David Montero

Longlisted for the Massachusetts Book AwardA Publishers Weeklys Top 10 PickThis groundbreaking book tracks the massive wealth amassed from slavery from pre-Civil War to today, and lays out a case for reparations that shows exactly what was stolen, who stole it, and to whom it is owed. In this timely, powerful, investigative history, The Stolen Wealth of Slavery, Emmy Award-nominated journalist David Montero follows the trail of the massive wealth amassed by Northern corporations throughout Americas history of enslavement. It has long been maintained by many that the North wasnt complicit in the horrors of slavery. The truth, however, is that large Northern banksincluding well-known institutions like Citibank, Bank of New York, and Bank of Americawere critical to the financing of slavery; that they saw their fortunes rise dramatically from their involvement in the business of enslavement; and that white business leaders and their surrounding communities created enormous wealth from the enslavement and abuse of Black bodies.The Stolen Wealth of Slavery grapples with facts that will be a revelation to many: Most white Southern enslavers were not richmany were barely making ends meetwith Northern businesses benefitting the most from bondage-based profits. And some of the very Northerners who would be considered pro-Union during the Civil War were in fact anti-abolition, seeing the institution of slavery as being in their best financial interests, and only supporting the Union once they realized doing so would be good for business. It is a myth that the wealth generated from slavery vanished after the war. Rather, it helped finance the industrialization of the country, and became part of the bedrock of the growth of modern corporations, helping to transform America into a global economic behemoth. In this remarkable book, Montero elegantly and meticulously details rampant Northern investment in slavery. He showcases exactly what was stolen, who stole it, and to whom it is owed, calling for corporate reparations as he details contemporary movements to hold companies accountable for past atrocities.

El 21 de diciembre de 1970 a las nueve de la mañana, un hombre se presenta en la puerta de la Casa Blanca solicitando ser recibido por el presidente. Viste de forma estrafalaria y lleva días sin dormir. Contra todo pronostico, el individuo es recibido por el presidente a las doce y media. En esa decision, influyo, por supuesto, que el hombre fuera Elvis Presley. Pero, sobre todo, que el laberinto en que se habia convertido la guerra de Vietnam tuviera al presidente contra las cuerdas. Durante el encuentro, Nixon nombro a Elvis Agente Federal Antidrogas. En los años que siguieron, la cordura de ambos se puso en duda. Poco mas se supo de dicho encuentro. Ahora, a traves del ayudante mas cercano de Nixon y la cinta en que se grabo ese encuentro, sabremos todo lo que ocurrio: la huida hacia delante de Nixon, la ingenuidad de Elvis y la venganza final del presidente.

An investigation into corporate bribery around the world and how it undermines democracy and the free market systemThe World Bank estimates that rich multinational corporations pay hundreds of billions of dollars in bribes every year to officials overseas. The perpetrators are not a handful of rogue companies, but many members of the Fortune 500. Kickback is a sweeping, global investigation into corporate bribery around the world and how backdoor financial transactions undermine democracy and the free market system by lining the pockets of some of the worlds worst dictators and criminals. Ultimately, this system affects billions of people by creating conditions that lead to poverty, violence, environmental disaster, and political instability in countries like Nigeria, Bahrain, Costa Rica, and Iraq.Kickback traces the origins of corporate bribery from the reign of the British East India Company to the methods by which it is carried out today. Traveling across four continents and interviewing police and intelligence officials, convicted criminals, business executives, and corruption experts, David Montero takes an inside look at briberys pernicious effects. He examines its ramifications at both the individual and national levels--from the murder of a young activist in Bangladesh to a Texas billionaires dealings with Saddam Hussein, from pharmaceutical firms payoffs in China to how the entrenched culture of bribery helped destroy the Greek economy. Montero also examines the countermeasures that have been introduced to combat these practices, such as the Justice Departments efforts to halt them and attempts to identify and provide restitution to victims.Given the new era of profound uncertainty we are entering--the strength of the European Union founders, the power of China rises, the global economy continues on a path of perilous flux, and allegations mount that President Donald Trump and his associates are possibly tainted by bribery themselves--the stakes for eradicating corporate bribery have never been higher.

Hoy día, las posibilidades asociadas con el vídeo digital y su confluencia con el espacio de las redes están permitiendo a distintos actores sociales definir nuevos horizontes de acción política a traves del discurso audiovi-sual. Enlazando con una profunda tradicion historica, los movi-mientos sociales siguen en la actualidad explorando sus propias formulas expresivas, configurando creativamente su imagen y dando forma visual a sus mensajes; sin embargo, el alcance po-tencial de estas practicas es ahora mucho mayor gracias a la rapi-da distribucion a traves de plataformas de video on-line gratuitas.Desde un posicionamiento critico, este volumen se centra en el estudio de estas practicas videoactivistas y de las formas en las que entroncan con dinamicas sociales transformadoras mucho mas amplias en contextos que van desde el 15M en España al movimiento #Yosoy132 en Mexico o a la Primavera Arabe. Su punto de partida se situa en la necesidad de empe-zar a construir el andamiaje teorico y el repertorio de casos de estudio que permita situar el videoactivismo como uno de los ejes que vertebran la accion social en la sociedad de las multitudes conec-tadas, en las que el relato audiovisual esta comenzando a modificar de forma sensible los modos de interaccion en la esfera publica.

PaellaLovers, de David Montero, también conocido como RicePaella, maestro arrocero y representante de la cultura de la Paella Valenciana, nos trae en forma de libro, una gran parte de su conocimiento, ilusion y pasion en los fogones. En este libro podemo

Paella Lovers's book is a book of rice written by David Montero, also known on Instagram as @ricepaella, rice master and representative of the culture of the Valencian Paella, offers us a large part of her knowledge, illusion and passion for the stove and