The Battle for Paradise: Puerto Rico Takes On the Disaster Capitalists
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In the rubble of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans and ultrarich "Puertopians" are locked in a pitched struggle over how to remake the island.
In this vital and startling investigation, New York Times bestselling author and activist Naomi Klein uncovers how the forces of shock politics and disaster capitalism seek to undermine the nation's radical, resilient vision for a "just recovery."
All royalties from the sale of this book in English and Spanish go directly to JunteGente, a gathering of Puerto Rican organizations resisting disaster capitalism and advancing a fair and healthy recovery for their island. For more information, visit http://juntegente.org.
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Naomi Klein. (2018). The Battle for Paradise: Puerto Rico Takes On the Disaster Capitalists. Unabridged Blackstone Publishing.
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Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Naomi Klein, The Battle for Paradise: Puerto Rico Takes On the Disaster Capitalists. Blackstone Publishing, 2018.
MLA Citation (style guide)Naomi Klein. The Battle for Paradise: Puerto Rico Takes On the Disaster Capitalists. Unabridged Blackstone Publishing, 2018.
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Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist, documentary filmmaker, and author of the international bestsellers No Logo, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate, and No Is Not Enough. She is senior correspondent for The Intercept and contributor to the Nation magazine. She is also a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at the Nation Institute and her writing appears widely in such publications as the New York Times, Le Monde, and the Guardian. Klein is a member of the board of directors for climate-action group 350.org and one of the organizers behind Canada's Leap Manifesto (TheLeap.org), a blueprint for a rapid and justice-based transition off fossil fuels. In November 2016 she was awarded Australia's prestigious Sydney Peace Prize. Her books have been translated into more than thirty languages.
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In the rubble of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans and ultrarich "Puertopians" are locked in a pitched struggle over how to remake the island.
In this vital and startling investigation, New York Times bestselling author and activist Naomi Klein uncovers how the forces of shock politics and disaster capitalism seek to undermine the nation's radical, resilient vision for a "just recovery."
All royalties from the sale of this book in English and Spanish go directly to JunteGente, a gathering of Puerto Rican organizations resisting disaster capitalism and advancing a fair and healthy recovery for their island. For more information, visit http://juntegente.org.
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Journalist Klein (No Is Not Enough) lays out the challenges facing Puerto Ricans who seek to transform their island into a democratic polity that serves the people’s interests rather than colonial kleptocracy in what is essentially an extended if enlightening pamphlet. The brief work reports on the actions taken after Hurricane Maria by Professors Self-Assembled in Solidarity Resistance and other organizations to develop strategies for combating neoliberal structural adjustments such as privatization of public services and deregulation of commerce, as well as the wealthy “Puertopians” investing in an attempt to use the island for cryptocurrency mining (surprising given the lack of adequate power for those who live there). Klein recapitulates elements of her work regarding the “shock doctrine,” noting privatizations of public assets in the wake of the hurricane, which worsened previously imposed austerity measures. She breaks Puerto Rico’s circumstances down into four categories—desperation, distraction, despair, and disappearance—and traces the problems to corruption, incompetence, and years of neglect, combined with a “starve-then-sell strategy” that has furthered privatization schemes elsewhere. But Klein finds sources of hope in centers of community-run resistance, such as the JunteGente network (to which she is donating royalties from the book), a network of organizers against austerity and inequality. Klein’s account is a welcome update on the situation in Puerto Rico—one that portends similar battles worldwide as climate change accelerates.
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- content: This short audiobook packs as potent a punch as the hurricanes that devastated the island of Puerto Rico in 2017. Its intent is to clear a path forward for the people and institutions that are still subject to American rule but who wish to remake Puerto Rico into a sustainable, unique place to live. The author also warns about those who want to profit from its pain. Narrator Erin Bennett approaches this work in a clear, authoritative voice that reflects the no-nonsense tone of Klein's words. Bennett takes control immediately, pausing effectively and pacing herself so that we can both understand and analyze the book's message. Even more memorable, she maintains a measured approach even when the message becomes fiery. R.I.G. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine
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In this vital and startling investigation, New York Times bestselling author and activist Naomi Klein uncovers how the forces of shock politics and disaster capitalism seek to undermine the nation's radical, resilient vision for a "just recovery."
All royalties from the sale of this book in English and Spanish go directly to JunteGente, a gathering of Puerto Rican organizations resisting disaster capitalism and advancing a fair and healthy recovery for their island. For more information, visit http://juntegente.org.
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