In February of 2007, John Holloway and Marina Sitrin discussed the new social movements in Latin America, power, the state, and prefigurative politics. This is a continuation of a discussion that began in 2004, also on the topics of power, prefigurative politics and Latin America (http://auto_sol.ao.ca/node/view/1052). John Holloway is the author of Change the World Without Taking Power (Pluto Press, 2002) and co-author of Zapatista! Rethinking Revolution in Mexico (Pluto Press, 1998). Marina Sitrin is the editor of Horizontalism: Voices of Popular Power in Argentina (AK Press, 2006 – Spanish edition, Chilavert, Argentina, 2005) and the author of the forthcoming Insurgent Democracies: Latin America’s New Powers (Citylights Press, 2007)

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