Resisting Reagan: The U.S. Central America Peace MovementA comprehensive analysis of the U.S. Central America peace movement, Resisting Reagan explains why more than one hundred thousand U.S. citizens marched in the streets, illegally housed refugees, traveled to Central American war zones, committed civil disobedience, and hounded their political representatives to contest the Reagan administration's policy of sponsoring wars in Nicaragua and El Salvador. Focusing on the movement's three most important national campaigns—Witness for Peace, Sanctuary, and the Pledge of Resistance—this book demonstrates the centrality of morality as a political motivator, highlights the importance of political opportunities in movement outcomes, and examines the social structuring of insurgent consciousness. Based on extensive surveys, interviews, and research, Resisting Reagan makes significant contributions to our understanding of the formation of individual activist identities, of national movement dynamics, and of religious resources for political activism. |
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... contra - support groups ( Nelson - Pallmeyer 1989 : 66 ) . Finally , White House officials successfully worked the mass media to get their messages across to the prime - time public . Common publicity techniques , which the Reagan ...
... contra - support groups ( Nelson - Pallmeyer 1989 : 66 ) . Finally , White House officials successfully worked the mass media to get their messages across to the prime - time public . Common publicity techniques , which the Reagan ...
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... Contra aid ( Rubin 1984 : 308-9 ; Dickey 1983 : 663 ) . Kirkpatrick and Clark pressed the President for a change of course . They argued that success demanded significantly more military aid for the Salvadoran army and the Contras ...
... Contra aid ( Rubin 1984 : 308-9 ; Dickey 1983 : 663 ) . Kirkpatrick and Clark pressed the President for a change of course . They argued that success demanded significantly more military aid for the Salvadoran army and the Contras ...
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... Contra aid , even if Congress did reject aid for the Contras , " we are not going to walk away from them , no matter what happens " —a promise the President , the Iran - Contra scandal later proved , was deadly serious about keeping ...
... Contra aid , even if Congress did reject aid for the Contras , " we are not going to walk away from them , no matter what happens " —a promise the President , the Iran - Contra scandal later proved , was deadly serious about keeping ...
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Contents
part two The Movement Emerges | 57 |
Illustrations follow page 208 | 209 |
part three Maintaining the Struggle | 209 |
part four Assessing the Movement | 363 |
The Distribution and Activities of Central America Peace Movement Organizations | 387 |
Notes | 393 |
Bibliography | 419 |
Index | 453 |
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