La Batalla Por El Paraíso: Puerto Rico Y El Capitalismo del Desastre (Paperback)

from rivkat

Two forces are contesting for control of the reconstruction of Puerto Rico-one with a vision of the island as a low-tax playground for the rich (a utopia apparently pronounced poor-topia, appropriately enough) and one with a vision of community gardens, energy generation, education, and other asp...

from willszal

Unlike most of Klein's lengthy investigative journalism, this book is very short-almost more of an pamphlet. It is front-line reporting following hurricane Maria. Following a classic format, the book describes two sides-the elites and the common folk-and pits them against each other. I find the w...

from pivic

We knew that the real disaster was not the hurricane but the terrible vulnerability imposed by Puerto Rico's colonial relationship to the United States, as well as the forced privatization of health and other services; massive layoffs; huge numbers of school closures; reductions in social rights ...

from JanesList

A quick book about the two forces gathering to try to determine what happens next in Puerto Rico after the Hurricane and a series of other issues. I'm rooting for the people over the neoliberal capitalists.

from pivic

We knew that the real disaster was not the hurricane but the terrible vulnerability imposed by Puerto Rico's colonial relationship to the United States, as well as the forced privatization of health and other services; massive layoffs; huge numbers of school closures; reductions in social rights ...