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meghna.sh
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The book is informative about the perpetual perils of capitalism on Puerto Rico. Also, the powerful narrative about grassroot movements coming together in the face of adversities, is something we all need right now.

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beaconhillbooks
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More people should read this!

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MEGR
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💚🌱💙🌿💛🌱🧡 I learned a lot from this short, powerful book about Puerto Rico 🇵🇷. A MUST READ ⭐️⚡️⭐️⚡️⭐️⚡️⭐️

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“The belittling message at the core of the colonial experiment has been reinforced in countless ways by the official responses (and nonresponses) to Hurricane Maria. Time after humiliating time, Puerto Ricans have been sent that familiar message about their relative witty and ultimate disposability.”

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MEGR
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“At the core of this battle is a very simple question: Who is Puerto Rico for? Is it for Puerto Rican‘s 🇵🇷, or is it for outsiders? And after a collective trauma like Hurricane Maria, who has the right to decide?”

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queerbookreader
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Reading and watching the American Rescue Dog Show 🐶😍✨ have a good night, littens!

saguarosally I‘m curious as to what constitutes a disaster capitalist. 6y
queerbookreader @saguarosally from what I've gathered so far it's companies and extremely wealthy people who take advantage of an area & its people after a devastating event. For the sake of profiting off of a disaster and exploiting the economic "opportunities" that might open up for privatization and development that might otherwise have been opposed 6y
queerbookreader @saguarosally in this context it's about a massive post-Maria attempt to completely privatize the utilities and other public institutions of Puerto Rico, and to sell off vast amounts of the island to various businesses and wealthy individuals who seek to both develop Puerto Rico into an island for the super rich to vacation, and to exploit the island's wildly low corporate tax rate. 6y
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Weaponxgirl @saguarosally this is her first book on the topic. Hope it‘s of interest to you 😊 6y
Weaponxgirl This book sounds interesting too 6y
saguarosally @queerbookreader @weaponxgirl Thank you for the insight. I was just thinking that after a disaster people have to go in and clean up, and you have to pay them. This sounds a good bit more pernicious. 6y
Weaponxgirl @saguarosally it‘s a huge subject and @queerbookreader did a good job of explaining it. 6y
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Emilymdxn
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Finished on plane yesterday but felt too sick to do a proper review, so here it is late!

Wonderful book, my only criticism was that it was too short and I would have loved to hear her talk about the topic for twice as long. It was a great companion to the Shock Doctrine, but more of a long case study than a whole separate book. I really recommend to anyone who liked the shock doctrine

Suet624 This sounds fascinating. 6y
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Emilymdxn
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Breakfast in Warsaw 🥰

Trashcanman 🤗👁️👁️🤗 6y
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kgriffith
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Bought @NaomiAKlein‘s THE BATTLE FOR PARADISE / LA BATALLA POR EL PARAÍSO while listening to her speak @RutgersU #AftershocksRU today; 50% off from @haymarketbooks during #LatinxHeritageMonth https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1235-the-battle-for-paradise
Watch the conference livestream here: https://livestream.com/rutgersitv/aftershocks

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Hooked_on_books
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In this tiny book, Klein takes a brief look at the efforts of corporations and billionaires to capitalize on the after effects of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. She juxtaposes this with small local efforts that effectively combatted the storm‘s effects, suggesting that a different focus by the country would be optimal for its people. More needs to be written and spoken about the topic, but this is a good place to start.