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a retrospective and prospects

Ronald H. Chilcote ................................................... 5

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Latin american Perspectives: a Progressive Collective 

intellectual and its social Knowledge

Jawdat abu-el-HaJ ..................................................... 11

Commentary by Founding and Early Editors

early days of the Latin american Perspectives editorial Collective 

Marjorie woodford bray ............................................. 56

LaP’s remarkable editorial Core

William Bollinger .................................................... 61

Latin american Perspectives: school for scholars

Norma Stoltz Chinchilla ............................................ 65

the long March and destiny of Latin american Perspectives

Richard l. Harris ..................................................... 67

the Value of Collective work 

Nora Hamilton ........................................................ 69

Testimonials

 Alejandro Álvarez béjar, Tom Angotti, Ricardo Antunes, Robert Austin, Florence e. Babb, David Barkin, Marc Becker, Bernadete Beserra, Armando Boito, Julio Carranza,

James d. Cockcroft, RaÚl Delgado Wise, Haroldo Dilla Alfonso, Elizabeth Dore, Paul Dosh, Alex Dupuy, Steve Ellner, Marco a. Gandásegui Jr., James N. Green, Dale Johnson, Susanne Jonas, Saul Landau, Jim levy, Francisco López Segrera, Michael löwy, Mónica Dias Martins, Adam David Morton, Sara C. Motta, Ronaldo Munck, Mercedes Olivera, Lois Hecht Oppenheim, Kemy Oyarzún, Anthony w. Pereira, James Petras, Julio César Pino, Pablo Pozzi, Bernardo Ricupero, William I. Robinson, Jan rus, Emir Sader, Helen Safa, Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Hobart Spalding, Luis Suárez Salazar, Edelberto Torres-Rivas, Harry Vanden, Carlos M. Vilas, Jeffery R. Webber, Russell White, Tamar Diana Wilson ........................................................ 71

forty Years of Latin american Perspectives ...................................... 114

lasa resolution on obama’s latin american Policy ....................... 118

in Memoriam: Benjamin H. Kohl (1954–2013) ............................... 120

in Memoriam: Saul Landau (1936–2013) ..................................... 121