The Future
The future is not what comes tomorrow, the time of the calendar. It is when our human journey breaks from the realism of capitalism and enters a structure that permits us to fully solve human…
Dossier / Global Region
Every month, we publish a dossier that showcases the research produced by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research as well as the global network of research institutes of which we are a part. The scope of the dossiers varies widely, from studying the conditions of the working class and peasantry around the world to analysing contemporary imperialist manoeuvres, building an archive of national liberation histories, and highlighting original field research and analyses produced by our team.
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The Anti-Feminist Agenda of the Latin American Far Right
An anti-gender crusade is sweeping across Latin America: the far right, religious fundamentalists, and transnational networks are mobilising to roll back feminist gains to consolidate political power.
The War on the Poor: Narcotics, Campesinos, and Capitalism
Far from tackling the narcotics trade, the War on Drugs has become an imperial tool to discipline defiant governments and advance counterrevolutionary agendas. Campesinos and the working class pay the price, while capital reaps the…
Imperialism Will Inevitably Be Defeated: The Re-Emergence of the Tricontinental Spirit
Sixty years after the Tricontinental Conference, its spirit still calls on us to radicalise and democratise our struggles for human dignity and collective emancipation.
The Environmental Crisis Is a Capitalist Crisis
One of humanity’s greatest challenges today is the environmental crisis, which threatens our very existence. Our latest dossier explores its class character, showing that the climate catastrophe is a product of capitalism’s relentless drive for…
How the World Looks from Tricontinental
In July 2015, social and political movements gathered for the Second Dilemmas of Humanity Conference and set in motion what would become Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. A decade later, we take stock of our…
NATO: The Most Dangerous Organisation on Earth
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is the only real military bloc in the world – one whose mandate and ambitions stretch far beyond the North Atlantic and, in fact, constitute the greatest threat to world…
The Bandung Spirit
In 1955, the leaders of former Global South colonies met in Bandung, Indonesia, brought together by a common spirit for national liberation and cooperation. Seventy years later, is there any trace of it left?
Imperialist War and Feminist Resistance in the Global South
Women creatively resist the impact of unilateral coercive measures (UCMs), a form of hyper-imperialist hybrid warfare that reinforces patriarchy and other forms of social discrimination.
The Joy of Reading
Reading and popular literacy programmes have played an important role in revolutionary processes, from the Mexican, Chinese, and Russian revolutions in the early twentieth century to today.
The False Concept of Populism and the Challenges facing the Left: A Conjunctural Analysis of Politics in the North Atlantic
Over the past 15 years, the term populism has widely been used to refer to political forces that seem to challenge the neoliberal consensus, but do these forces truly represent a break from neoliberalism?
Interrupted Emancipation: Women and Work in East Germany
This dossier looks at the history and unfinished work of women’s liberation in the German Democratic Republic, such as its achievements, legacy, and the challenges it faced.
The Churning of the Global Order
Based on original research carried out with Global South Insights, dossier no. 72 analyses the tectonic changes taking place in the world and the new mood in the Global South.