Michael Hardt teaches political theory in the Literature Program at Duke University. He is coauthor of several books with Antonio Negri, including Empire. His most recent book is The Subversive Seventies. Together with Sandro Mezzadra, he hosts The Social Movements Lab.

Sandro Mezzadra teaches political theory at the University of Bologna, Department of Arts. He is the author of In the Marxian Workshops: Producing Subjects and coauthor of Border as Method, or, the Multiplication of Labor and The Politics of Operations: Excavating Contemporary Capitalism.

“Bolivia beyond the Impasse is a brilliant and timely analysis of Bolivia in the current conjuncture of global politics. Hardt and Mezzadra investigate Bolivia’s society as a laboratory for the present and future of politics that involves innovation from above and below in their antagonistic cooperation. Their work brings about new political maps in which the tension between social conflict and the reconfiguration of institutions gives rise to critical possibilities for new politics of autonomy.” —Massimiliano Tomba, author of Insurgent Universality: An Alternative Legacy of Modernity

“In Bolivia beyond the Impasse, Michael Hardt and Sandro Mezzadra draw on years of solidaristic activism with the contentious ‘process of change’ in Bolivia, inaugurated electorally by the Evo Morales government following a wave of social movement insurgency at the outset of this century. Pointing to the impasse that the process faces today, their essay offers a sweeping contribution to the debate on the prospects for its renewal and radicalization. Written from a perspective of open and honest sympathy with the governments of Morales and his successor, Luis Arce, Hardt and Mezzadra are nonetheless attentive to a number of the limits and contradictions faced by these administrations, not least because the authors have spent time with clear-eyed Bolivian social movement activists and intellectuals on the ground. Perhaps the most important contribution of their intervention is that it reveals, once again, how the last two decades of concrete and particular social struggles in a landlocked Andean-Amazonian country are of pivotal and universal significance to the anticapitalist international left.” —Jeffery R. Webber, coauthor of The Impasse of the Latin American Left

“Bolivia’s Movement for Socialism Party (MAS) has been a leading force in the struggle to build socialism, break the chains of imperialism, and dismantle racism. This timely book analyzes many of MAS’s most important achievements, while also addressing impediments it has faced, including the 2019 coup d’état. In their analysis of the opportunities and challenges facing MAS and Bolivia’s progressive social movements in the current conjuncture, Hardt and Mezzadra bring much-needed nuance to key debates around development, extractivism, and the relationship between movements and parties. They point to promising paths for development that could further challenge the international division of labor and advance the project of a just transition to sustainable energy.” —Jennifer S. Ponce de León, author of Another Aesthetics is Possible: Arts of Rebellion in the Fourth World War

“The Bolivian crucible, heated by revolution and counter- revolution alike, has much to teach us about the accomplishments and limitations of the first Pink Tide, and more importantly, about the prospects of a second. Bolivia beyond the Impasse gives us exactly what we need: a concise and even-handed analysis of what has happened, what is happening, and what radical possibilities can be glimpsed on the horizon.” —Geo Maher, author of We Created Chávez and Building the Commune