| Newsbriefs | 1 |
| Letters | 4 |
| Taking Note | 5 |
| DM | |
| Toward a Strategy of Resistance | 6 |
| Zamora, Rubén | |
| Chiapas and the Mexican Crisis | 10 |
| León, Antonio Garcia de | |
| INTRODUCTION TO HOPE The Left in Local Politics | 14 |
| The Crucible of Local Politics | 15 |
| Fox, Jonathan | |
| The Frente Amplio in Montevideo | 20 |
| Winn, Peter | |
| THE EMERGENCE OF THE FRENTE AMPLIO | 23 |
| Winn, Peter | |
| The Workers Party in Rural Brazil | 27 |
| Nylen, William R. | |
| The PT Experience in Porto Alegre | 29 |
| Tavares, Ricardo | |
| FMLN Mayors in 15 Towns | 33 |
| Lungo, Mario | |
| MAS and the Causa R in Regional Power | 37 |
| Ellner, Steve | |
| LOCAL ROADS TO POWER | 39 |
| Ellner, Steve | |
| Reviews | 48 |
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