Vincent Bevins

1 month ago | northsouthnotes.org | Vincent Bevins

When did Google stop working? Was it this year? Maybe, a few years ago? Or maybe it never actually worked, and I am just remembering the years of my youth as I wish that I had lived them? I know what I am supposed to do: I ask Google Gemini. Great, that is helpful. I am right and wrong. I then asked, “Am I going crazy?” The answer is unequivocal. Gemini says: “you're definitely not going crazy!” Thank you! Still, for some reason, I do not trust him.

2 months ago | northsouthnotes.org | Vincent Bevins

I have a big (long) cover story in this month’s edition of The Nation, on Brazil’s much-beloved Landless Workers’ Movement (MST). It is now online, here. It is long. Speaking of Brazil, President Donald Trump’s tariff misadventures reminded me of a story from 2018. After winning the presidential election, Jair Bolsonaro announced that he would abolish the Ministry of Environment.

2 months ago | thenation.com | Vincent Bevins

Feature / April 8, 2025 This Land Is Our Land How Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement emerged from right-wing rule stronger than ever. The Power and Symbolism of Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement After mobilizing to defend democracy and meet people’s immediate needs, the radical Marxist organization emerged from the Bolsonaro regime stronger than ever.

Mar 28, 2025 | northsouthnotes.org | Maurice Isserman |Vincent Bevins

The year is 1954. The Second Red Scare is underway, and Joseph McCarthy is working to decimate what is left of the Communist Party USA, which issued hundreds of thousands of membership cards in the first half of the 20th century. The Young Socialist League meets to discuss its position on a major geopolitical question.

Feb 28, 2025 | northsouthnotes.org | Vincent Bevins

I have a review essay out in the London Review of Books, on the Indonesian revolution, and David Van Reybrouck’s Revolusi, here. This month I launched the Brazilian edition of If We Burn, which we rendered as A Década da Revolução Perdidain American Portuguese. Boitempo Editorial has done a fabulous job with the translation, cover, and promotion.