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

Book 2017

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

2 readers

Publisher
Haymarket Books
Language
English
Published
2017
  • Politics and government
  • Economic conditions
  • New Left
  • Political parties
  • Social movements
  • Latin america, social conditions

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.