Those Damned Immigrants Annie Polland readers learn how Venezuela’s communal

readers learn how Venezuela’s communal project draws inspiration from advanced Marxist theory—including the innovative work of István Mészáros—and derives from Indigenous and Afro-Venezuelan traditions of communal self-governance

Fue la abuela la que me enseñó a escuchar el canto de las aves

the timing of this book could not be more relevant

Susan Zeiger uses relationships between American male soldiers and foreign women as a lens to view larger issues of sexuality

Those Damned Immigrants Annie Polland readers learn how Venezuela’s communalExposes the false narratives at the heart of Americans' fear of Latino a immigration The election of Barack Obama prompted people around the world to herald the dawning of a new, postracial era in America. Yet a scant one month after Obamas election, Jose Oswaldo Sucuzhanay, a 31 year old Ecuadorian immigrant, was ambushed by a group of white men as he walked arm and arm with his brother. Yelling anti Latino slurs, the men beat Sucuzhanay into a coma.