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Until the Rulers Obey: Voices from Latin American Social Movements

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Bringing together voices from the movements in the back of the wave of change that swept Latin The us at the turn of the 21st century, this unique collection of interviews features five dozen leaders and grassroots activists from 15 countries, presenting their work and debating pressing questions of power, organizational forms, and relations with the state. These movements have galvanized long-silent—or silenced—sectors of society: indigenous people, campesinos, students, the LGBT community, the unemployed, and all those left out of the promised utopia of a globalized economy. They’ve deployed quite a lot of strategies and actions, once in a while building schools or clinics, once in a while occupying factories or fields, once in a while organizing political parties to take the reins of the state, and once in a while resisting government policies in order to offer protection to their new-found power in community. This indispensable compilation of primary source material is organized in chapters by country, with every chapter introduced by a solidarity activist, author, or academic with deep knowledge of the place. It addresses quite a lot of issues, from fighting against mines and agribusiness to demanding equal participation through the recognition of language and culture, giving participants, students, and observers of social movements an opportunity to be told from their experiences.

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