Title A century of violence in a red city : popular struggle, counterinsurgency, and human rights in Colombia / Lesley Gill

Edition [Open access version] Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2016 ©2016

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Description 1 online resource Series ook collections on Project MUSE Contents Black gold, militant labor -- Cold war crucible -- Terror and impunity -- Unraveling -- Fragmented sovereignty -- Narrowing political options and human rights -- The aftermath of counterinsurgency Summary In A Century of Violence in a Red City Lesley Gill provides insights into broad trends of global capitalist development, class disenfranchisement and dispossession, and the decline of progressive politics. Gill traces the rise and fall of the strong labor unions, neighborhood organizations, and working class of Barrancabermeja, Colombia, from their origins in the 1920s to their effective activism for agrarian reforms, labor rights, and social programs in the 1960s and 1970s. Like much of Colombia, Barrancabermeja came to be dominated by alliances of right-wing politicians, drug traffickers, foreign corporations, and paramilitary groups. These alliances reshaped the geography of power and gave rise to a pernicious form of armed neoliberalism. Their violent incursion into Barrancabermeja's civil society beginning in the 1980s decimated the city's social networks, destabilized life for its residents, and destroyed its working-class organizations. As a result, community leaders are now left clinging to the toothless discourse of human rights, which cannot effectively challenge the status quo. In this stark book, Gill captures the grim reality and precarious future of Barrancabermeja and other places ravaged by neoliberalism and violence Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 11, 2022) Print version record Subject Human rights -- Colombia -- History -- 20th century Working class -- Colombia -- History -- 20th century Labor disputes -- Colombia -- Barrancabermeja -- History -- 20th century HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America. Human rights Labor disputes Working class Gewalttätigkeit Colombia Colombia -- Barrancabermeja Kolumbien Barrancabermeja (Colombie) Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781478090755 1478090758

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