Rebellion in Patagonia

At the very end of Rebellion in Patagonia , Osvaldo Bayer writes: Time always tears down the curtain that tries to hide the truth. A crime can never be covered up forever.” He demonstrates that principle in this moving and nuanced study of strikes led by the powerful anarcho-syndicalist labor union FORA against the despotic landowners and industrialists of Argentina’s Patagonia region in 1921 1922. The tale ends tragically, with thousands slaughtered, but Bayer’s detailed descriptions and first-