A History of Violence / Oscar Martinez

Public ISBD Title : A History of Violence : Living and Dying in Central America Material Type: printed text Authors: Oscar Martinez, Author Publisher: Verso Publication Date: 2016 ISBN (or other code): 978-1-7847-8171-2 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Immigration and Refugees Issues Poverty Poverty Studies Trauma Keywords: Central America  Nicaragua  Mexico  Guatemala  forced migration  crisis  narcos  police patrols  trafficking boats  homicide rates. Abstract: El Salvador and Honduras have had the highest homicide rates in the world over the past ten years, with Guatemala close behind. Every day more than 1,000 people—men, women, and children—flee these three countries for North America. Óscar Martínez, author of The Beast, named one of the best books of the year by the Economist, Mother Jones, and the Financial Times, fleshes out these stark figures with true stories, producing a jarringly beautiful and immersive account of life in deadly locations. Martínez travels to Nicaraguan fishing towns, southern Mexican brothels where Central American women are trafficked, isolated Guatemalan jungle villages, and crime-ridden Salvadoran slums. With his precise and empathetic reporting, he explores the underbelly of these troubled places. He goes undercover to drink with narcos, accompanies police patrols, rides in trafficking boats and hides out with a gang informer. The result is an unforgettable portrait of a region of fear and a subtle analysis of the North American roots and reach of the crisis, helping to explain why this history of violence should matter to all of us. A History of Violence : Living and Dying in Central America [printed text] / Oscar Martinez, Author . - [S.l.] : Verso, 2016. ISBN : 978-1-7847-8171-2 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Immigration and Refugees Issues Poverty Poverty Studies Trauma Keywords: Central America  Nicaragua  Mexico  Guatemala  forced migration  crisis  narcos  police patrols  trafficking boats  homicide rates. Abstract: El Salvador and Honduras have had the highest homicide rates in the world over the past ten years, with Guatemala close behind. Every day more than 1,000 people—men, women, and children—flee these three countries for North America. Óscar Martínez, author of The Beast, named one of the best books of the year by the Economist, Mother Jones, and the Financial Times, fleshes out these stark figures with true stories, producing a jarringly beautiful and immersive account of life in deadly locations. Martínez travels to Nicaraguan fishing towns, southern Mexican brothels where Central American women are trafficked, isolated Guatemalan jungle villages, and crime-ridden Salvadoran slums. With his precise and empathetic reporting, he explores the underbelly of these troubled places. He goes undercover to drink with narcos, accompanies police patrols, rides in trafficking boats and hides out with a gang informer. The result is an unforgettable portrait of a region of fear and a subtle analysis of the North American roots and reach of the crisis, helping to explain why this history of violence should matter to all of us.

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Poor Peoples' Movements / Frances Fox Piven ; Richard A. Cloward

Public ISBD Title : Poor Peoples' Movements Original title : Why They Succeed, How They Fail Material Type: printed text Authors: Frances Fox Piven, Author ; Richard A. Cloward, Author Publisher: Random house Publication Date: 1977 ISBN (or other code): LabPiv1977 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Black Studies Labour, Unionism, Working-Class Poverty Studies Keywords: Poverty, Social Movements, Civil Rights, Frances Fox Piven, Welfare, Industrial Strikes Abstract: "Have the poor fared best by participating in conventional electoral politics or by engaging in mass defiance and disruption? The authors of the classic *Regulating The Poor* assess the successes and failures of these two strategies as they examine, in this provocative study, four protest movements of lower-class groups in 20th century America: – The mobilization of the unemployed during the Great Depression that gave rise to the Workers' Alliance of America – The Industrial strikes that resulted in the formation of the CIO – The Southern Civil Rights Movement – The movement of welfare recipients led by the National Welfare Rights Organization." Poor Peoples' Movements = Why They Succeed, How They Fail [printed text] / Frances Fox Piven, Author ; Richard A. Cloward, Author . - [S.l.] : Random house, 1977. ISSN : LabPiv1977 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Black Studies Labour, Unionism, Working-Class Poverty Studies Keywords: Poverty, Social Movements, Civil Rights, Frances Fox Piven, Welfare, Industrial Strikes Abstract: "Have the poor fared best by participating in conventional electoral politics or by engaging in mass defiance and disruption? The authors of the classic *Regulating The Poor* assess the successes and failures of these two strategies as they examine, in this provocative study, four protest movements of lower-class groups in 20th century America: – The mobilization of the unemployed during the Great Depression that gave rise to the Workers' Alliance of America – The Industrial strikes that resulted in the formation of the CIO – The Southern Civil Rights Movement – The movement of welfare recipients led by the National Welfare Rights Organization."

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The Making of the Black Working Class in Britain / Ron Ramdin

Public ISBD Title : The Making of the Black Working Class in Britain Material Type: printed text Authors: Ron Ramdin, Author Publisher: Verso Publication Date: 2017 ISBN (or other code): 978-1-7866-3065-0 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Black Studies Black/Anti-Black Colonialism, Imperialism & World Politics Economics Immigrant Labour Labour, Poverty and Class Labour, Unionism, Working-Class Poverty Poverty Studies Keywords: UK minorty  Black labour history  working-class  trade unionism Abstract: In this pioneering history, Ron Ramdin traces the roots of Britain’s disadvantaged black working class. From the development of a small black presence in the sixteenth century, through the colonial labour institutions of slavery, indentureship, and trade unionism, Ramdin expertly guides us through the stages of creation for a UK minority whose origins are often overlooked. He examines the emergence of a black radical ideology underpinning twentieth-century struggles against unemployment, racial attacks and workplace inequality, and delves into the murky realms of employer and trade union racism. First published in 1987, this revised edition includes a new introduction reflecting on events over the past four decades. The Making of the Black Working Class in Britain [printed text] / Ron Ramdin, Author . - [S.l.] : Verso, 2017. ISBN : 978-1-7866-3065-0 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Black Studies Black/Anti-Black Colonialism, Imperialism & World Politics Economics Immigrant Labour Labour, Poverty and Class Labour, Unionism, Working-Class Poverty Poverty Studies Keywords: UK minorty  Black labour history  working-class  trade unionism Abstract: In this pioneering history, Ron Ramdin traces the roots of Britain’s disadvantaged black working class. From the development of a small black presence in the sixteenth century, through the colonial labour institutions of slavery, indentureship, and trade unionism, Ramdin expertly guides us through the stages of creation for a UK minority whose origins are often overlooked. He examines the emergence of a black radical ideology underpinning twentieth-century struggles against unemployment, racial attacks and workplace inequality, and delves into the murky realms of employer and trade union racism. First published in 1987, this revised edition includes a new introduction reflecting on events over the past four decades.

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The New Poverty / Stephen Armstrong

Public ISBD Title : The New Poverty Material Type: printed text Authors: Stephen Armstrong, Author Publisher: Verso Publication Date: 2017 ISBN (or other code): 978-1-7866-3463-4 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Economics international development and sustainable development Labour, Poverty and Class Poverty Studies Keywords: Poverty  Welfare state  Beveridge Report  UK  Brexit  precarity Abstract: We are living in an age with unprecedented levels of poverty. Who are the new poor? And what can we do about it? Today 13 million people are living in poverty in the UK. According to a 2017 report, 1 in 5 children live below the poverty line. The new poor, however, are an even larger group than these official figures suggest. They are more often than not in work, living precariously and betrayed by austerity policies that make affordable good quality housing, good health and secure employment increasingly unimaginable. In The New Poverty investigative journalist Stephen Armstrong travels across Britain to tell the stories of those who are most vulnerable. It is the story of an unreported Britain, abandoned by politicians and betrayed by the retreat of the welfare state. As benefit cuts continue and in-work poverty soars, he asks what long-term impact this will have on post-Brexit Britain and—on the seventy-fifth anniversary of the 1942 Beveridge report—what we can do to stop the destruction of our welfare state. The New Poverty [printed text] / Stephen Armstrong, Author . - [S.l.] : Verso, 2017. ISBN : 978-1-7866-3463-4 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Economics international development and sustainable development Labour, Poverty and Class Poverty Studies Keywords: Poverty  Welfare state  Beveridge Report  UK  Brexit  precarity Abstract: We are living in an age with unprecedented levels of poverty. Who are the new poor? And what can we do about it? Today 13 million people are living in poverty in the UK. According to a 2017 report, 1 in 5 children live below the poverty line. The new poor, however, are an even larger group than these official figures suggest. They are more often than not in work, living precariously and betrayed by austerity policies that make affordable good quality housing, good health and secure employment increasingly unimaginable. In The New Poverty investigative journalist Stephen Armstrong travels across Britain to tell the stories of those who are most vulnerable. It is the story of an unreported Britain, abandoned by politicians and betrayed by the retreat of the welfare state. As benefit cuts continue and in-work poverty soars, he asks what long-term impact this will have on post-Brexit Britain and—on the seventy-fifth anniversary of the 1942 Beveridge report—what we can do to stop the destruction of our welfare state.

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