La Lucha: The Story of Lucha Castro and Human Rights in Mexico by Sack, Jon
La Lucha: The Story of Lucha Castro and Human Rights in Mexico by Sack, Jon

La Lucha: The Story of Lucha Castro and Human Rights in Mexico

A front-line human rights defender fighting murderous impunity in the Mexican borderlands The Mexican border state of...
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La Lucha: The Story of Lucha Castro and Human Rights in Mexico by Sack, Jon

La Lucha: The Story of Lucha Castro and Human Rights in Mexico

$44.78
La Lucha: The Story of Lucha Castro and Human Rights in Mexico by Sack, Jon

La Lucha: The Story of Lucha Castro and Human Rights in Mexico

$44.78
Author: Jon Sack
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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A front-line human rights defender fighting murderous impunity in the Mexican borderlands

The Mexican border state of Chihuahua and its city Ju rez have become notorious the world over as hotbeds of violence. Drug cartel battles and official corruption result in more murders annually in Chihuahua than in wartorn Afghanistan. Thanks to a culture of impunity, 97 percent of the killings in Ju rez go unsolved. Despite a climate of fear, a small group of human rights activists, exemplified by the Chihuahua lawyer and organizer Lucha Castro, works to identify the killers and their official enablers.

This is the story of La Lucha, illustrated in beautiful and chilling comic book art, rendering in rich detail the stories of families ripped apart by disappearances and murders--especially gender-based violence--and the remarkably brave advocacy, protests, and investigations of ordinary citizens who turned their grief into resistance.

Author: Jon Sack
Publisher: Verso
Published: 03/31/2015
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 10.30h x 7.40w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781781688014

About the Author
Jon Sack is an artist, writer and activist based in the US and UK. He completed an MFA at Goldsmiths College in 2006 and has exhibited in the US and UK. He has published comics about the history of oil in Iraq, the blockade of Gaza and the plight of Syrian refugees in Turkey. His work has appeared in the Daily Star (Lebanon), the Mail and Guardian (South Africa), Red Pepper magazine (UK), and Beyond Borders (Pavement Books, 2012, edited by John Hutnyk).

Adam Shapiro is Head of Campaigns at Front Line Defenders, an Irish international human rights organization. At Front Line Defenders, his work involves innovative campaigns to raise the profiles of human rights defenders at risk, including the development of a monthly web-based video documentary series, Multiple Exposure. Adam is also a documentary filmmaker and human rights activist.


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