Solidarity Under Siege: The Salvadoran Labor Movement, 1970-1990

ISBN-13: 9781108419192 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 276 str.

Jeffrey L. Gould

Opis

Depicts the rise and fall of the militant labor movement in modern El Salvador.

Recenzje

'This book is a welcome delve into the history of social organisation in El Salvador, before and during the civil war of the 1980s. Newly available archive sources as well as interviews with survivors and exiles from that period have offered new detail and dimensions to this history. The labour movement … was much overlooked at the time; authors focused … on peasant participation in the revolutionary movement. The labour movement … has never received the academic attention it deserves. This book amply fills that void, with a careful and nuanced reconstruction of events over significant time periods that enable us to appreciate aspects of the country's labour history in relation to the struggles of other sectors … and the political projects that sought to mobilise their support … Through this book and the accompanying documentary he has made, Gould has ensured that the story will not be lost.' Jenny Pearce, Journal of Latin American Studies

Spis treści

Introduction: an arc of triumph and despair; 1. Tired of the abuse: gender and the rise of the Sindicato de la Industria Pesquera, 1970–9; 2. The cost of solidarity: the Salvadoran labor movement in Puerto el Triunfo and greater San Salvador, 1979–80; 3. The last chance: the Junta Revolucionaria de Gobierno and the impending civil war; 4. Labor conflicts in Puerto el Triunfo, El Salvador, 1985; 5. The far right and fraud; 6. Solidarity and discord in the labor movement, 1984–9; 7. The longest strike in history; Conclusion: tropical deindustrialization and its discontents; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.