{"product_id":"clandestine-occupations-an-imaginary-history-paperback","title":"Clandestine Occupations: An Imaginary History - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDiana Block\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA radical activist, Luba Gold, makes the difficult decision to go underground to support the Puerto Rican independence movement. When Luba's collective is targeted by an FBI sting, she escapes with her baby but leaves behind a sensitive envelope that is being safeguarded by a friend. When the FBI come looking for Luba, the friend must decide whether to cooperate in the search for the woman she loves. Ten years later, when Luba emerges from clandestinity, she discovers that the FBI sting was orchestrated by another activist friend who had become an FBI informant. In the changed era of the 1990s, Luba must decide whether to forgive the woman who betrayed her.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTold from the points of view of five different women who cross paths with Luba over four decades, \u003cem\u003eClandestine Occupations\u003c\/em\u003e explores the difficult decisions that activists confront about the boundaries of legality and speculates about the scope of clandestine action in the future. It is a thought-provoking reflection on the risks and sacrifices of political activism as well as the damaging reverberations of disaffection and cynicism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiana Block\u003c\/b\u003e was a founding member of San Franciso Women Against Rape and the Prairie Fire Organizing Committee. She spent 13 years living underground with a political collective committed to supporting the Puerto Rican independence and Black liberation movements. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eArm the Spirit: A Story from Underground and Back\u003c\/i\u003e, writes for left-wing journals, and is a member of the editorial collective of the \u003ci\u003eFire Inside\u003c\/i\u003e newsletter, which has been giving voice to women and transgender prisoners since 1996. She lives in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770500153632,"sku":"9781629631219","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3dcd762de7158fadafda240a32f23da1.webp?v=1780373015","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/clandestine-occupations-an-imaginary-history-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}