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Winds of Change and Internationalism from Latin America
Submitted by JamesD on Sun, 2005-05-08 19:55.“Winds of Change and Internationalism from Latin America,” by James D. Cockcroft*
Winds of positive change, propelled by expanding social movements and spontaneous popular uprisings, are whirling out of Latin America and reaching the rest of the world. They originate from the spread of humiliating poverty to 75 percent of the population, downward mobility for shrinking intermediate classes, last-ditch fightbacks by reduced ranks of organized labor, and a crisis of governability under restricted low-intensity democracies that often guarantee impunity for acts of state terrorism. In recent elections these winds have already blown Latin America’s political pendulum from the far right (or center/right) to the center or center/left. Candidates routinely pledge not to implement U.S. imperialism’s free-market fundamentalism and its proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), even though after being elected many give life support to the moribund neoliberal economic model.
Toward a People's Art: The Contemporary Mural Movement

Eva Cockcroft, John Pitman Weber
First published in 1977, Toward a People's Art remains a classic study of the community-based mural movement that produced hundreds of large-scale wall paintings in the United States and Canada. The authors provide a comprehensive discussion of the muralists, the murals' effects on the community, and the funding these works received.
Those interested in art and social change will welcome this new edition, which represents an ongoing faith in the ideal of participatory democracy as the best way to confront the nation's social problems and in the potential of activist art to have long-term social impact. The introduction describes the era-the late 1960s-and a new afterword looks at the 1980s and 1990s and the continuing commitment to the community-engaged process of making public art.
0826319327
University of New Mexico Press (December 1, 1998)
Outlaws in the Promised Land: Mexican Immigrant Workers and America's Future

0802150942
Grove Press (August, 1986)
The Hispanic Struggle for Social Justice: The Hispanic Experience in the Americas

0531111857
Franklin Watts (September 1, 1994)
Intellectual Precursors of the Mexican Revolution, 1900-1913

0292738080
Univ of Texas Press (February 1, 1981)
Latinos in Beisbol (Hispanic Experience in America)

Details the history and contributions of Latin American players in major league baseball, describing the obstacles, including racism, that they have had to face.
0531112845
Franklin Watts (December 1, 1996)
Latino Visions

Jane Canning
From School Library Journal
Gr 8 Up-This clearly laid out book traces the social, political, and cultural events and traditions that have shaped Latino artists and their works. Exploring cultural and religious history as well as the function of identity as expressed in art, four chapters consider in turn the art of the Southwest santeros, Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, and Cuban Americans. Specific artists are singled out and highlighted in sidebars. Their work is analyzed and, when possible, the artists speak for themselves. It is in these first-person "interview" sections that the book most vividly comes to life. Most artists address the formative role of their traditional social milieu and the sense of difference from mainstream Anglo society, noting these as determinative elements in creating their unique styles. Frequent black-and-white illustrations and photographs of the artists extend the pedantic text, as do two sections of color plates. Aimed at an older audience than Harriet Rohmer's Just Like Me (Children's Book Pr., 1997), Latino Visions does much to elucidate the role of heritage in defining a worldview and an artistic response. This is certainly not pleasure reading, but it does provide a sound and comprehensive source of information on several aspects of Latino art.-Ann Welton, Terminal Park Elementary School, Auburn, WA
053116523X
Franklin Watts (March, 2001)
Salvador Allende Reader : Chile's Voice of Democracy

Jane Canning
1876175249
Ocean Press; 1st edition (June 15, 2000)
