Drug war capitalism / by Dawn Paley.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781849351935 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 279 pages ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Oakland, California : AK Press, 2014.
- Copyright: ©2014.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Drug control > Economic aspects. Drug control > Latin America. Drug traffic > Economic aspects. Drug traffic > Latin America. Capitalism. |
Other Formats and Editions
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Lillooet Branch | 363.45 PAL (Text) | 35180000315969 | Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Fort Nelson Public Library | 363.45 PAL (Text) | 35246000848513 | Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Tumbler Ridge Public Library | ANF 363.45 PALEY (Text) | TRL17467 | Entertaining Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Perseus PublishingDrug wars are good business.
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Though pillage, profit, and plunder have been a mainstay of war since pre-colonial times, there is little contemporary focus on the role of finance and economics in today's "Drug Wars"âdespite the fact that they boost US banks and fill prisons with poor people. They feed political campaigns, increase the arms trade, and function as long-term fixes to capitalism's woes, cracking open new territories to privatization and foreign direct investment.
Combining on-the-ground reporting with extensive research, Dawn Paley moves beyond the usual horror stories, beyond journalistic rubbernecking and hand-wringing, to follow the thread of the Drug War story throughout the entire region of Latin America and all the way back to US boardrooms and political offices. This unprecedented book chronicles how terror is used against the population at large in cities and rural areas, generating panic and facilitating policy changes that benefit the international private sector, particularly extractive industries like petroleum and mining. This is what is really going on. This is drug war capitalism.
Dawn Paley is a freelance journalist who has been reporting from South America, Central America, and Mexico for over ten years. Her writing has been published in the Nation, the Guardian, Vancouver Sun, Globe and Mail, Ms. magazine, the Tyee, Georgia Straight, and NACLA, among others.
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