Venezuela speaks! : voices from the grassroots by Martínez, Carlos, Fox, Michael; Farrell, Jojo instant download

Venezuela speaks! : voices from the grassroots by Martínez, Carlos, Fox, Michael; Farrell, Jojo instant download

1 online resource (ix, 343 pages) :, A collection of interviews with activists and other contributors, this compelling oral history details Venezuela?s bloodless uprising and reorganization. For the last decade, Venezuela?s?Bolivarian Revolution? has captured international attention. Poverty, inequality, and unemployment have all dropped, while health, education, and living standards have seen a commensurate rise?and this chronicle is the real, bottom-up account. The stories shed light on the complex facets within the revolution, detailing the change in such realities as community media to land reform, cooperatives to communal councils, and the labor movement to the Afro-Venezuelan network. Offering a different perspective than that of the international mainstream media, which has focused predominantly on Venezuela?s controversial president, Hugo Chavez, these examples of democracy in action illustrate the vast cultural, economic, and racial differences within the country?all of which have impacted the current South American state, Includes bibliographical references, Print version record, Cover ; Praise for... ; Contents ; Map; Acknowledgments; Prologue by Greg Wilpert; Introduction; Introductory History; PART I: Land & Housing Reform ; 1. Iraida Morocoima, 5 de Julio Pioneer Camp, Urban Land Committees; 2. Ramón Virigay & Adriana Ribas, Ezequiel Zamora National Campesino Front; PART II: Women & Sexual Diversity Movements; 3. Alba Carosio, Center of Women's Studies; 4. Yanahir Reyes, Women's First Steps Civil Association; 5. Marianela Tovar, Contranatura; PART III: Workers & Labor, 6. Felíx Martínez & Richard La Rosa, The New Generation of Workers Union, Mitsubishi Motor Corporation7. Candido Barrios & Manuel Mendoza, Pedro Pérez Delgado Cooperative, Industrial Slaughterhouse of Ospino; 8. Alfonso Olivo, Leufogrup Cooperative; PART IV: Community Media, Arts & Culture; 9. Negro Miguel, José Ñañez Ibarra, & Hector Rangel, Captain Manue