Drug wars are good business.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1: Drug War Capitalism
Rethinking the War on Drugs-Why Fighting Drugs is Good for the Economy-Corporate Gains from the Drug War-Drug War and the Extractive Industries-The Drug War and Late Capitalism
Chapter 2: Drug War History
History of the War on Drugs-Empire and the Drug Trade-Controlling Substances-Taking the Long View
Chapter 3: Plan Colombia's Precedent
A Drug War Strategy that Works for Business-Financial and Legal Reforms and Free Trade-Anti-Drugs Rhetoric and Political Intervention-Foreign Direct Investment Increases Following Plan Colombia
Chapter 4: Plan Mexico's Reforms
Anti-Drugs Money to Improve Business Climate-Legal System Overhaul in Mexico-Privatization and US Policy in Mexico-Plan Mexico Deepens the North American Free Trade Agreement
Chapter 5: Plan Mexico and Policing
International Police Training and Counterinsurgency-Militarized police in Mexico-Police and Mexico's Staggering Murder Rate-Police Deployed to Protect Transnational Corporations-Sights Set on Social Control-Community Police Offer Resistance
Chapter 6: Paramilitary Blowback
Drug Cartels as Paramilitary Organizations-Hired Killers Now Available-Los Zetas, Border Control and Extortion-Community Activists Under Threat-Communal Landholders Threatened-Paramilitary Activity and the Labor Market
Chapter 7: Drug War Capitalism in Guatemala
A New Pretext for US Militarism in Guatemala-Peace Time Massacres-Resource Rich Lands Militarized-The Drug War, Fear and Displacement
Chapter 8: Drug War Capitalism in Honduras
Gang Violence and Social Control in Honduras-Criminalization of Social Movements-DEA massacre of Civilians-Resource Wars.
Chapter 9: Terror and the Drug War
Social Control and Terror in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Colombia-A new brand of imperial warfare-How Terror Works-Counterinsurgency on Crack-Media and the War on Drugs-Spillover Violence and other Propaganda-Cartel Wars Discourse
Chapter 10: Conclusion
Re-branding the Drug War-Drug War as Permanent War-Role for Anti-War Movement-Solidarity on Trial
