Clandestine occupations : an imaginary history / Diana Block.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Block, Diana, author.

Series:

Spectacular Fiction

Spectacular fiction

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women political activists--Fiction.

Women political activists.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oakland, CA : PM Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A 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. Told from the points of view of five different women who cross paths with Luba over four decades, Clandestine Occupations 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.

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; 1986 Missing-Belinda; 1995 AKA-Joan; 2005 Caged-Sage; 2007 Camouflage-Maggie; 2010 Release-Anise; 2020 Lands End-Luba; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781629631691

1629631698

9781629631615

1629631612