Political Violence

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The unchecked power of multinational corporations, state-criminal networks, and legacies of genocide against Indigenous communities continue to fuel violence against public figures in the country.

Katia Chornik's book details how music was used as a form of torture and resistance during the Pinochet dictatorship.

Minou Tavárez Mirabal’s 2022 book sheds light on the complex lives of her parents, two Dominican revolutionaries who were assassinated for their political activism.

Cosse centers the role of love in her study of armed leftist movements in Argentina, unearthing how gender, sexuality, and subjectivity shaped political uprising—and its defeat.

Gladys I. McCormick’s new book is an invaluable contribution to our understanding of torture in Mexico at the hands of the State.

Um coletivo de descendentes de ex-presos políticos discute o julgamento histórico e a batalha contínua por verdade, justiça, e responsabilização.

A collective of descendants of former political prisoners weighs in on the historic ruling and the ongoing struggle for truth, justice, and accountability.

Arturo Taracena’s deep dive into the Guatemalan guerrilla group and its leader, informed by personal experience and decades of research, is social history at its finest.

Haiti’s current form of “checkpoint governance” represents a structural transformation in how politics works in the country.

Lomnitz’s book explores the historical construction of the Mexican state and analyzes its failure to adapt successfully to its neoliberal transformation.

Artist Germa Machuca uses her body as an altar and guiding light to illuminate the connections across anti-trans and anti-Indigenous violence in Peru.