Latin America. Year 514 : globalization for whom? -- Latin America and U.S. foreign policy -- Democracy and development : their enemies, their hopes -- Latin American and Caribbean unity -- North America. "Good news," Iraq and beyond -- Free elections, good news and bad -- Century's challenges -- Turning point? -- Elections 2008 : hope confronts the real world -- Obama on Israel-Palestine -- The torture memos -- 1989 and beyond.
Summary:
Chomsky shows how direct participation in action in the United States, Latin America, Bolivia, and Haiti in particular has put into practice a different model of democracy that could portend more far-reaching, badly needed changes.
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