The New Brazil

Raúl Zibechi: Raúl Zibechi is an international analyst for Brecha, a weekly journal in Montevideo, Uruguay, professor and researcher on social movements at the Multiversidad Franciscana de América Latina, and adviser to social groups. He is a monthly contributor to the Americas Policy Program and author of Genealogía de la Revuelta and La Mirada Horizontal. His first book-length work in English, Dispersing Power, was published by AK Press in 2010.Ramor Ryan: Ramor Ryan is an Irish writer and translator based in Chiapas, Mexico, and the author of Zapatista Spring: Anatomy of a Rebel Water Project & the Lessons of International Solidarity (AK Press, 2011). His book Clandestines: The Pirate Journals of an Irish Exile was published by AK Press in 2006.

Meet the new boss. A guide to shifting political and economic forces in an emerging world power.

Table of contents:IntroductionChapter 1 - The Return of Sub-imperialismThe political climate in Brazil during the 1970sMarini and the theory of sub-imperialismChapter 2 - The Widening of the Elite in PowerThe trajectory of the labor unionsUnionists in state positionsThe role of pension fundsA new class, or union capitalism?Chapter 3 - The Construction of a StrategyA history of plans and planningBrazil in three epochs: the country's CentenaryCentennial goalsWho's who in the strategic planChapter 4 - From the Strategy of Resistance to the Strategy of National DefenseThe national defense strategyA new military-industrial complexBehind the nuclear weaponChapter 5 - The Reorganization of Brazilian CapitalismThe reorganization beginsPetrobras, the crown jewelPetrobras and the export of ethanolInfrastructure and energy investmentState and capitalChapter 6 - Brazilian Multinationals in Latin AmericaThe internationalization of Brazilian companiesForeign investment in BrazilGreen-Yellow EntrepreneursChapter 7 - The New Conquest of the AmazonHydroelectric dams in the AmazonIIRSA: Integration by means of the marketsWinners and losersChapter 8 - Relations with Peripheral CountriesParaguay, the weakest neighborBolivia, gas and soybeansEcuador standing against Brazilian companiesThe 'strategic alliances': Argentina and VenezuelaIs Brazil creating its own 'backyard'?Chapter 9 - Towards a New Center and New PeripheriesNeither guardian nor dependentOngoing debatesA wide-open scenarioChapter 10 - The Anti-Systemic Movement within 'Brazil Power'Stagnation and decline of the movements of struggleThe "without": reconfiguration and changeAppendix 1: AcronymsAppendix 2: Major political parties in BrazilAppendix 3: Top corporationsMap IndexBibliography page 378, ends