Tag Archives: contentious politics

A heuristic for Humala

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Jacob Bathanti

I’ve been pondering in recent weeks the inscrutability of Peru’s president Humala, a man without a clear political philosophy who governs Peru with a certain bland pragmatism. My impressions congealed watching him give a presidential address two weekends ago, at … Continue reading →

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Land bonds, peasant protest, and legitimacy in Puno

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Jacob Bathanti

I spent part of this morning at a meeting of campesinos from throughout Puno region, who had gathered at the region’s First Agrarian Forum, titled “Causes and Consequences of the Agrarian Reform.” The event itself was organized by a group … Continue reading →

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Misreading Chile: The mythos of Pinochet and the WSJ’s bad advice for Egypt

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Jacob Bathanti

A couple days ago, the second-worst editorial page in America weighed in on the tumult in Egypt. Of course the results were anodyne at best, and rather maliciously silly at worst: the piece praises the existence of Egypt’s “competing power centers” … Continue reading →

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Concern-trolling the Revolution

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Jacob Bathanti

A couple days ago David Rothkopf surveyed ongoing protests in Egypt, as well as Turkey and Brazil –  and found them wanting. Protesters, he claimed, are steadily revealing that they don’t know what it takes to enter the halls of … Continue reading →

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