Twitter page for Alexander L. Fattal's new book on the Colombian government’s efforts to transform Marxist guerrilla fighters in the FARC into consumer citizens
"I cried and said, 'My God, why did I have to come here?' I regretted everything." - former guerrilla Claudia on joining the #FARC at a young age. Read more in #GuerrillaMarketing. #Colombia
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó has launched his security plan for a potential transition, announcing a series of proposals to restore citizen security and neutralize the armed groups that have a hold on the country.
https://t.co/1cngHwvpXh
Happening now in Weiser 555! Dr. Alex Fattal presents "On Marketing and Militarism: Demobilizing Guerillas and Mobilizing Affect, Colombia and Propaganda in the Early 21st Century"
Today! 5PM, Weiser 555
"On Marketing and Militarism: Demobilizing Guerrillas and Mobilizing Affect, Colombia and Propaganda in the Early 21st Century" will explore the arguments of Prof. Alex L. Fattal's new book Guerrilla Marketing: Counterinsurgency and Capitalism in Colombia
Monday, April 8! LACS Lecture
On Marketing and Militarism: Demobilizing Guerrillas and Mobilizing Affect, Colombia and Propaganda in the Early Twenty-First Century
Alexander L. Fattal, Pennsylvania State University
https://t.co/FllPXiwJFL
Former guerrilla, Gabriel, recounts giving a paramilitary man milk when the man said to him, "Brother, leave here tonight, because they are going to kill you." Read more in #GuerrillaMarketing#Colombia#FARC
Conversation with Alex Fattal @FattAlx (Penn State) on Guerrilla Marketing hosted by Univ of Michigan Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Monday April 8, 5pm, Ann Arbor. Cosponsored by University of Michigan Latina/o Studies. @umichLACS@UMichES@umichAmCult#Colombia
"When we came back to the group, they had already taken the babies out of the others. The military operation is what saved my daughter." -a former #FARC guerrilla on how she was allowed to keep her daughter despite the FARC's policy forbidding women from having children
"Guerrilla Marketing is a fascinating book that illustrates how the government’s turn to marketing blurred the boundaries between war and peace by penetrating deep into the emotional space of insurgents and their families." -Lesley Gill #mediaanthropology#colombia
an added complication to the Venezuela situation: Colombia's ELN guerrillas - purportedly now operating in 13 of Venezuela's 24 states https://t.co/wwZM1h5Eo9
"They tied me up by the hands and feet and started hitting me, throwing me four meters downhill..." -a former #FARC guerrilla reflects on when the military captured him. Read more in #GuerrillaMarketing (Illustration by Lucas Ospina).