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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... Francisco Hernández de Córdo- ba — began the military conquest of Central America in 1524 ( Parker 1964 : 44-45 ) . The military technology of the Spanish was more Gulf of Mexico Florida ( U.S. ) MEXICO BELIZE GUATEMALA 4 CHAPTER ONE.
... Francisco Hernández de Córdo- ba — began the military conquest of Central America in 1524 ( Parker 1964 : 44-45 ) . The military technology of the Spanish was more Gulf of Mexico Florida ( U.S. ) MEXICO BELIZE GUATEMALA 4 CHAPTER ONE.
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... began the long his- tory of agro - export development , and its dual structure of land tenure , that still dominates Central American economies today ( DeWalt and Bidegaray 1991 ) . The first major crop to succeed was cacao , due to a ...
... began the long his- tory of agro - export development , and its dual structure of land tenure , that still dominates Central American economies today ( DeWalt and Bidegaray 1991 ) . The first major crop to succeed was cacao , due to a ...
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... began to erode in the mid - twentieth century as agro - export agriculture became increasingly commercialized ( Brockett 1990 : 6 ) . For many , personal patronage ties were supplanted by more impersonal market - oriented , wage - labor ...
... began to erode in the mid - twentieth century as agro - export agriculture became increasingly commercialized ( Brockett 1990 : 6 ) . For many , personal patronage ties were supplanted by more impersonal market - oriented , wage - labor ...
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... began fluctuating wildly , in an overall downward direction , creating further havoc for these economies ( Booth 1985 ) . Rational economic planning became diffi- cult , and imported goods , including petroleum , became that much more ...
... began fluctuating wildly , in an overall downward direction , creating further havoc for these economies ( Booth 1985 ) . Rational economic planning became diffi- cult , and imported goods , including petroleum , became that much more ...
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... began to challenge regimes in power.4 And as these rebel armies increasingly drew grassroots support , those coun- tries were thrown into bloody civil wars . The Central American pow- der keg was ignited . POLITICAL INTRANSIGENCE AND ...
... began to challenge regimes in power.4 And as these rebel armies increasingly drew grassroots support , those coun- tries were thrown into bloody civil wars . The Central American pow- der keg was ignited . POLITICAL INTRANSIGENCE AND ...
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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