ON SALE! FROM OUR ARCHIVES!The first annual International Forum for Development (IFD) was held in New York City in 2004 amidst growing dissatisfaction with development strategies that had failed to produce adequate rates of growth or to distribute resources equitably. This important volume, written by two NACLA board members, brings together the papers and presentations of the diverse group of intellectuals--including academics, activists, NGO leaders, policymakers, and UN officials--who came to the IFD to exchange ideas, consider the contours of alternative policies, and work toward articulating a more equitable development project. The result: the international development community's first steps toward creating an alternative vision for development where "the focus is on people rather than economies, and on ends rather than means."
Author: Meseilas,Susan; Dorfman, Ariel; De la Parra, Marco
Publisher: Norton
ON SALE! A pictorial record of the Pinochet years, this volume provides a "family album" of the 1973-88 period under military rule in Chile. With brief commentaries by Chilean literary figures Marco de la Parra and Ariel Dorfman and with a selected chronology of events, the 70 black-and-white photographs provide a vivid memory of the dark years, a memory that should remind us all of how fragile freedom can be even in one of Latin America's previously long-standing democracies. Unsigned.
ON SALE 50% OFF! NACLA 45th Anniversary cotton canvas tote with screen printed image by Mexican cartoonist Eduardo del Río (Rius), recipient of the 2012 'La Conciencia del Pueblo' award. Our 45th anniversary year is over, so alas we're forced to basically give this nifty little bag away. Get it now while supplies last! Discounted from $10.
Bolivia has experienced two decades of unprecedented popular resistance to the consequences of neoliberal policies, resulting in the resignation and flight of its president in October 2003. This unusual book uncovers the reasons and processes behind the rising opposition - mirrored in country after country in Latin America - to this currently fashionable, internationally prescribed approach to economic development. It explores the problems faced by governments in reproducing global strategies at the national level, the tensions between markets and democracy, state restructuring, citizenship and property rights. It points to the problems inherent in retaining neoliberalism as the dominant paradigm in Latin America for the foreseeable future and the unlikely prospect of it putting down real roots of approval and legitimacy.
Backed with a wide range of cited sources, The Politics of Immigration tackles questions and concerns about immigration with compelling arguments and hard facts, laid out in straightforward language and an accessible question‑and‑answer format.
NEW! ON SALE FOR THE HOLIDAYS! "There has to my mind never been a project quite like this: A collective body of poetry--and women's poetry at that--coming directly out of an indigenous culture and gathered as a deliberate work of poetery and art by the women themselves. The poems, created and spoken in Mayan Tzotzil by individual pots, then translated by Ambar Past into faithful and readable Spanih and English versions, show how deeply rooted language traditions can transform into vehicles of personal as well as collectie expression. Incantations repreents a major contribuytion to poetry in general and to ethnopoetics in particular." - Jerome Rothenberg, poet and author
First Edition, 2005. 229 pages. Original Price $26.95.
NEW PRODUCT! 15% OFF COVER PRICE (was $14.95, now $12.75) Touissant L'Ouverture was the leader of the Haitian Revolution in the late eighteenth century, in which slaves rebelled against their masters and established the first free black republic. In this collection of his writings and speeches, former Haitian politician Jean-Bertran Aristide demonstrates L'Ouverture's profound contribution to the struggle for equality. Part of the Verso REVOLUTIONS series. With introduction by former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
"Throughout the 1970s, six Latin American governments led by Chile formed a military alliance called Operation Condor to carry out kidnappings, torture, and political assassinations across three continents. It was an early “war on terror” initially encouraged by the CIA which later backfired on the United States.
Hailed by Foreign Affairs as “remarkable” and “a major contribution to the historical record,” The Condor Years uncovers the unsettling facts about the secret U.S. relationship with the dictators who created this terrorist organization. Written by award-winning journalist John Dinges and newly updated to include recent developments in the prosecution of Pinochet, the book is a chilling but dispassionately told history of one of Latin America’s darkest eras. Dinges, himself interrogated in a Chilean torture camp, interviewed participants on both sides and examined thousands of previously secret documents to take the reader inside this underground world of military operatives and diplomats, right-wing spies and left-wing revolutionaries."
" The Venezuelan revolutionary Simón Bolívar, also known as El Libertador, sought to lead Latin America to independence from the Spanish in the early nineteenth century. Ever since he has been held as a model for subsequent Latin American radicals; Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela, has dubbed his own programmes of social reform “the Bolívarian Revolution.”
In his introduction to this collection of Bolívar’s writings, Hugo Chávez explains why Bolívar continues to inspire."
Publisher: Center for Research on Criminal Justice
SUPER SALE! Out of print but not out of date--this slim 1974 volume traces the history of America's police force from its roots as nightwatchmen into their present as an almost militarized force, connecting its development to capitalism, class conflict, and racial oppression. A great companion book for Michelle Alexander's New Jim Crow (2011), David M. Kennedy's Don't Shoot (2011), or anyone concerned about the stop-and-frisk tactics of today's NYPD.
Author: Martinez, Carlos; Fox, Michael and Farrell, JoJo
Publisher: PM Press
Venezuela Speaks! Voices from the Grassroots, published by PM Press with the support of Global Exchange, is a collection of interviews with activists and participants from across Venezuela’s social movements. From community media to land reform; cooperatives to communal councils, from the labor movement to the Afro-Venezuelan network, Venezuela Speaks! sheds light on the complex realities within the Bolivarian Revolution. These interviews offer a compelling oral history of Venezuela’s democratic revolution, from the bottom up.
ONLY 2 LEFT! Independent journalist Garry Leech has spent the last eight years working in the most remote and dangerous regions of Colombia, uncovering the unofficial stores of people living in conflict zones. Beyond Bogota is framed around the eleven hours that Leech was held captive by the FARC, Colombia's largest leftist guerrilla group, in August of 2006. He recalls nearly thirty years of travel and work in Latin america while weaving in a historical context of the region and on-the-ground reporting with each passing hour of his detention.
**ON SALE 33% OFF! ONLY 2 LEFT! ** A pictorial record of the Pinochet years, this volume provides a "family album" of the 1973-88 period under military rule in Chile. With brief commentaries by Chilean literary figures Marco de la Parra and Ariel Dorfman and with a selected chronology of events, the 70 black-and-white photographs provide a vivid memory of the dark years, a memory that should remind us all of how fragile freedom can be even in one of Latin America's previously long-standing democracies.
From the laboratory of neoliberalism--popularly known as "globalization"--Latin America has transformed itself into a launching pad for resistance. As globalization began to spread its devatstaion, robust and thoughtful opposition emerged inresponse--in the recovered factory movement of Argentina, in the presidential elections of indigenous leaders and radicals like Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales, against the privatization of water in Bolivia. Across the region, people are building social movements to take back control of their countries and their lives. Drawn from the pages of the well-respected NACLA Report and reporting on countries from Mexico to Argentina, Dispatches from Latin America offers a riveting series of accounts that brings new insight into the region's struggles and victories.
New! FROM OUR ARCHIVES! ON SALE Large (15"x13.5") red canvas tote celebrating NACLA's 40th anniversary. Features NACLA logo with image of South America in the form of a fist. Small text reads: "Celebrating four decades of fighting for justice in th Americas." This is another oldie but a goodie that we rediscovered in our stockroom, so we're offering it to you on super sale! Looks better in person than in picture.
From Venezuela's Communal Councils, to Brazil's Participatory Budgeting, from Constitutional Assemblies to grassroots movements, recuperated factories to cooperatives across the hemisphere. This documentary is a journey, which takes us across the Americas, to attempt to answer one of the most important questions of our time: What is Democracy?
SALE! Get the historical perspective of the politics surrounding Mexican immigrants in the U.S. with NACLA's forward-looking 1979 publication.
"A timely and insightful study of Mexico, Mexican-American relations, and Mexican immigration to the United States. The subject matter is of prime importance and the research is first rate." - Carey McWilliams, author, Factories in the Fields, former editor, The Nation
"For more than a decade NACLA has reported in rich detail on contemporary Latin America's working classes. Beyond the Border shows the special importance of Mexican workers, why their struggles in Mexico and in this country will count heavily in our struggles, and why we should learn as much abou them [as possible]...." - John Womack, Jr., autho, Zapata
"In response to the American administration’s attempt to isolate Cuba, Fidel Castro delivered a series of speeches designed to radicalize Latin American society. As Latin America experiences more revolutions in Venezuela and Bolivia, and continues to upset America’s plans for neo-liberal imperialism, renowned radical writer and activist Tariq Ali provides a searing analysis of the relevance of Castro’s message for today."
Beginning in the 1980s, Latin America became a laboratory for the ideas and policies of neoliberalism. Now the region is an epicenter of dissent from neoliberal ideas and resistance to U.S. economic and political dominance; Latin America’s political map is being redrawn. Edited by two NACLA board members and published in conjunction with The New Press, Latin America After Neoliberalism attempts to make sense of the ongoing upheavals throughout the continent as it moves into the vanguard of an international rejection of neoliberalism for a new and viable progressive alternative.
