To Die in Mexico

di John Gibler (Autore)

City Lights Publishers, 2011

To Die in Mexico combines gripping descriptive writing with fast-paced crime action. Gives an in-depth treatment of Mexico’s top national security threat and a major national security threat to the United States: international drug trafficking. Rigorous political analysis of the drug war based on on-the-ground reporting. Gibler, is a prime example of "new journalism"--the unembedded journalist whose work is based on thorough historical research and on-the-ground reporting (think Dahr Jamal, Christian Parenti). Gibler was profiled on NPR's "All Things Considered" in Dec 2006 as part of a special report on the growing number of leftist movements in Latin America that are attracting a new generation of young American leftists to places like Mexico. They often report for Web-based media outlets, instead of traditional venues like newspapers. Gibler was Democracy Now's correspondent during the civil disobedience uprising in Oaxaca. He also spent two years as a Global Exchange Human Rights Fellow, which gives him a full-access media pass to events in Mexico that most independent journalists are denied. He is a correspondent for KPFA in San Francisco and has published in magazines in the United States and Mexico, including Left Turn, Z Magazine, Earth Island Journal, ColorLines, Race, Poverty, the Environment Fifth Estate, New Politics, In These Times, Yes! Magazine, Contralínea and Milenio Semanal. "Gibler's front-line reportage coupled with first-rate analysis gives an uncommonly vivid and nuanced picture of a society riddled and enervated by corruption, shootouts, and raids, where murder is the 'most popular method of conflict resolution.' . . . At great personal risk, the author unearths stories the mainstream media doesn't—or is it too afraid—to cover, and gives voice to those who have been silenced or whose stories have been forgotten."—Publishers Weekly, starred review "Gibler argues passionately to undercut this 'case study in failure.' The drug barons are only getting richer, the murders mount and the police and military repression expand as 'illegality increases the value of the commodity.' With legality, both U.S. and Mexican society could address real issues of substance abuse through education and public-health initiatives. A visceral, immediate and reasonable argument."—Kirkus Reviews "Gibler provides a fascinating and detailed insight into the history of both drug use in the US and the 'war on drugs' unleashed by Ronald Reagan through the very plausible—but radical—lens of social control. . . . Throughout this short but powerful book, Gibler accompanies journalists riding the grim carousel of death on Mexico's streets, exploring the realities of a profession under siege in states such as Sinaloa and just how they cover the drugs war."—Gavin O’Toole, The Latin American Review of Books

• Autore: John Gibler
• Anno edizione: 2011
• Editore: City Lights Publishers
• Formato: EPUB2 con Adobe DRM
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9780872865761

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