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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... administration created the Contras , who waged a war from Honduras and Costa Rica against Nicaragua , in which more than 30,000 died . The Contras failed to overthrow the FSLN . 57 percent rural poverty rate . HONDURAS The hemisphere's ...
... administration created the Contras , who waged a war from Honduras and Costa Rica against Nicaragua , in which more than 30,000 died . The Contras failed to overthrow the FSLN . 57 percent rural poverty rate . HONDURAS The hemisphere's ...
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... administration offi- cials argued , was not Vietnam but Greece of 1945-48 ( Vaky 1984 : 235 ) . The Reagan administration minimized human rights abuses by friendly right - wing regimes . The State Department rewrote internal papers to ...
... administration offi- cials argued , was not Vietnam but Greece of 1945-48 ( Vaky 1984 : 235 ) . The Reagan administration minimized human rights abuses by friendly right - wing regimes . The State Department rewrote internal papers to ...
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... administration proceeded confidently with these initial plans to confront and roll back what it saw as Marxist ... administration's proposals " ( Falcoff 1984 : 362 ) . According to Destler ( 1984 : 321 ) , " Haig's dramatic acts and ...
... administration proceeded confidently with these initial plans to confront and roll back what it saw as Marxist ... administration's proposals " ( Falcoff 1984 : 362 ) . According to Destler ( 1984 : 321 ) , " Haig's dramatic acts and ...
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... administration's premises about the Central American situation , it would have been manifestly irresponsi- ble to do so . Reagan remained fully committed ideologically and polit- ically to confronting and rolling back communism in ...
... administration's premises about the Central American situation , it would have been manifestly irresponsi- ble to do so . Reagan remained fully committed ideologically and polit- ically to confronting and rolling back communism in ...
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... administration's Cen- tral American policy . One administration official explained the public diplomacy campaign in this way : " The idea is to slowly demonize the Sandinista government , in order to turn it into a real enemy and threat ...
... administration's Cen- tral American policy . One administration official explained the public diplomacy campaign in this way : " The idea is to slowly demonize the Sandinista government , in order to turn it into a real enemy and threat ...
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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