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Topic Latin America : 154 results | page 1 of 16 pages
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Teaching Rebellion: Stories from the Grassroots Mobilization in Oaxaca - Diana Denham and C.A.S.A. Collective
In 2006, Oaxaca, Mexico came alive with a broad and diverse movement that captivated the nation and earned the admiration of communities organizing for social justice around the world. The show of international solidarity for the people of Oaxaca was the most extensive since the Zapatista uprising in 1994. Fueled by long ignored social contradictions, what began as a teachers' strike demanding more resources...
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The CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting #5: The Things You May Not Know About Iran/Contra - Anonymous
The latest installment of this pseudo-anonymously penned, informational zine discusses at length the details of Iran/Contra. In 1986 the President was at the helm — secretly selling weapons to our enemies in Iran and then illegally using the profits to fund the anti-Sandinista rebel Contras, in Nicaragua. Re-live the excitement — the cake in the shape of a key, world leaders lying through their t...
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Brad: One More Night At the Barricades - Miguel Castro (Director)
When Mexican paramilitary forces shot Brad Will in the chest, killing him, his camera fell from his hands. But it didn't stop recording. It continued moving from hand to hand, telling Brad's story, as well as the story of the movement of movements that he was a part of. From the squats of New York to the forests of Oregon, from the anti-globalization protests in Seattle, Prague, Quebec to the popular uprisin...
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Venezuela: Revolution From The Inside Out - Clifton Ross (Director)
Venezuela: Revolution from the Inside Out is a voyage into Latin America's most exciting experiment of the new millennium, exploring the history and projects of the Bolivarian Revolution through interviews with a range of its participants, from academics to farm workers and those living in the margins of Caracas. This introduction to the "revolución bonita" ("pretty revolution") offers in-depth...
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Bush vs Chavez: Washington's War On Venezuela - Eva Golinger
Bush Versus Chávez reveals that Venezuela's revolutionary process has drawn more than simply the ire of Washington. It has precipitated an ongoing campaign to contain and cripple the democratically elected government of Latin America's leading oil power. Bush Versus Chávez details how millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars are used to fund groups—such as the National Endowment fo...
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Dead In Their Tracks: Crossing America's Desert Borderlands - John Annerino
On assignment for Newsweek, Annerino journeyed deep into one of the least hospitable spots on the planet - the scorched 4,100 square mile 'empty quarter' that straddles Mexico and Arizona. There he met 4 Mexican nationals determined to cross a 130 mile trail illegally to find work to feed their families. Dead In Their Tracks is a record of that experience. Annerino's unflinching camera and sensitive text ca...
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Un Poquito De Tanta Verdad (A Little Bit Of So Much Truth) - James Van Leuven (Music By) and Jill Irene Freidberg (Director)
In the summer of 2006, a broad-based, non-violent, popular uprising exploded in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. Some compared it to the Paris Commune, while others called it the first Latin American revolution of the 21st century.
But it was the people's use of the media
that truly made history in Oaxaca.Ê


A 90-minute documentary, A Little Bit of So Much Truth captures the unpre...
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!Fuera Ulises!: A Graphic Account From Oaxaca - Ana Nimo
¡Fuera Ulises!, is a new graphic interpretation of the events in Oaxaca from an antiauthoritarian and anarchist perspective.
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Changing Venezuela By Taking Power: The History and Politics of the Chávez Government - Gregory Wilpert
In this rich and resourceful study, Greg Wilpert exposes the self-serving logic behind much middle-class opposition to Venezuela's elected leader, and explains the real reason for their alarm. He argues that the Chávez government has instituted one of the world's most progressive constitutions, but warns that they have yet to overcome the dangerous spectres of the country's past: its culture of patro...
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The Face Of Pancho Villa: A History In Photographs And Words - Friedrich Katz
Yes, Pancho Villa is a legend, but he is also a mystery and a bundle of contradictions. This book, coupling noted historian Friedrich Katz's text with forty-two archival photographs, provides a deep insight into this revolutionary who was a hero for some, a villain for others. Hero or villain, he changed the history of Mexico.

Pancho Villa has never been forgotten by the people - los de abajo (the und...
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