Shultz & Draper, eds., Dignity and Defiance: Stories from Bolivia's Challenge to Globalization U.C. Press, 2009
George Packer, "Betrayed: The Iraqis Who Trusted America the Most" The New Yorker
Mass protests over the handling of Bolivia's oil and natural gas resources have toppled two presidents since 2003. Gretchen Gordon recounts the role played by social movements in efforts to nationalize that nation's energy industry. And in his play Betrayed, George Packer investigates the plight of Iraqis who took jobs with the US occupiers.