Dawn Paley is a freelance journalist who has been reporting from South America, Central America and Mexico for over 10 years. Her writing has been published in magazines and newspapers in Canada, the US and elsewhere. Prior to writing Drug War Capitalism, Dawn's work focussed on the impacts of the extractive industries. She is an editor with the Media Co-op and is dedicated to supporting independent and grassroots media. Dawn has a Masters in Journalism from the University of British Columbia.
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
