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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... appear unaware that it ever existed.1 This lack of attention to the U.S. Central America peace movement is baffling , for many reasons . First , the broader political battle over U.S. Central American policy in the 1980s , within which ...
... appear unaware that it ever existed.1 This lack of attention to the U.S. Central America peace movement is baffling , for many reasons . First , the broader political battle over U.S. Central American policy in the 1980s , within which ...
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... appear not to have been widespread ( Barry 1987 : 5 ) . " At no time before the conquest did the Indians suffer the systematic material deprivation that has character- ized Guatemala since 1524. Malnutrition was not a chronic condition ...
... appear not to have been widespread ( Barry 1987 : 5 ) . " At no time before the conquest did the Indians suffer the systematic material deprivation that has character- ized Guatemala since 1524. Malnutrition was not a chronic condition ...
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... appear an expedient " proving ground " for Reagan's new approach . First , events in Central America were at a critical point : the Sandinista regime was consolidating power in Nicaragua and the FMLN guerrillas had recently launched a ...
... appear an expedient " proving ground " for Reagan's new approach . First , events in Central America were at a critical point : the Sandinista regime was consolidating power in Nicaragua and the FMLN guerrillas had recently launched a ...
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... appear to have viewed negotiations as a genuine potential solution to the region's conflicts , most top administration officials considered the Sandinistas and the FMLN untrustworthy negotiators and were 28 CHAPTER TWO.
... appear to have viewed negotiations as a genuine potential solution to the region's conflicts , most top administration officials considered the Sandinistas and the FMLN untrustworthy negotiators and were 28 CHAPTER TWO.
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... appear unreasonable . " 13 U.S. participation in ongoing peace talks , in other words , was mere " show- case negotiation , " maintained primarily for domestic political reasons ( Roberts 1990 ; Vanden and Walker 1991 : 170-72 ) . By ...
... appear unreasonable . " 13 U.S. participation in ongoing peace talks , in other words , was mere " show- case negotiation , " maintained primarily for domestic political reasons ( Roberts 1990 ; Vanden and Walker 1991 : 170-72 ) . By ...
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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