By Susan Ferguson

When last year's Olympic torch arrived in the Mohawk community of Kahnawake, Quebec, on its way to Vancouver's 2010 Winter Games, the clash of politics and sports prompted some tricky negotiations.

By Johanna Brenner

The Great Recession has no doubt punctured US celebration of the unregulated market, generated anger at wealth disparities and shock at the loss of the American Dream. Yet three decades of conservative dominance and political drift to the right have taken their toll.

This overview article is dedicated to Companera Maria Teresa Flores, part of the leadership of the peasant council coordinating committee and former head of the Honduran Peasant Organization; and to Companero Jose Manuel Flores Arguijo, leader of the Honduran teachers and a founder and leader of the Socialist Party of Central America (PSOCA), both assassinated by the Honduran oligarchy.

By Elena Zeledon

It is now becoming clear that the rise in mass struggles which has shaken the countries of the northern portion of South America during the past decade – especially Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador – has begun to sweep through Central America. Like a building wave on an incoming tide, the inherent strength of its moment is hidden until it begins to crest and curl, suddenly revealing its power.