SOLIDARITY RESOURCES Guatemala: The Gathering Storm is the most recent production by GCR Media Arts which also produced slideshows on Nicara- gua and El Salvador. This 25-minute slideshow makes use of stunning photography and presents the sounds and scenes from the 1982 elections and military coup. We hear the voices of Rios Montt, Indian leader Rigoberta Menchu, U.S. busi- nessman Fred Sherwood, U.S. Ambassador Fred Chapin and the guerrillas. Documents current situation in light of brief historical overview. (160 35-mm slides with casette sound- track: $85 or $90 from abroad. Jeanne Gallo, SND, 24 Curtis Avenue, Somerville, MA 02144.) Dollars and Dictators is a 30-minute slideshow on the U.S. role in Central America-agribusiness, influence in industry and the media, military and economic aid, loan policies. The show, narrated in English and Spanish, is designed for those with some previous knowledge of Central America. (Purchase price: $65 to individuals and citizen groups; $125 to institu- tions. Rental: $25 per week. The Resource Center, Box 4726, Albuquerque, NM 87196.) In Pursuit of Refuge is a 25-minute slide/tape show featuring the voices, faces and music of Guatemalan and Salvadorean refugees. A moving account of their struggles with hunger, disease and the fear of violence and deportation. (Prices are same as above. The Resource Center.) Seeds of Revolution is an award-winning documentary pro- duced by Howard Enders with assistance from the Institute for Food and Development Policy. Las Isletas, a successful work- er-controlled banana cooperative, became the symbol of hope throughout Central America. When it tried to break Castle & Cooke's (Dole) marketing monopoly, the cooperative became the target of military and corporate attacks. In this film, the actors speak: corporate and military officers, coop workers, union leaders and the local priest. (16-mm, also on 3/4" video casette, 30-minutes. Purchase: $450, Rental: $50. Institute for Food and Development Policy, 2588 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110.) EL SALVADOR David Samuel Kruse and Richard Swedberg, El Salvador Bibliography and Research Guide (Central America Information Office [CAMINO], 1982). $17 for institutions, $11 for indi- viduals, paper, 230 pgs. An extremely comprehensive and useful listing of 2000 bibliographical entries from Spanish and English-language periodicals, scholarly literature, Salvador- ean and U.S. government documents. Entries are grouped thematically in 16 sections on such topics as U.S. policy, agrarian reform, church, culture, women, etc. An introductory essay offers guidance on how to do research on El Salvador. (CAMINO, 1151 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138.) 50 El Parcial, El Salvador: La Intervencion Estadounidense (No. 7, September 1982). Write for price, paper, 125 pgs. Selection of news and analytical accounts of land reform, U.S. aid, inter- vention, regionalization, primarily from Mexican and Latin American press. Mostly in Spanish. (Doris Hermes, Kielortalle 4, 2000 Hamburg 13, West Germany.) CISCAC, El Salvador: A Dossier (CISCAC, 1981). Australian $3, paper, 72 pgs. Good, basic pamphlet on origins of revolu- tion by an Australian solidarity group. Well illustrated. (CISCAC Publications, GPO Box 5421CC, Melbourne 3001, Australia.) Laurence R. Simon, James C. Stephens Jr., 1982 supplement by Martin Diskin, El Salvador Land Reform 1980-1981 (Oxfam America, 1982). $5, paper, 61 pgs. Solid analysis of land reform program, including what has happened after the 1982 elections. Best single source on subject. (Oxfam America, 115 Broadway, Boston, MA 02116.) Antonio Alvarez-Solis and others, El Salvador: la larga marcha del pueblo (Editorial Revolucion, 1982). Write for price, paper, 284 pgs. From Spain, basic history of origins of current strug- gle. Good account of FMLN military strategies and actions; also good maps. (Editorial Revolucion, Gran Via, 88, Bloque 6, 90, puerta 3, Madrid-8, Spain.) NICARAGUA Tomas Borge, Women and the Nicaraguan Revolution (Path- finder Press, 1982). $.75, paper, 30 pgs. English translation of the first major speech on women's status by a Nicaraguan government leader since the 1979 triumph. More than just for Nicaragua watchers, it is an important contribution to the gen- eral debate for its theses that women's oppression is rooted in historic economic dependence on men (pre-dating class ex- ploitation) and cannot be resolved without changing economic structures. Thirdly, this process of change is insufficient un- less accompanied by simultaneous ideological/cultural strug- gle. (Pathfinder Press, 410 West Street, New York, NY 10014.) Empar Pineda, ed., La Revolucion Nicaraguense (Editorial Revolucion, 1980). Write for price, paper, 223 pgs. One of the earliest in the growing library of key FSLN documents which help explain the Sandinista struggle. Particularly valuable in this collection is a description of the Movimiento Pueblo Unido and its pre-victory program, unification documents of the FSLN, and clearly enumerated socio-economic data about Nicaragua during the last years of the Somoza regime. Illus- trated. (Editorial Revolucion.) Sandinistas Speak (Pathfinder Press, 1982). $4.95, paper, 160 pgs. Speeches, documents and interviews by five central leaders of the FSLN: Tomas Borge, Daniel Ortega, Humberto Ortega, Jaime Wheelock and Carlos Fonseca Amador. Nine selections include the 1969 FSLN program; a 1969 political- historical overview by Carlos Fonseca; and key post-triumph statements on the victory strategy, human rights, religion, economy and imperialism. The collection concludes with Borge's speech at the Second Anniversary and Daniel Ortega's 1981 address to the United Nations-- 'An Appeal for Justice and Peace." (Pathfinder Press.) Omar Cabezas Lacayo, La montana as algo mas qua una In- mensa estepa verde (Casa de las Americas, 1982). Write for price, paper, 255 pgs. Winner of the 1982 Casa de las update . update * update * update Americas prize for testimonials, this first-person account re- lives episodes of the anti-Somoza struggle from Comandante Cabezas' 1968 entry into the FSLN as an 18-year-old law graduate. Currently head of policy planning in Nicaragua's Ministry of the Interior, Cabezas has written a poetic, humor- ous, raw, powerful and personal narrative of the pre-insurrec- tionary period. (Casa de las Americas, 3ra. y G, El Vedado, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba.) Thomas W. Walker, Nicaragua, the Land of Sandino (West- view, 1981). $20, cloth; $10.95, paper, 137 pgs. Fifth in a series on contemporary Latin American nations by Westview and first in an ongoing love affair with Nicaragua by Walker (see below). Beginning with the pre-Colombian period, the book moves into a dependency analysis of Nicaragua to help explain the need for a revolution and the directions it might take. Obviously impressed by what he saw in the post-victory flush, Walker's before and after accounts of culture, society, economy, etc., form a concise and helpful introduction-par- ticularly for students and political tourists. (Westview Press, 5500 Central Avenue, Boulder, CO 80301.) Thomas W. Walker, ed., Nicaragua in Revolution (Praeger Special Studies, 1982). $32.95, cloth; $14.95, paper, 410 pgs. A more scholarly and thorough approach to the first year and a half of Sandinista rule, the period also covered by the above book. Includes twenty-three contributions on topics in- cluding the insurrection; post-revolutionary interest groups (mass organizations, armed forces, working class, women, churches, news media); revolutionary programs and policies; and early considerations of the international aspect. Interest- ing but inevitably uneven, the whole is not more coherent than the sum of its parts. (Praeger Publishers, 521 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10175.) And Also Teach Them to Read and Five Months That Changed a Nation are one-hour video documentaries on Nicaragua's na- tional literacy crusade produced by the University of Wisconsin in cooperation with the Nicaraguan Ministry of Education. Part one examines the social and historical context in which the cru- sade was conceived and implemented. Part two documents the process itself. (Available in 1/2 inch VHS and 3/4 inch video cassette formats. Write for rental or purchase cost: Center for Latin America, The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, PO. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201.) Church and Revolution In Nicaragua is a special supplement to the November'82 issue of the Canadian Central America Up- date. This 12-page booklet compiles documents and articles on the historic role of the Church in the Nicaraguan revolutionary process. Written by clergy and lay people, sections address unity and disunity within the Catholic Church, the country's Protestants, the Pope and Nicaragua. Useful both to those interested in events in Nicaragua and in the Church's role in social change. ($2.50 single copy, 10-99 copies, 50% discount, over 100 copies, 60% discount, Central America Update, Box 2207, Station P, Toronto, Canada M5S 2T2.) MISCELLANEOUS 1980 Yearbook of Labour Statistics (International Labour Of- fice, 1980). $57, cloth, 687 pgs. Labor statistics for 180 coun- tries and territories, mostly 1970-79, are presented with Spanish, French and English text. The 38 tables are by coun- try and cover employment, unemployment, length of the work- ing day, wages, consumer prices, industrial accidents and disputes. A useful index of references and sources sends those seeking more detail in the right direction. (International Labour Office, Washington Branch, 1750 New York Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006, or ILO Publications, ILO, CH-1211 Geneva 22, Switzerland.) Michele M. Newman, ed., Researcher's Guide to Washington Experts (Washington Researchers, 1982). $75, paper, 645 pgs. A useful listing of 15,000 specialists in the federal gov- ernment-their area of expertise, location and phone number. The book is aimed at making the wealth of free information and analysis culled by the federal government accessible to the public. By looking up El Salvador, one may, for example, find the name of experts on minerals, agriculture and commerce, or desk officers at State and the International Communications Agency. Spot checks turned up errors in indexing and at least one wrong telephone number. Fully indexed. (Washington Researchers, 916 16th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006.) Paul Wasserman and Jacqueline O'Brien, eds., Statistics Sources-A Subject Guide to Data on Industrial, Business, Social, Educational, Financial, and Other Topics for the United States and Internationally (Gale Research Company, 1982). $130, cloth-, 1388 pgs. A Selected Bibliography of Key Statis- tical Sources is followed by 20,000 subject headings, listed alphabetically, which cite 30,000 print or "live" sources. Ever wonder about cheese production in Haiti? Use of mules in Uruguay? This hefty volume can tell you where to turn. (Gale Research Company, Book Tower, Detroit, MI 48226.) Alan Wolfe, America's Impasse: The Rise and Fall of the Politics of Growth (South End Press, 1981). $8, paper, 293 pgs. U.S. politics since World War II have been based on con- tinued economic growth, even Reaganomics. Growth, Wolfe argues, is no longer a viable basis for political ideology and strategy, hence, the paralysis of U.S. politics. Very stimulat- ing history and political analysis. (South End Press, 302 Col- umbus Avenue, Boston, MA 02116.)
