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Many of the processes that are reshaping the globe find stark expression in Latin America—the extraction of key minerals for green technologies, the transformation of vast tracts of land for monocrop agriculture, the ravages of climate catastrophe, the rise of the new right, and the dynamics of Great Power competition. Amidst the mixed legacies of twentieth-century global South development, the tensions and trends of the international political economy are now concentrated in the region.

In Meridional, a monthly newsletter column, Fernando Rugitsky takes his cues from Gramsci’s “meridional questions” to situate the latest developments in a planetary context.

The largest private-sector employers in the United States today are a mix of retail and parcel companies that have all built out sophisticated logistical operations. In the post-war era, the largest employers were all in manufacturing, and warehousing and distribution were both seen merely as supporting long production runs. In 1962, management theorist Peter Drucker referred to distribution as “the economy’s dark continent.”

In a new monthly newsletter column, Benjamin Fong examines the employer behemoths of the twenty-first century—their business models, their management techniques, and the workers and worker organizing that populate their supply chains.

The Polycrisis is a monthly column on geopolitics and climate, by Tim Sahay and Kate Mackenzie. Follow The Polycrisis on Bluesky, LinkedIn, and Twitter, and on their website thepolycrisis.org where you can find the Polycrisis podcast, Electric World Order.