otero
Pages: 269-271
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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An Era of Terror
Peru’s “dirty war” brought the worst of Cold War militarism and neoliberal violence together in a lethal mix with lasting effects. Nearly two decades after Alberto Fujimori’s downfall, democracy remains tenuous.
Jo-Marie Burt
Pages: 272-273
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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Peru: ‘Dirty War’ In Ayacucho
VOLUME 17, ISSUE 3, 1983
Carol Barton
Pages: 274-276
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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Part II. On the Issues Colombia’s Road to Peace?

Article
War and Peace
While other civil wars in the region formally ended in the 1990s, Colombia’s morphed and mutated into the new millennium. As it did while covering the conflict, NACLA now stands poised to bring a critical eye to an incipient, and fragile, peace.
Winifred Tate
Pages: 277-278
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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The Evolution of The FARC: A Guerrilla Group’s Long History
VOLUME 34, ISSUE 2, 2000
Alfredo Molano
Pages: 279-283
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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Part II. On the Issues Left Turns

Article
The Brazilian Workers’ Party and the Challenges of the Left
Over the past half-century, NACLA’s coverage of Brazil, from the magazine’s founding in the heat of the Brazilian dictatorship to the rise and fall of the Workers’ Party, has encouraged solidarity and critical analysis of the country’s Left.
James N. Green
Pages: 284-286
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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Liberalization on Trial: The Workers’ Movement
VOLUME 13, ISSUE 3, 1979
James N. Green
Pages: 286-292
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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Lula: ‘We can take power’
VOLUME 24, ISSUE 1, 1990
Bill Hinchberger & Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Pages: 292-293
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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Breaking and Keeping with the Past in Venezuela
When Hugo Chávez was elected in 1998, few could predict that neoliberalism’s greatest threat would emerge from stalwart U.S. ally Venezuela. Fewer still could envision the scope of its current crisis. From the start, NACLA’s coverage offered a balance of cautious hope and healthy skepticism on the promises of Chavismo
Alejandro Velasco
Pages: 294-295
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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Magical Illusions or Revolutionary Magic? Chávez in Historical Context
VOLUME 33, ISSUE 6, 2000
Fernando Coronil
Pages: 296-300
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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Evo Morales: Hope and Disillusion
At the height of the Pink Tide, Evo Morales swept into office as Bolivia’s first Indigenous president promising a socialist revolution. Despite dramatic advances, Morales’ drive to remain in power after 12 years raises difficult questions for the Left. Longtime Naclista Linda Farthing revisits her 2009 interview with scholar Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui in search of lessons from Bolivia’s turn left.
Linda Farthing
Pages: 301-302
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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Everything is Up for Discussion: A Conversation with Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui
VOLUME 40, ISSUE 4, 2009
Linda Farthing & Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui
Pages: 302-306
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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Introduction: How Pink Is the ‘Pink Tide?’
VOLUME 40, ISSUE 2, 2007
Elisabeth Jay Friedman
Pages: 306-307
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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Part II. On the Issues Climate: A Building Storm

Article
Violence against People, Violence against Nature
The roots of capitalism-driven environmental catastrophe extend far deeper than most acknowledge. As NACLA’s coverage has long argued, today’s climate struggles originate in the colonial era.
Nicole Fabricant & Bret Gustafson
Pages: 308-309
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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The Conquest of NATURE 1492-1992
Page: 310
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Part II. On the Issues Drug Wars

Article
Against Official Discourse
The War of Drugs was always far more about advancing capitalism than battling narcotics. Unsurprisingly, civilians have borne the brunt of the conflict, but its reach extends into all facets of life and politics in the region, as NACLA has long documented.
Dawn Paley
Pages: 311-312
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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Drug War: A Quietly Escalating Failure
VOLUME 26, ISSUE 5, 1993
Kate Doyle
Pages: 313-317
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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Part II. On the Issues Immigration and Labor

Article
Border Wars
Though often cast as a break with the past, Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant crusade represents continuity with decades of U.S. border policy. Longtime Naclista Judy Hellman zooms in on a watershed moment in NACLA’s coverage of Mexican migration north of the border.
Judith Adler Hellman
Pages: 318-319
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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Borderless Economy, Barricaded Border
VOLUME 33, ISSUE 3, 1999
Peter Andreas
Pages: 320-325
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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The Right to Migrate, The Right to Stay Home
Among capital’s great, terrible advantages over labor in the era of “free trade” is its ability to move unbounded across the world while restricting workers from doing the same.
David Bacon
Pages: 326-327
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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Stories from the Borderlands
VOLUME 39, ISSUE 1, 2005
David Bacon
Pages: 327-328
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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Displaced People: NAFTA’s Most Important Product
VOLUME 41, ISSUE 5, 2008
David Bacon
Pages: 328-330
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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Immigration Reform: Keeping up the Pressure
VOLUME 43, ISSUE 2, 2010
Alfonso Gónzalez
Page: 330
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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Five Decades of Organizing, Five Decades of NACLA
Guadalupe Castillo has spent decades working a Chicana organizer embedded in struggles affecting Latin America and the Latinx United States. What does NACLA bring to activists and organizers across generations?
Todd Miller & Guadalupe Castillo
Pages: 331-332
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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Part II. On the Issues Cuba

Article
Adjusting to a Changing World
For years, Cuba was a topic barely touched by NACLA. After the Special Period, that all changed. What’s next?
William M. LeoGrande
Pages: 333-334
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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Life in the Special Period
VOLUME 29, ISSUE 2, 1995
Mirta Rodríguez Calderón
Pages: 334-336
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Cuba’s Economic Conundrum
VOLUME 29, ISSUE 2, 1995
Manuel Pastor & Andrew Zimbalist
Pages: 336-337
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A Cuban Spring?
VOLUME 46, ISSUE 1, 2013.
Roger Burbach
Pages: 337-338
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Cuba After the Gold Rush
VOLUME 48, ISSUE 3, 2016
Sarah Stephens
Pages: 338-339
Published online: 18 Oct 2018
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Part II. On the Issues Puerto Rico: Colonialism Lives On

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Liberating Puerto Rico
NACLA, in partnership with other key solidarity organizations, has captured some key moments in Puerto Rican history during the past half century. NACLA must continue to serve as an outlet for news on Puerto Rican resistance to disaster capitalism and U.S. imperialism.
Ricardo Gabriel
Pages: 340-341
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Vieques: Island Battle Zone
VOLUME 12, ISSUE 6, 1978
Maisie McAdoo
Pages: 341-343
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People Before Debt
VOLUME 28, ISSUE 2, 2016
Marisol Lebrón
Pages: 343-345
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Part III. Reflections

Article
NACLA Archives in the Classroom
The NACLA Archive of Latin Americana plays an important role in countering mainstream historic narratives, providing a direct window into histories of resistance and an invaluable tool for educating a new generation of activists and engaged scholars.
Kate Reed
Pages: 347-348
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