THE LONG REVOLUTION OF THE GLOBAL SOUTH
The Long Revolution of the Global South
Toward a New Anti-Imperialist International
Samir Amin
MONTHLY REVIEW PRESS
New York
Copyright © 2019 by The Estate of Samir Amin
All Rights Reserved
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Names: Amin, Samir, author.
Title: The long revolution of the global south : toward a new anti-imperialist international / Samir Amin.
Other titles: Eveil du sud. English
Description: New York : Monthly Review Press, [2019] | “A large part of the material in this volume was previously published in French in 2008.” | Translation of: L’beveil du sud : l’aere de Bandoung, 1955-1980 :
panorama politique et personnel de l’bepoque. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019001468 (print) | LCCN 2019003986 (ebook) | ISBN 9781583677759 (trade) | ISBN 9781583677766 (institutional) | ISBN 9781583677742 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781583677735 (pbk.)
Subjects: LCSH: Afro-Asian politics. | Asian-African Conference (1st : 1955: Bandung, Indonesia) | Anti-imperialist movements—Developing countries. | Developing countries—Politics and government.
Classification: LCC DS33.3 (ebook) | LCC DS33.3 .A6513 2019 (print) | DDC 320.9172/4—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019001468
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Contents
Prologue: Successive Waves of the South’s Awakening
1. The Arab World: Nationalism, Political Islam, and the Predicted Arab Revolutions
2. Africa: African Socialisms, Colonial Disasters, and Glimmers of Hope
3. Asia: Triumphant Capitalism, Dead Ends, and Emergence in Question
4. Latin America: End of the Monroe Doctrine? Popular Advances
5. Eastern Europe, the USSR, and Russia: The End of the Tunnel?
6. China, Vietnam, and Cuba: Fears and Hopes
7. The World Forum for Alternatives and the Social Forums
8. The North and the Question of Imperialism
LIST OF ACRONYMS
| AAPSO | Afro-Asian Peoples’ Solidarity Organization | |
| ACP | African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States | |
| ADEMA | Alliance pour la démocratie au Mali | Alliance for Democracy in Mali |
| AfDB | African Development Bank | |
| AKFM | Party of the Congress for the Independence of Madagascar | |
| AKP Norway | Arbeidernes Kommunistparti | Workers’ Communist Party |
| ALBA | Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América | Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America |
| ANC South Africa | African National Congress | |
| APEC | Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation | |
| APRA Peru | Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana | Popular Revolutionary American Party |
| AQIM | Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb | |
| ARENA | Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives | |
| ATTAC | Association pour la taxation des transactions financières et pour l’action moyenne | Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions and for Citizen Action |
| AU | African Union | |
| BJP | Bharatiya Janata Party | Indian People’s Party |
| CEAO | Communauté économique de l’Afrique de l’ouest | Economic Community of West Africa |
| CEBRAP | Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento | Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning |
| CEDETIM | Centre d’études et d’initiatives de solidarité international | Center for International Solidarity Studies and Initiatives |
| CEMAC | Central African Economic and Monetary Community | |
| CETIM | Centre Europe-Tiers Monde | Europe-Third World Center |
| CETRI Belgium | Centre Tricontinental | Tricontinental Center |
| CLACSO | El Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales | The Latin American Council of Social Science |