South-South Solidarity and the Latin American Left

Jessica Stites Mor (Author)

9780299336103

Hardback, published 28 February 2022

280 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.528 kg

Transnational solidarity movements often play an important role in reshaping structures of global power. However, there remains a significant gap in the historical literature on collaboration between parties located in the Global South. Facing increasing repression, the Latin American left in the 1960s and 1970s found connection in transnational exchange, organizing with distant activists in Africa, the Middle East, and the Caribbean. By exploring the particularities of South-South solidarity, this volume begins new conversations about what makes these movements unique, how they shaped political identities, and their lasting influence.

Jessica Stites Mor looks at four in-depth case studies: the use of legal reform to accomplish the goals of solidarity embedded in Mexico's revolutionary constitution, visual and print media circulated by Cuba and its influence on the agenda of the Afro-Asian block at the United Nations, organizing on behalf of Palestinian nationalism in reshaping Argentina's socialist left, and the role of Latin American Catholic activists in challenging the South African apartheid state. These examples serve as a much-needed road map to navigate our current political climate and show us how solidarity movements might approach future struggles.

• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Acknowledgments
• List of Abbreviations
• Introduction: How We Think about Solidarity
• 1. South-South Solidarity and the Revolutionary Latin American State
• 2. Rendering Solidarity: Tricontinentalist Culture at the United Nations
• 3. "Nuestros Palestinos!" and Representational Solidarity in the Southern Cone
• 4. Latin American Liberation Theology in Southern Africa
• Conclusion: South-South Solidarity and History at a Crossroads
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index