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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... Force on Central America Chicago Religious Task Force on Central America Defense Investigative Service Economic Support Fund Federal Emergency Management Agency Freedom Fighters Farabundo Martí Front for National Liberation FSLN ...
... Force on Central America Chicago Religious Task Force on Central America Defense Investigative Service Economic Support Fund Federal Emergency Management Agency Freedom Fighters Farabundo Martí Front for National Liberation FSLN ...
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... Council Task Force on Central America Unilaterally Controlled Latino Assets U.S. Aid for International Development United States Catholic Conference WFP Witness for Peace Introduction " I grew up in a very middle - χίν ACRONYMS.
... Council Task Force on Central America Unilaterally Controlled Latino Assets U.S. Aid for International Development United States Catholic Conference WFP Witness for Peace Introduction " I grew up in a very middle - χίν ACRONYMS.
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... forces , and cultural influences shaped the broad sociopolitical environment that generated the move- ment ? What effect did subsequent changes in these forces and events have on it ? Who actually initiated it ? And why and how did they ...
... forces , and cultural influences shaped the broad sociopolitical environment that generated the move- ment ? What effect did subsequent changes in these forces and events have on it ? Who actually initiated it ? And why and how did they ...
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... force of faith in politics ? And how can understanding this movement provide theoretical insight into the nature and ... forces that generated the Central America peace movement , but also the people at the grass roots who actually made ...
... force of faith in politics ? And how can understanding this movement provide theoretical insight into the nature and ... forces that generated the Central America peace movement , but also the people at the grass roots who actually made ...
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... forces and events that created the environment which brought the Central Amer- ica peace movement to birth . Chapter 7 then focuses at the micro - level on the characteristics of the individual activists who led and partici- pated in ...
... forces and events that created the environment which brought the Central Amer- ica peace movement to birth . Chapter 7 then focuses at the micro - level on the characteristics of the individual activists who led and partici- pated in ...
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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