1st Edition
Revolutionary Violence and the New Left Transnational Perspectives
Leading figures and rising stars in the field present the first contribution explaining the transnational nature of the revolutionary violence of the New Left. Focusing on the processes of dissemination of ideologies and mobilization of ideas and repertoires of action among the revolutionary organizations of the New Left in Latin America, Europe, and the United States, this book contributes to our understanding of the dynamics of the New Left wave and, at the same time, helps explain the "why" of the emergence of very similar armed leftist groups in vastly different geographical and political contexts.
Foreword Peter Waldmann Introduction – The Third Wave in Latin America, Europe, and the United States Alberto Martín Alvarez and Eduardo Rey Tristán 1. Reflections on the Third Wave: 15 Years Later David C. Rapoport Part 1: The Cuban Revolution and the Origins of the Third Wave 3. The Cuban Connection: The Departamento América and the Latin American Revolutions (1959–1998) Dirk Kruijt 4. The Beginnings of the Revolutionary Wave in Latin America, 1960–1967: Reflections on the Influence and Adaptation of the Cuban Model in Guatemala, Venezuela, and Peru Eduardo Rey Tristán Part 2: On the Crest of the Wave: Processes of Diffusion in Latin America, Europe, and the United States 5. The Legitimization of Latin American Guerrilla Warfare in Italian Radical Catholicism and in the Extra-Parliamentary Left Guido Panvini 6. The Role of Left-Wing Editors in the Diffusion of the New Left Wave: The Case of Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Eduardo Rey Tristán and Guillermo Gracia 7. Hitler’s Children? German Terrorism as Part of the Transnational ‘New Left Wave’ Petra Terhoeven 8. The Third World and the Debate on Armed Struggle in the Frente Popular de Liberación (Spain, 1958-1965) Eudald Cortina Orero Part 3: Building a Transnational Imagined Community 9. Transnational Frames of Injustice: The New Left’s Criticism of State Repression in Italy, France, and the United States Luca Falciola 10. Black Liberation and New Left Militancy: A Case of Transmission through Cross-Type Diffusion Daniel Kaiser and Holger Marcks 11. Ripples in the Wave of Central American Revolutionary Movements Alberto Martín Alvarez Conclusions Alberto Martín Alvarez and Eduardo Rey Tristán
Biography
Alberto Martín Alvarez is Full Professor and Researcher in Political Sociology at the Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. José María Luis Mora in Mexico. His research focuses on political violence, revolutionary movements and the history of the left during the 20th Century.
Eduardo Rey Tristán is Professor and Researcher of Latin American History at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. His research has focused on the theme of political violence, revolutions and guerrilla movements in Latin America during the 20th Century.
"El libro constituye el primer intento de construir una perspectiva global sobre la emergencia y desarrollo de la izquierda armada...lejos de limitarse a un ejercicio de indagación histórica, este libro atesora lecciones para el entendimiento del terrorismo y la insurgencia a escala global...." - Guillermo Mira Delli Zotti, América Latina Hoy
"Este volumen es un ingente esfuerzo que reúne a investigadores expertos ... con el fin de mostrar la importancia que tuvo la tercera ola de violencia revolucionaria...esta reflexión también puede darnos pistas para comprender la cuarta ola de violencia revolucionaria en la que hoy estamos inmersos." - Salvador Martí i Puig, Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals
