Benjamin Dangl is the editor of Toward Freedom. He has worked as a journalist throughout Latin America for over a decade, and is the author, most recently, of Dancing with Dynamite: Social Movements and States in Latin America (AK Press). He teaches journalism at Champlain College and is a doctoral candidate in Latin American history at McGill University.
Below are the collected articles Dangl has written for Toward Freedom:
After Empowering the 1% and Impoverishing Millions, IMF Admits Neoliberalism a Failure
Openings and Labyrinths of Latin America’s Left
Defying the Spies: Free Thought as Resistance in the Age of Surveillance
How Bernie Sanders and Occupy Wall Street Cracked Open America’s Political Imagination
The Right Rises Up as Latin American Left Faces Setbacks
Inequality and Lack of Democracy Take Center Stage in Today’s Divided World
The Horizon of Evo Morales’ Long Decade in Power: Implications of Bolivia’s Referendum Results
Photo Essay: Burlington, VT Greets Trump’s Hate With Boisterous Protests
While Left Governments in South America Face Setbacks, Gains of Progressive Period Likely to Endure
Dancing with Dynamite in Latin America: Looking Back at Half a Decade of Political Struggle
Why We Need to Ditch Austerity and Take on the Global 1%
Bolivia’s Contested Process of Change: Views From a Regional Election
Bolivia: A Country That Dared to Exist
Decolonizing Bolivia’s History of Indigenous Resistance: An Interview with Elisa Vega Sillo
The Power of the Spectacle: Evo Morales’ Inauguration in Tiwanaku, Bolivia
Why the US is the Biggest Threat to World Peace
Who Rules the World? How a Concentration of Wealth and Political Power Undermines Democracy
Photo Essay: Thousands March in El Alto, Bolivia Demanding Justice for 2003 Gas War Massacre
Beyond Evo Morales’ Electoral Victory: A View from La Paz, Bolivia
Elections in Bolivia: Interviews with Voters in the Streets and at the Polls
Why Evo Morales Will Likely Win Upcoming Elections in Bolivia
Uruguay’s Legalization of Marijuana Makes Sense in a Senseless Drug War
Giant Corporations Want to Control All of Your Beer
After the Climate Movement: Ecology and Politics in the 21st Century
Overkill: How the Pentagon Militarized the US Police Force
Washington Should Follow Latin America’s Lead in Condemning Israel’s War on Palestine
Capitalism’s Bullets in Latin America: Invisible Empires, State Power and 21st Century Colonialism
A Step Toward Justice in the Long “War on Terror”: Uruguay Offers to Welcome Guantanamo Detainees
Chile’s Student Movement Leads the Way: Progressive Prospects for Michelle Bachelet’s Second Term
The Government and the Street in Bolivia: An Interview with Julieta Ojeda of Mujeres Creando
Lo Que No Escuchó el Imperio: Espionaje de EE.UU. y Resistencia en Latinoamérica
What the Empire Didn’t Hear: US Spying and Resistance in Latin America
Using the Cold War: The Truman Administration’s Response to the Bolivian National Revolution
What Chávez Left Behind: The Streets of a Continent and a Bolivarian Revolution of Everyday Life
Connecting the Struggles: Regional Activists Greet New England Governors’ Conference with Protests
Paraguay’s Bitter Harvest: Multinational Corporations Reap Benefits from Coup Government
A Coup Over Land: The Resource War Behind Paraguay’s Crisis
Inside Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution: An Interview with Pablo Navarrete
Connecting the Movements: Filmmaker Sam Mayfield Discusses Wisconsin Rising Documentary
Out of the Backyard: New Latin American and Caribbean Bloc Defies Washington
Occupying Burlington, Vermont: A Photo Essay
Showdown in Peru: Indigenous Communities Kick Out Canadian Mining Company
Let Me Speak! A Bolivian Woman Miner’s Revolutionary Life
The Andean Connection: Tracking the Drug War’s Coca Leaves and Failed Policies
Grassroots Solutions to American Crises: From Collapse to Action
Hope in the Andes: What Ollanta Humala’s Victory Means for Peru
Blood in the Amazon: Brazilian Activists Murdered as Deforestation Increases
Latin America and the US: Social Movements Are the Engines of Change
Governing by Obeying the People: Bolivia’s Politics of the Street
Direct Action in Hard Times: Activist Strategies from Brazil to Wisconsin
People’s Power: Participatory Budgeting from Brazil to Chicago
The Human Faces of Latin America’s Cold War
Understanding Empire in Latin America
The Tyranny of Soy Agribusiness in Paraguay
The Ambassador Has No Clothes: WikiLeaks Cable Lays Bare Washington’s Stance Toward Bolivia
Video – Dancing with Dynamite in South America: Social Movements and States
When Citizens Are Merely Political Spectators They Get Rolled Over by the Political Class
The Future of Latin America’s Leftist Movements
Ecuador’s Challenge: Rafael Correa and the Indigenous Movements
Dancing with Dynamite: Social Movements and States in Latin America
Chile’s Ghosts: The Tyranny of Forgetting
Pachamama and Progress: Conflicting Visions for Latin America’s Future
Dread and Redemption: A History of Monstrous Mexico City
Political Beer in Venezuela: Chávez Looks to Nationalize Major Brewery
Danish Brewers Fight for Right to Drink Beer on the Job
Paraguayan Farmers Mobilize for Agrarian Reform
U.S. Bases in Colombia Rattle the Region
Celebrating Compromises in Uruguay: Mujica Inaugurated as President
Coca Leaves, Chicha and Beer Globalization in Latin America
Beer Battles: Workers in Belgium Take on Brewing Giant
Democracy in Honduras: Chronicle of a Death Foretold
The Speed of Change: Bolivian President Empowered by Re-Election
Turning Activists Into Voters in Uruguay: Frente Amplio and José Mujica
Unpredictable Futures: Stories From Worker-Run Factories in Argentina
From Chile to Guatemala: A Gringo in Latin America
US Establishes Military Bases in Colombia as Honduran Crisis Continues
The Road to Zelaya’s Return: Money, Guns and Social Movements in Honduras
Justice Follows Direct Action: Former Boss of Occupied Factory Jailed
Throwing Bullets at Failed Policies: US Plans For New Bases in Colombia
Reclaiming a Continent: Latin American Experiments in Democracy
Why We Should All Boycott Union Busting Beer Corporations
Dissecting Utopia: New Book Assesses Latin American Left
Argentina: Turning Around – Interview with Mark Dworkin & Melissa Young
Showdown in Honduras: The Rise and Uncertain Future of the Coup
Next on the Endangered Species List: Your Hometown Newspaper
Grassroots Lessons From Latin America: An Interview with Michael Fox
Diplomacy Underground: Tunnel Proposed to Grant Bolivia Access to Sea
Paraguay: Protests and Rubber Bullets Greet Return of Dictatorship Criminal
Argentina Remembers: Marches Mark 33rd Anniversary of Military Coup
Latin America Changes: Hunger Strikes in Bolivia, Summits in the Caribbean
Beyond Elections in the Americas: An Interview with Michael Fox
Decolonization’s Rocky Road: Corruption, Expropriation and Justice in Bolivia
Grassroots Beer Brewers Score a Victory in Utah
Mexico Unconquered: Reviewing a People’s History of Power and Revolt
Bolivia: Morales Enacts New Constitution in El Alto
Bolivia Looking Forward: New Constitution Passed, Celebrations Hit the Streets
From Bolivia’s Streets: What Voters Think About the New Constitution
Bolivia: After Rallies for New Constitution, Morales Nationalizes Oil Company
Spilling Ink Instead of Blood: Bolivia Poised to Vote on New Constitution
¿Sí o No? Bolivians Mobilize for National Vote on New Constitution
Firing The Boss: An Interview with Chicago Factory Occupation Organizer
Finding Common Ground in Crisis: Social Movements in South America and the US
Workers Occupy Chicago Factory: Echoes of Argentina’s Worker Uprising
Confronting the Military Industrial Complex
Vermonters Stand Up to War Profiteer General Dynamics
Bolivia: Congress Approves Referendum on Constitution
Latin America Censored: Toward Freedom Editor Receives Project Censored Award
Cooperation as Rebellion: Creating Sustainable Agriculture in Paraguay
The Machine Gun and The Meeting Table: Bolivian Crisis in a New South America
Revolution! New Book Charts Roller Coaster Ride of South American Left
Beyond Voting: Guerrilla Gardeners, Outlaw Bicyclists & Pirate Programmers
Communication Breakdown: How Cell Phones Hurt Communities
Total Recall in Bolivia: Divided Nation Faces Historic Vote
Polarizing Bolivia: Santa Cruz Votes for Autonomy
Vermont Peace Activists Occupy General Dynamics Weapons Plant
Brewing Trouble: How to Drink Beer and Save the World
New Versus Old Right in Paraguay’s Presidential Election
Undermining Bolivia: A Landscape of Washington Intervention
New Hampshire: A Report from the Streets and Campaign Offices on Primary Day
Fear and Loathing in Bolivia: New Constitution, Polarization
Radio Report: Upheaval in Bolivia, Empire in Latin America
New Politics in Old Bolivia: Public Opinion and Evo Morales
Radio Report: Protests in Bolivia Over New Constitution Leave Three Dead
Occupational Insurrection: An Interview With Nate Jones
City of Terror: Painting Paraguay’s ‘casbah’ as terror central
The U.S. ‘War on Drugs’ Is an Assault on South America’s Poorest
Paraguay: A Laboratory for Latin America’s New Militarism
Nationwide Protests Rock Peru, Bush Seeks Allies in Latin America
Behind the fire: Ben Dangl on struggles in Latin America
Pirates in Paradise: Reviews of Seven Books for Summer Reading
Cerámica de Cuyo: A Profile of Worker Control in Argentina
Teatro Trono: Youth Theater in Bolivia
Is Washington on the retreat across South America?
Soy cultivation spells doom for Paraguayan campesinos
Bolivia’s Dance With Evo Morales
Inside Latin America’s Left Turn: An Interview with Ben Dangl
Introduction to The Price of Fire: Resource Wars and Social Movements in Bolivia
The Dark Side of Bolivia’s Half Moon
Land as a Center of Power in Bolivia
Tin War in Bolivia: Conflict Between Miners Leaves 17 Dead
From a Jail to a Community Radio Station: Revolution in Venezuela Made Tangible
Project Censored: Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007
Rapping in Aymara: Bolivian Hip Hop as an Instrument of Struggle
Latin America Now: An Interview with Raúl Zibechi
The US Military Descends on Paraguay
1491: The Truth About the Americas Before Columbus
The Wealth Underground: Bolivian Gas in State and Corporate Hands
Interview with Celia Martinez of a Worker-Controlled Factory in Argentina
Bolivia, Evo Morales and the Progressive Mandate in Latin America
Latin America’s Leftist Shift: Hopes and Challenges
In the Name of the War on Terror: Bolivian Human Rights Leader Barred from Entering the U.S.
The World Social Forum and the Streets in Caracas, Venezuela
Alive in Baghdad: An Interview with Brian Conley
The Social Architecture of Caracas
The Crisis in US and World Media and the Growing Movement for Media Democracy
Toward Freedom Goes to the World Social Forum and More!
The Vietnam War: Getting Behind the Spitting Image
Vermont: Most Likely to Secede
Showdown in the Andes: Bolivian Election Likely to Shift Latin America Further to Left
Human Rights Violations in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
Eyes on US Troops in Paraguay as Bolivian Election Nears
Unembedded Reporting From Iraq: An Interview with Dahr Jamail
Operation Latin American Freedom
Diverse Anti-war Protests Largest in DC Since Vietnam
U.S. Military in Paraguay Prepares to “Spread Democracy”
Worker Unions in Iraq: An Interview with Amjad Aljawhary
Keys to Understanding Bolivia: An Interview with Oscar Olivera