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100	1		_aBlock, Diana , _d1949- _eauthor _93692
245	1	0	_aArm the spirit : _ba woman's journey underground and back / _cby Diana Block.
260			_aOakland, CA : _bAK Press, _cc2009.
300			_a392 pages : _bblack and white photographs ; _c23 cm.
500			_aBefore Part one there is a poem, dated 1995, entitled, "Now I can Tell You to Tony."
500			_aThe title is derived from the following by Fidel Castro (1971), quoted in the author's introduction: "We must arm our spirits. When the spirit is armed, the people are strong."
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 380-389) and index.
505	0		_aPart one Claim no easy victories -- Escape -- Fugitive deconstructions -- New world coming -- Riding the tempest -- A single spark can start a prairie fire -- Venceremos -- Claim no easy victories -- Chimurenga -- Repression breeds resistance -- This is the time
505	0		_aPart two With eyes not yet born -- America's most wanted -- Risking a somersault in the air -- No hay camino -- With eyes not yet born -- Interrogating surrender -- Return -- Light will always be showing -- Reconstructing memory -- The fire inside -- Can't jail the spirit -- A luta continua - epilogue
520			_a"Diana Block's Arm the Spirit is a stunning piece of work with pitch-perfect voice and strong writing. She gives voice to many of us who took up the vocation of revolution and who have remained true to the vision of a radically transformed world."--Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author of Blood on the Border -- from the back cover
520			_aIn June 1985, Diana Block, her two-week old son and five companions--all of them active in the struggle for Puerto Rican independence--fled L.A. after finding a surveillance device in their car. Facing the possibility of arrest because of her militant activities, Diana spent the next decade living underground, on the run from the FBI, raising two children and juggling security, solidarity and motherhood. In a perfect demonstration that the personal is political, Diana's memoir offers unique insights into the reasons why many people took up arms against the U.S. government in the 1960's and 1970's in response to racism, male supremacy and war. The book also traces Diana's political development on either side of her time underground, offering a fresh look at the history of the 1970's and an analysis of the social terrain of the 1990's when she resurfaced and tried to reintegrate into a very different world. Relayed with emotional depth and a poetic style, Arm the Spirit brings a woman's perspective to a subject typically dominated by heroic, male discourse. The book paints a vivid, complex picture of underground life and its many challenges. What is it like to raise children who don't know their mother's real name and birthday? How does it feel to see your own history distorted on an episode of America's Most Wanted? Which aspects of underground life are terrifying, which are stultifying, and which ultimately strengthen the spirit and will to resist? A captivating tale of struggle and solidarity - told from the inside." -- from the back cover.
520			_a"Diana Block has been an activist for forty years. She has written for political journals and women's magazines and currently edits The Fire Inside, the newsletter of the California Coalition for Women Prisoners." -- from the back cover.
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650		0	_aWomen political activists _zUnited States _vBiography. _93693
650		0	_aWomen revolutionaries _zUnited States _vBiography. _93694
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650		0	_aRevolutionaries _zUnited States _vBiography. _93695
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y20th century. _93696
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