{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fe4d7b71a-fdc4-457b-8024-eb05c17bdb6d","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Coup: Violence and Resistance in Bolivia (Book Launch)","description":"Join the authors for a book launch and discussion of \"Coup: A Story of Violence and Resistance in Bolivia.\"\n\nIn three dramatic weeks in October and November 2019, the fourteen years of progressive change that Evo Morales\u2019 pink tide government had worked to implement in Bolivia and beyond came to a screeching halt. President Morales was forced to resign after protests against his re-election to a fourth term in allegedly fraudulent elections erupted among the urban middle classes, anti-indigenous racists, and prominent conservative politicians.\n\nJoin Linda Farthing and Thomas Becker in conversation as they discuss the story of this year of upheaval in Bolivia, providing a critical analysis of the 14 years of the MAS government that preceded it as well as the MAS return to power in 2020. The will relate personal accounts and commentary from women and men on the streets, leaders in social movements, members of the MAS party and government, survivors of \u00c1\u00f1ez\u2019s abuses, and intellectuals.\n\nBuy the book from Haymarket: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1745-coup\n\nSpeakers:\n\nLinda Farthing is a journalist and independent scholar who reported and commented from Bolivia during the 2019-2020 coup for The Guardian, The Economist, Al Jazeera, Americas Quarterly, NPR and the BBC. She is the co-author of three books on Bolivia.\n\nThomas Becker is an activist, attorney, and academic who has worked on human rights issues in Bolivia for over 15 years. He spent much of 2019-2020 in Bolivia investigating abuses carried out after the 2019 coup for Harvard Law School.\n\nWatch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/2yv34EDD_pQ\n\nBuy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org\n\nFollow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/5e788856-9ff0-4796-9075-acf3f4fd5dce/artworks-ewuzmvzykuh1utqc-yis1ga-t3000x3000.jpg"}