Marc Becker

Marc Becker (marc@yachana.org) is an historian of the Latin American left. Among his recent publications are Contemporary Latin American Revolutions (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2022); The CIA in Ecuador (Duke University Press, 2020) and The FBI in Latin America: The Ecuador Files (Duke University Press, 2017). He is currently working on a book on Philip Agee and the CIA in Ecuador in the early 1960s. Becker has also written Mariátegui and Latin American Marxist Theory (1993) and edited and translated, with Harry E. Vanden, José Carlos Mariátegui: An Anthology (2011).

June 2022 Protests in Ecuador

Echoes of Revolution
Against the Current No. 227, November/December 2023

José Carlos Mariátegui: Pioneering Latin American Marxist
Against the Current No. 209, November/December 2020

The Virus in Latin America
Against the Current, No. 207, July/August 2020

Bolivia's Legacy of Resistance
Against the Current, No. 202, September/October 2019

Latin America: A Conservative Restoration?
Against the Current, No. 188, May/June 2017

Bolivia's Extractive Economy and Alternatives
Against the Current, No. 185, November/December 2016

Ecuador's Bitter Choice
Against the Current, No. 168, January/February 2014

Marching for Life, Water, Dignity
Against the Current, No. 159, July/August 2012

A Revolution's Heritage
Against the Current, No. 155, November/December 2011

A Tale of Two Social Forums
Against the Current, No. 149, November/December 2010

Ecuador: Left Turn?
Against the Current, No. 142, September/October 2009

The FMLN's Historic Victory
Against the Current, No. 140, May/June 2009

Vieques: Long March to People's Victory
Against the Current, No. 107, November/December 2003