In Review
A New Opportunity For Democratic Authority: Human Rights in Peru, an Americas Watch Report, September 1985, 44 pp. $5 (paper). A brief, illuminating supplement to the October 1984 Americas...
...8 (paper...
...Chomsky marshalls considerable evidence that shows the U.S...
...The meticulous documentation, with 145 sworn affidavits, includes names and addresses of eyewitnesses for each of 36 cases of contra kidnapping, torture, rape and murder of unarmed civilians...
...Turning the Tide: U.S...
...policy and present alternative policy perspectives...
...Written with the moral outrage and intensity of Old Testament prophecy, Noam Chomsky's most recent book is an angry but closely reasoned indictment of present and historic U.S...
...One entire section is devoted to "democracy and double standards" in the U.S...
...South End Press, 1985, 298 pp...
...Botolph Street, Boston, MA 02115...
...It concludes that protecting the rights of citizens-especially in the Andes with its "complex web of relationships and conflicts between Indian communities"-will challenge this newly elected democratic government...
...South End Press, 116 St...
...UUSC Study and Action Guide Series, 1985, 275 pp...
...An index of political names is included...
...A six-session Central America study guide on regional daily life, historical U.S.-Central America relations and current Administration policy in the region...
...policy in Central America and the Caribbean...
...interventionist policy, particularly the Carter Administration's...
...Combining opinion and testimony culled from U.S...
...Noting that "Sendero Luminoso is not a serious contender for power by military force . [and] unlikely . . . to inspire broad based political opposition to the democratic system," the investigation adds, "Sendero has continued to force civilians to join it or to contribute to its efforts...
...and refugee statistics...
...24.95 (cloth...
...CBS News and The New York Times verified a number of the descriptions, and the Washington Office on Latin America together with the International Human Rights Law Group conducted an independent investigation in February 1985 that corroborated Brody's report...
...The readings develop an understanding of the contradictions of U.S...
...Reed Brody, a former Assistant Attorney General of the State of New York, led a fact-finding team which visited Nicaragua from September 1984 to January 1985 to investigate the reality...
...regarding El Salvador and Nicaragua...
...Facts on File, Inc., 460 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016...
...This reference book offers a distilled overview of the political forces in 20 Latin American countries and Puerto Rico: political parties and alliances, guerrilla movements, pressure groups and other legal and illegal organizations...
...20 (cloth...
...This guide, which accompanies A Journey to Understanding, was written expressively for people with limited time...
...Appendices include a list of recommended audio-visuals, books and periodicals...
...It does not cover all political actors at work (e.g., the Catholic Church, the landed oligarchy, the press, the peasant squatter movements), nor the roots of "caudillismo" (e.g., urban-rural, inter-ethnic and inter-racial tensions...
...Former Senator J. William Fulbright, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee during the Vietnam War, commented last year to The New York Times that government officials who make statements on Vietnam and Central America "fit the facts to fit the policy...
...Intervention in Central America and the Struggle for Peace by Noam Chomsky...
...8.50 (paper...
...Appendix 2, "Who Are the Contras...
...South End Press, 1985, 206 pp...
...political and economic system is corrupt and even evil, and argues that the only effective constraint is another mass antiwar movement like that of the Vietnam War era...
...Very good on the continuity of U.S...
...with its analysis of the military leadership, and the nature of private American groups providing material and financial aid (source: Arms Control and Foreign Policy Caucus) and Appendix 3, with its chronology of attacks from December 1, 1981-November 30, 1984, convey, as Brody intended, "an idea of the magnitude of the war being waged against the Nicaraguan population...
...UUSC Study and Action Guide Series, 1985, 86 pp...
...Chomsky believes that U.S...
...Americas Watch urges the Garcia Administration to "check" military authorities in the Emergency Zone, along with violations by sinchis troops (counterinsurgency police) and rondas campesinas (civil defense patrols...
...Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, 78 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108...
...The Busy Person's Guide to Social Action edited by the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC...
...Each section outlines the country's political history, constitutional framework, recent election results and political parties and movements-leaders, structure, history and policies...
...A Journey to Understanding developed by the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC...
...A brief, illuminating supplement to the October 1984 Americas Watch Report, Abdicating Democratic Authority: Human Rights in Peru, this study is based on visits to Peru in December 1984 and June 1985...
...an organizational directory...
...activity in the region has been an expression of the Fifth Freedom: "the freedom to rob and exploit...
...10 (paper...
...Facts on File Publications, 1985, 287 pp...
...Latin American Political Movements edited by CiarAn 6 Maoliin...
...magazine and newspaper articles and books, Administration statements and interviews with Central Americans (victims and rebel leaders alike), the course generates discussion and provides a basis for later action by participants...
...Group action "tips, tricks and ideas" are enumerated in a clear, simple style...
...The appendices are an excellent supplement...
...The concise introduction places human rights violations in perspective, anticipating the inauguration of Alan Garcia P6rez in July 1985, and includes incoming Administration and Americas Watch recommendations...
...Americas Watch, 36 West 44 Street, New York, NY 10036...
...Contra Terror in Nicaragua, Report of a Fact-finding Mission: September 1984-January 1985 by Reed Brody...
Vol. 20 • June 1986 • No. 3
