NEW MEXICO BOOK PUBLISHED NACLA has just published Beyond the Border, an examina- tion of the social, political and economic ties between Mexico and the United States. The book brings together for the first time revised and updated materials from past NACLA Reports on border industries, Mexican labor struggles, and rural under- development. Entirely new are an overview-analysis of the entangled web of interconnections between the two countries, labor migration tana is a member of the ultra- rightist TFP (Tradition, Family, Pro- perty) movement. In all these appointments the Brazilian hierarchy's special regional commissions named to advise the Vatican on candidates for h-,hops were ignored. For Car- dinal Baggio and Bishop L6pez Trujillo, it is essential to control the Brazilian Bishops' Conference. Their method is that of gradually changing the ranks of bishops to bring in more "orthodox" ele- ments, more submissive to Vatican instructions and less critical of the country's socio- political situation. The tactic is one that could succeed; there are presently some 50 appointments to be made to Brazilian dioceses. -by James G. Goff, director of Noticias Aliadas, Lima, Peru to the United States and the im- pact of the growing economic crisis. Carey McWilliams, author of Factories in the Fields and former editor of The Nation describes the book as "timely... insightful... first rate." NACLA sustainers, who have donated $25 or more to help main- tain and improve our research and publications, will be receiving free copies of this new book im- mediately. It is not too late for you to join the hundreds of sustainers whose tax deductible donations have been used to move our of- NACLA Report NEWS FROM NACLAupdate * update * update * update fices to a new and larger space, to reorganize our library for public use and to support our work in general. Become a sustainer your- self and you too will receive a free copy of Beyond the Border. GUATEMALA BOOK BACK IN PRINT Long unavailable, NACLA's au- thoritative book, Guatemala, is again available for a short time on a first-order-first-serve basis. We have recovered 400 copies of this unique history and socio-political analysis of the rife-torn country and will sell them until they are sold out. Copies are already going quickly, so, order yours today at the same price of $5.00 (add 75c for handling and postage). CALLING SUMMER VOLUNTEERS The library in our new offices is slowly becoming reorganized so that the public can use it. We are looking for the means to hire a full- time librarian and out-reach coor- dinator to assure that our unique collection of books, periodicals, and clippings files are accessible to anyone who wants to use them. In the meantime we still need volun- teers to help out, not only in the library, but also in other parts of our research and publishing. Anyone interested in volunteering to work with us will be welcome. THE NEXT REPORT The September-October NACLA Report looks at Panama. The treaties have been signed, but the ugly battle over implemen- tation legislation is, at the time of this writing, still being waged in the House of Representatives. In Oc- tober, the Canal, under the new terms of agreement, will actually be handed over to Panama. July/August 1979 Crucial to understanding why the relationship between the two countries was opened to renegoti- ation, and in whose interest, it is necessary to understand the political and economic developments in both the United States and Panama in the past decade and a half. In particular, the Report will focus on the Torrijos regime, evaluating the political soil from which it sprang and the direction of its consolidation. We will ex- amine the role of the international "free banking zone" in Panama, a project given great impetus by Tor- rijos. We will also look at the treaty debates within the United States, drawing lessons about the various forces that fought either to main- tain or reformulate U.S. control over Panama's vital natural resource, the Canal. PROGRAM OF NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT AVAILABLE FROM NACLA Nicaragua is free of the hated dictator, but where does it go from here? The provisional Junta has issued a twenty-one page Pro- gram, outlining the direction of post-Somoza reconstruction in the political, economic and social arenas. NACLA has translated this historic document and is making it available as a special pamphlet. In its comprehensive Program, the Junta of the Government of National Reconstruction outlines plans for the structure of the tran- sitional government, including rep- resentation of the broad spectrum of anti-Somoza political and economic groups; the incorpora- tion of FSLN combatants into the new National Army; the expropria- tion of the Somoza family's hold- ings; the creation of a mixed public and private economy with state control over natural resources; guidelines for foreign investments; and the provision of medical care, housing, education and other vital social services to the Nicaraguan people. The Program is defined by its creators as providing the basis for a "democratic state, for social justice, and initiates a revolu- tionary and nationalist process of profound transformations. . " In the monumental task of consoli- dating Nicaragua's victory, the Program's architects will un- doubtedly have to struggle vehemently to defend the revolu- tionary interpretation of this pro- cess against those who will be contending to control the direction of Nicaragua's future in their own interest. NACLA's pamphlet, "Nicaragua 1979: Year of Liberation," is now available from NACLA for 75s plus 25e postage and handling.
