Avi Chomsky is Professor of History and Coordinator of Latin American Studies at Salem State University in Massachusetts. Her books include A History of the Cuban Revolution (Blackwell, 2011), Linked Labor Histories: New England, Colombia, and the Making of a Global Working Class (Duke, 2008), They Take Our Jobs! And 20 Other Myths about Immigration (Beacon, 2007), and The People Behind Colombian Coal: Mining, Multinationals, and Human Rights (Casa Editorial Pisando Callos, 2007). She has been active in Latin America solidarity and immigrant rights organizations for over 30 years. She is currently working with Appalachian and Colombian communities affected by coal mining.
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