Direct Action in Montevideo: Uruguayan Anarchism, 1927–1937

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    Fernando O'Neill Cuesta

    Publisher: AK Press

    Year: 2020

    Format: Paperback

    Size: 340 pages

    ISBN: 9781849353649

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Direct Action in Montevideo is the astonishing tale of anarchists willing to use extraordinary methods to achieve their goals. Seen as mere criminals by the legal system, the author met many of them in prison, where he was serving his own sentence. Politicized by his experiences, he went on to eventually write their story, which was also the story of a culture of solidarity and resistance in the face of oppression. These men were rebels who violated the norms of a social order they considered unjust, often responding to the violence of exploitation and immiseration with a violence of their own, robbing banks to fund revolutionary activities, planting bombs, fighting strikebreakers, aiding fugitives, and attacking, even assassinating, bosses and political figures.

About the Author

Fernando O’Neill Cuesta (1924–2005) was a revolutionary and historian of anarchism in Uruguay. His books include El caso Pardeiro: un ajusticiamiento anarquista (2001) and Búsqueda y captura del comandante Doblas (2004)

Book Details

Author: Fernando O'Neill Cuesta
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781849353649
Size: 340 pages
Publisher: AK Press
Year: 2020

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