In Review
The Search for Peace in Central America by the National Labor Committee in Support of Democracy and Human Rights in El Salvador, 1985, 28 pp. $1 (paper). For the first time in almost...
...Marxist Thought in Latin America by Sheldon B. Liss...
...Third World Resources" Individual two-year subscription $25...
...3 (paper...
...20004...
...University of California Press, Berkeley, CA 94720...
...Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia, 1983, 248 pp...
...Guatemalan Election Media Packet by the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala, 1985, $5 (paper...
...Copies available from National Labor Committee, 15 Union Square West, New York, NY 10003...
...For the first time in almost 40 years, major unions within the AFLCIO-ACTWU, AFSCME, IAM, federal employees, IUE and 17 others-have challenged the Cold War bias of AFL-CIO foreign policy...
...University of California Press, 1984, 374 pp...
...The report says that "Although opposition unions in Nicaragua have occasionally been harassed, they have been allowed to exist and press their demands...
...repression of the trade union movement persists...
...Peasants active in land reform are still massacred...
...Americas Watch, 36 West 44 Street, New York, NY 10036...
...Costa Rica hoy: la crisis y sus perspectivas edited by Jorge Rovira Mas...
...Guatemala Revised: How the Reagan Administration Finds "Improvements" in Human Rights in Guatemala An Americas Watch Report, September 1985, 20 pp...
...Quarterly 12-page newsletter with annotated reviews and listings...
...Third World Resources, an affiliate of Data Center, 464 19 Street, Oakland, CA...
...An extensive appendix of documents and articles from the Costa Rican press allows readers to draw their own conclusions...
...In El Salvador they found that...
...In February 1985, the committee sent a delegation of 9 labor leaders to El Salvador and Nicaragua, where they met with their counterparts as well as governmental officials...
...8.95 (paper...
...The authors' points of view range from monetarist to Marxist...
...Fact sheets on the election, human rights, economic and military aid, resources and speakers...
...This report is an overview of the current political situation in Costa Rica...
...Copies available from AFSC, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102...
...Write for price (paper...
...Report on Costa Rica 1985 by American Friends Service Committee's Latin American and Caribbean Programs, 1985, 114 pp...
...Topics covered include the country's economy, its role in U.S...
...Apartado 2, Plaza Gonzilez Viquez, San Jos6, Costa Rica...
...An excellent introduction and examination to the region's unique cultural and political traditions...
...8 (paper...
...The twelve essays in this book provide an excellent introduction to the debates in Costa Rica about the causes of the economic crisis and the possibilities for recovery...
...Each issue features a special 4-page pullout section on a specific region or topics such as hunger and women...
...Available from NISGUA, 930 F Street,NW, Suite 720, Washington, D.C...
...The collection contains a wealth of data and detailed discussions about political struggles over economic policy and the changing nature of the country's class structure...
...94612...
...Comprehensive lexicon of Latin American Marxist writers and theorists, their lives, works, placement in history and relationship to social movements...
...military planning, its worsening relations with Nicaragua, rightist organizations and the probable policies of the next government...
...Covers March 1982 to January 1986...
Vol. 19 • November 1985 • No. 6
