Arno Mayer Has Died. He Leaves Us an Unorthodox Marxism.
Historian Arno Mayer, who died this month at age 97, infused his work with a Marxism animated by attention to ideology, passion, and the open-endedness of history.
10 Articles by: Greg Grandin
Greg Grandin is a professor of history at Yale University. He is the author of seven books, including The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America, which won a Pulitzer Prize, and Empire's Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Making of an Imperial Republic, rereleased in a new and updated paperback edition in 2021.
Henry Kissinger: To Die at the Right Time
From Rockefeller to Nixon, then on to Reagan, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump, Kissinger’s service tracked the metaphysical evolution of American power. We all live now in the Kissingerian void. What horrors await?
The United States Has Used Latin America as Its Imperial Laboratory
Over the past two centuries, US imperial interventions have had a devastating impact on the peoples of Latin America. Those interventions have also played a crucial role in US domestic politics, enabling new power blocs to cohere and develop their strategies.
Ronald Reagan Made Central America a Killing Field
In the 1980s, the Reagan administration used Central America as a testing ground to rehabilitate US imperial “hard power” after defeat in Vietnam. The results were predictable: death squads, massacres, and murderous repression of left-wing movements.
A Few Tips on How to Understand Latin American Coups
From ousting of Árbenz to Allende and now Morales, Latin America has seen a lot of right-wing coups. Here’s historian Greg Grandin with some tips on how to understand what you’re seeing in Bolivia today.
“A Monument to Disenchantment”
In his new book, historian Greg Grandin shows why an expanding American empire has required an increasingly militarized border. And why America’s founding frontier myth is finally coming to an end.
The Vast, Stupid, Useless Wall
The United States’ dependence on the labor of immigrants is exactly what confirms their rights. And that’s the last thing the Donald Trumps of the world want to confront.
The Empire’s Amnesia
When it comes to imperialism, Latin America never forgets, and the United States never remembers.
War Without Reason
Henry Kissinger dismissed facts and data in favor of grandiose notions of moral power.
Capitalism and Slavery: An Interview with Greg Grandin
Our notions of freedom emerge from and depend on slavery.