Neoliberalism has cast a long shadow over the global political economy and the left for some two decades now. This is what the renowned Africanist John Saul and others have called the “empire of capital.” Saul sets his case for 21st century socialism and political resistance in this context in the new issue of Relay.

He is joined by a series of other authors analyzing some of the fields in which new political resistances are stirring in the fightback against neoliberalism. These range from the student movement in Canada and farmers’ mobilization against the dismantling of the Wheat Board, to the developing global campaign against Israeli apartheid and climate change.

A key zone of contention with neoliberalism has been Latin America, and important articles assess recent struggles in Mexico and Bolivia. The social forum process has been one of the most important political spaces to emerge in the struggle against neoliberalism, and Relay here includes report-backs from the meetings in Nairobi.

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