Abstract
Eqbal Ahmad first wrote for MR in 1968, and was a valued friend and contributor over the years, writing articles on a number of occasions on topics related to the third world, including his important article "From Potato Sack to Potato Mash: On the Contemporary Crisis of the Third World" (March 1981). For many years he was managing editor of the important journal Race and Class. This article is taken from a speech he delivered at the University of Colorado at Boulder on October 12, 1998, the year before his death. It is part of Terrorism, Theirs & Ours, a book of Ahmad's writings with a foreward and interview by David Barsamian, recently published by Seven Stories Press. It is reprinted here by permission.—the EditorsThis article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.
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