This March, Upside Down World editor Ben Dangl will be on a book tour with his new book, Dancing with Dynamite: Social Movements and States in Latin America.
“Ben Dangl breaks the sound barrier, exploding many myths about Latin America that are all-too-often amplified by the corporate media in the United States. Read this much-needed book.”—Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!
In the past decade, grassroots social movements played major roles in electing left-leaning governments throughout Latin America, but subsequent relations between the streets and the states remain uneasy. In Dancing with Dynamite, award-winning journalist Benjamin Dangl explores the complex ways these movements have worked with, against, and independently of national governments. From dynamite-wielding miners in Bolivia to the struggles of landless farmers in Brazil and Paraguay, Dangl discusses the dance between movements and states in seven different Latin American countries. Using original research, lively prose, and extensive interviews with workers, farmers, and politicians, he suggests how Latin American social movement strategies could be applied internationally to build a better world now.
For more information see http://www.dancingwithdynamite.com/
West Coast Tour
March 4, 12 noon
Davis , CA
The Hemispheric Institute on the Americas
University of CA Davis
1277 Social Sciences and Humanities
Davis, CA, 95616
(530) 752-3046
March 4, 7:30 pm
Davis , CA
The Avid Reader Bookstore
617 Second St, Davis, CA 95616
(530) 758-4040
March 7, 7 pm
Sacramento , CA
Sacramento Action for Latin America
Southside Park CoHousing Common Room
434 T Street (5th and T Street)
March 8, 7 pm
Berkeley , CA
Berkeley City College
2050 Center Street, Basement Auditorium
Berkeley, CA 94704
March 9, 12 Noon
Hayward , CA
Chabot College
Hayward, CA 94545
March 9, 7pm
San Francisco , CA
Mission Cultural Center
2868 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
415-821-1155
March 11, 7pm
San Francisco , CA
Modern Times Bookstore
888 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
415-282-9246