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| - | ===== The Battle for Paradise: ===== | + | ==== The Battle for Paradise: Resisting Disaster Capitalism in Puerto Rico ==== |
| - | ===== Resisting Disaster Capitalism in Puerto Rico ===== | + | |
| - | ==== With Naomi Klein ==== | + | On June 6, 2018, //The Intercept// presented a panel in New York City on “The Battle for Paradise,” featuring Elizabeth Yeampierre of UPROSE, Naomi Klein, Juan Gonzalez of Democracy Now!, Edwin Morales Laboy of the Puerto Rican Teachers Federation, and Katia Avilés-Vázquez, a specialist on agricultural sustainability in Puerto Rico. The event focused on how the forces of disaster capitalism are, in the wake of Hurricane Maria, seeking to undermine the Puerto Rican people’s vision for a just and renewable future. |
| - | On Wednesday, June 6, //The Intercept// co-hosted “The Battle for Paradise,” an event featuring Elizabeth Yeampierre, Naomi Klein, Juan Gonzalez, and two leading activists from Puerto Rico. The event focused on how, in the wake of Hurricane Maria, the forces of disaster capitalism are seeking to undermine the Puerto Rican people’s vision for a just and renewable future. [[https://theintercept.com/puerto-rico/|Watch the video]] of the event. | + | [[https://livestream.com/accounts/501730/events/8236644/player?autoPlay=true&mute=false/|Watch the video]] of the event |
| - | Naomi Klein's book //The Battle for Paradise// is available from [[https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1235-the-battle-for-paradise|Haymarket Books]]. The article on which the book is based, "Puerto Ricans and Ultrarich 'Puertopians' Are Locked in a Pitched Struggle Over How to Remake the Island," may be found at [[https://theintercept.com/2018/03/20/puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-recovery/|The Intercept]]. | + | Read Naomi Klein's book //[[klein-paradise|The Battle for Paradise]]// |
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