| LETTERS | 2 |
| TAKING NOTE: Decision Time for the Caribbean | 3 |
| Theodore, Steve Cupid | |
| Introductory Essay: Empire and Dissent | 4 |
| Rosen, Fred | |
| Empire, Hegemony and Globalization in the Americas | 8 |
| Knight, Alan | |
| Inclusion through Autonomy: Zapatistas and Dissent | 12 |
| Harvey, Neil | |
| Empire of Knowledge | 17 |
| Salvatore, Ricardo D. | |
| Venezuela: Defying Globalization's Logic | 20 |
| Ellner, Steve | |
| Cuba: New Partners and Old Limits | 25 |
| Spenser, Daniela | |
| A Southern Route from West to East | 28 |
| Abraham, Itty | |
| Can Democracy Challenge Empire in Lula's Brazil? | 32 |
| Rubin, Jeffrey W. | |
| "The Emerging ""Threat"" of Radical Populism" | 37 |
| Gilly, Adolfo | |
| ¡Bolivia de Pie! | 40 |
| Ballvé, Teo | |
| IN BRIEF | 48 |
| TRACKING THE ECONOMY: Venezuela's Economic Performance | 52 |
| Weisbrot, Mark |
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