The Jakarta Method: Washington’s Anticommunist Crusade and The Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World, by Vincent Bevins

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• Published: JUN 29, 2021
• Published by Pubic Affairs
• ISBN: 9781541724006

At times you’ll be shaking your head, other times you may need to put the book down and walk away while you collect yourself. This book is a devastating but important read for understanding the imperialist nature of our global economy. This imperialism is at the heart of our growth economies: without it much of the Global South wouldn’t have been forced into global trade and predominately market-based, western-interest friendly economies that continue to facilitate economic growth in the Global North. Degrowth allows us to step away from this domination and militarization and return sovereignty back to the people of each country, as we stop chasing endless economic growth and begin to ask ourselves what do we really need to live a good life?

Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, the Financial Times, GQ and Counterpunch.

About the Author, Vincent Bevins:

Vincent Bevins is an award-winning journalist and correspondent. He covered Southeast Asia for the Washington Post, reporting from across the entire region and paying special attention to the legacy of the 1965 massacre in Indonesia. He previously served as the Brazil correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, also covering nearby parts of South America, and before that he worked for the Financial Times in London.

About Erin Remblance, your host during #DegrowthLitMonth:

Erin Remblance established her early career in blue-chip fast-moving consumer goods companies in Sydney & London, but always sensed there was more important work to be done. Having children gave her the space to explore the environmental and cultural crises on the planet that need to be urgently addressed. She shifted her focus to dedicate her life towards educating people on climate change, degrowth, planetary boundaries, modern monetary theory and more. Erin is a writer, researcher, co-creator of (re)Biz, wife, and mother of three children. She lives north of Sydney, Australia with her family, on the occupied ancestral country of the Gayemagal people.

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