Interview with Immanuel Wallerstein: The Inevitable Decline of the American Empire
By Raúl Zibechi
In the course of his visit to the Southern Cone of South America, the American sociologist Immanuel Wallerstein spoke on one of his favorite subjects: the end of the United States’ hegemony—which, he believes, will be definitive within the next decade. But he also let it be known that in the course of the next two or three decades we will be living in a post-capitalist world that could either be much better, or worse, than the present one.
The interview focused on the emergence of a multi-polar world and the present situation that Latin America finds itself in.
Raúl Zibechi is an international analyst at Brecha, a weekly journal in Montevideo, Uruguay, professor and researcher on social movements at the Multiversidad Franciscana de América Latina, and adviser to grassroots organizations. He writes the monthly “Zibechi Report” for the CIP Americas Policy Program (www.americaspolicy.org). Translated by Charlotte Elmitt.
See the interview online at:
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/4567
Other recent articles by Raul Zibechi:
Uruguay’s “Urban Landless” Fight for Housing Cooperatives
The Dark Side of Agrofuels: Horror in the “Brazilian California”
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