Dr. Benjamin Fogel is a historian, editor, and journalist born and raised in the Republic of South Africa. His work has been published in leading outlets such as the Guardian, the Nation, the New Statesman and the Baffler, as well as the South African press. He is also a contributing editor at Jacobin Magazine. His doctorate in Latin American History at New York University examined the emergence of right-wing anti-corruption politics in 1950s and 60s Brazil as a response to the contradictions of development. His research interests include the historical sociology of de-development and comparative depravity, the politics of organized crime, mercenaries, and other non-state actors that regulate their markets through violent means, as well as right-wing politics from Brazil to South Africa. He is both a committed internationalist and a Springbok rugby fan.