El Golpe : U.S. labor, the CIA, and the coup at Ford in Mexico / Rob McKenzie with Patrick Dunne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKenzie, Rob, author.

Dunne, Patrick, author.

Series:

Wildcat (Pluto Press)

Wildcat, workers' movements and global capitalism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial relations--Mexico.

Industrial relations.

Labor unions--Political activity.

Labor unions.

American Institute for Free Labor Development--History--20th century.

American Institute for Free Labor Development.

McKenzie, Rob.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, [2022]

Summary:

True crime meets political thriller in an explosive exposé of US meddling in Mexico.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of Photographs

Series Preface

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Prologue

Part I: US Labor's Cold War in Latin America

1. The Birth of AIFLD and the Coup in British Guiana

2. Labor's Foreign Policy Contested and the Military Takeover in Brazil

3. AIFLD and the Battle of Chile

4. El Salvador, Nicaragua, and AIFLD's Agenda for Central America

Part II: El Golpe

5. Mexico in the 1980s

6. US Auto Companies Move South

7. The Coup

8. The Strike

Part III: Tracking the Assassins

9. Detroit

10. St. Paul

11. Washington, DC

Conclusion: Putting Together the Pieces of the Puzzle

Appendix: On the Home "Front"

Photographs

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: McKenzie, Rob El Golpe

ISBN:

9780745345642

0745345646

9780745345666

0745345662