Last Day of Oppression, and the First Day of the Same

The Politics and Economics of the New Latin American Left

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Jeffery R. Webber: Last Day of Oppression, and the First Day of the Same (2017, Haymarket Books)

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Published Dec. 26, 2017 by Haymarket Books.

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978-1-60846-745-7
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Throughout the 2000s Latin America formed the leading edge of antineoliberal resistance. But what is left of the "pink tide" today? How have governments established in its wake related to a changing global economy and a right-wing resurgence? In this penetrating volume, Jeffery Webber traces evolving, often contradictory relationships between left-wing governments and the social movements that propelled them to power.

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The ebbs and flows of Latin American popular struggle

An excellent education on the recent history of class struggle and popular / indigenous movements in Latin America, charting their effects, their interaction with the leftist governments they helped elect and ultimately their absorption into and emasculation by the state apparatus. Chapters taking deep dives into Peru, Chile, Bolivia and Venezuela provided great detail, and the literary criticism of George Ciccariello-Maher's 'We Created Chavez' convinced me to acquire that text as well to further my understanding.

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  • Latin america, politics and government
  • Latin america, social conditions

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