Winner of the Dzanc Prize for Fiction. Urabá, Colombia, 1990: A violent strike at plantations across the banana zone leads to crops in flames, managers murdered, and the local economy teetering on the brink. In retaliation, the banana producers finance right-wing paramilitaries to cleanse the zone of guerrillas and their supposed collaborators. Through the intertwined lives of four characters--a banana worker making a play for power in the guerrillas,...

"Tracing this largely unknown history from the late 1960s to the present, Baradaran demonstrates that far from yielding fewer laws and regulations, neoliberalism has in fact always meant more-and more complex-laws. Those laws have uniformly benefited the wealthy. From the work of a young Alan Greenspan in creating "Black Capitalism," to Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell's efforts to unshackle big money donors, to the establishment of the "Law and...

The history of automata can be traced back to ancient Egypt, where it was used to create statues that could move. Ancient Greeks also created automata, such as mechanical birds that could flap their wings and make sounds. In the Middle Ages, automata were used to create music boxes and clocks. Later, during the Industrial Revolution, automata were used to create machines that could automate various tasks. In the 20th century, computers and robots...

"This book surveys the history of fascism in the United States from the 1930s to the present, examining the rise of right-wing groups from the interwar period to the Trump era, along with the response of antifascists"-- Has fascism arrived in America? In this pioneering book, Gavriel D. Rosenfeld and Janet Ward have gathered experts to survey the history of fascism in the United States. Although the USA established a staunch anti-fascist reputation...