Arise!

“A provocative discussion of the importance of revolutionary Mexico in the left radical and revolutionary movements of the early twentieth century… . [Heatherton] has expanded the meaning and impact of both manifestations of the human desire for social justice and revolutionary freedoms.” * Counterpunch *“This magnificent book is an example of what happens when poets write history—or more precisely, when revolutionary poets write histories of revolution.“  * Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Freedom Dreams (Twentieth Anniversary Edition): The Black Radical Imagination *“For at least a century, leftwing activists, thinkers, and writers of every variety have been trying to connect the skeins of activity by the left across continents and varied populations. … In Arise!, Christina Heatherton offers—in our troubled world with so many defeats for the left and popular movements—a vindication of sorts… . It is a grand sweep, richer in details than this reviewer can easily convey.”   * The Progressive Magazine *“It is not only [its] insistently transnational orientation that sets … Heatherton’s book apart… . It is [its] hopefulness, [its] radical faith in the undying capacity of human beings to come together to defy the color line and overturn relations of exploitation and abuse — even, and especially, in the most disorienting of historical conditions. … Arise! exemplif[ies] a new kind of revolutionary history, suited to a new era of struggle in the US-Mexico borderlands and beyond.”   * Jacobin *“Arise! …  emphasize[s] that organizing need not begin with ideological consistency. Instead, radical possibility can be made by paying attention to the place and conditions of the people who find themselves together.” * Public Books *“Heatherton weaves together the threads of a historical web that emanated from revolutionary Mexico, filling in crucial gaps and connecting diverse narratives. In doing so … [she] places it in the pantheon of history’s great revolutions.” * El Pais *“Arise! connects a buried history of internationalist struggle … and enables us to reinterpret this period in a new light.” * Spectre *“An invitation to seriously and collectively reflect on the political role that the writing of history has in the context of the multifaceted planetary crisis that we face today.” * Hispanic American Historical Review *“This gripping book illuminates how radical movements have the power to expand intellectual and political horizons and build international solidarity.” * LSE Review of Books *

Christina Heatherton is Elting Associate Professor of American Studies and Human Rights at Trinity College, Connecticut. She is coeditor of Policing the Planet: Why the Policing Crisis Led to Black Lives Matter.