We are joined by Bolivian activists as part of their Dignity and Defiance Tour across the U.S. We’ll learn about the changes under Bolivian President Evo Morales and hear powerful eyewitness accounts of Bolivia’s decade-long rebellion against globalization imposed from abroad.
In the United States, many of us experience the benefits of globalization and carry only a vague understanding of the impact that it has on less powerful countries. Thus, it becomes our responsibility to listen to the stories that come from the communities that are the most effected by our global lifestyle. “Dignity and Defiance,” a new collection of stories from Bolivia, delivers just that.
Based on extensive interviews and first-hand accounts, “Dignity and Defiance” is a powerful eyewitness account of Bolivia’s decade-long rebellion against globalization imposed from abroad. It weaves together stories of regular people striving to make their lives better along with vivid accounts of the political struggles that have made Bolivia international front-page news. Sometimes the struggle manifests through popular rebellion and democracy carried to the streets. Other times it is about individuals making difficult choices for how to deal with a globalizing world.
Bolivia is challenging the world to make globalization something other than a set of economic orders from the north. It is about a people calling for global integration to be something different than it has been, something more fair and more just.
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