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Articles by Immanuel Wallerstein

Mexico Confronts the Future with President-Elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Immanuel Wallerstein November 27, 2018 Immanuel Wallerstein

The left in Latin America in general has viewed AMLO’s victory as a renewed insurgence of the left after a decade of counter-revolution.

Is Trump in Political Trouble? An Analysis Ahead of the 2018 Midterm Elections

Immanuel Wallerstein August 6, 2018 Immanuel Wallerstein

This is the question that all anti-Trump individuals and groups are asking today, loudly and regularly. They are hoping of course for a positive answer, but they are not sure they will get one.

Two Cheers for Mexico’s López Obrador: A Great Victory for the Left

Immanuel Wallerstein July 16, 2018 Immanuel Wallerstein

The Latin American left has hailed López Obrador’s election, seeing in his victory a possibility of re-igniting the so-called pink tide in Latin America that had had many reverses in the last decade. The United States is clearly worried and unhappy. Trump is already trying to co-opt the president-elect.

A handout photograph from the German government shows a group of leaders at the Group of Seven summit, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Trump, in Canada on June 9, 2018. Jesco Denzel—EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

The G-7: A Demise to Celebrate

Immanuel Wallerstein June 18, 2018 Immanuel Wallerstein

Trump may have done us all the favor of destroying this last major remnant of the era of Western domination of the world-system. Of course, the demise of the G-7 will not mean that the struggle for a better world is over. Not at all. Those who back a system of exploitation and hierarchy will simply look for other ways of doing it.

The Politics of Muqtada al-Sadr’s Electoral Victory in Iraq

Immanuel Wallerstein June 5, 2018 Immanuel Wallerstein

On May 12, 2018, Muqtada al-Sadr’s list unexpectedly won a plurality in the Iraqi legislative elections. This event shook up the entire political situation in the Middle East. It was greeted in other countries with expressions both of surprise and of dismay – notably in the unusual parallel reactions of the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Iran.

Trumpism: The Political Art of the Insult

Immanuel Wallerstein May 21, 2018 Immanuel Wallerstein

Insults seem to be a tool defining Trumpism, one that the president uses constantly and with relish. The insults are part of a deliberate strategy which Trump thinks will best further his dominance of the U.S. and world scene and the implementing of his policies.

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