The Nicaraguan Revolution in the period of national reconstruction. The Report will examine the role of the FSLN, the transformation of the mass organizations since the overthrow of Somoza, the ad- vances of the rural and urban trade unions, and the program of the Government of National Reconstruction. The participation of the Nicaraguan bourgeoisie, the U.S. strategy and the redefinition Mar/Apr 1980 of the political struggle in Central America will also be discussed. Finally, the Report will include an assessment of the future of the Nicaraguan Revolution. Women 's oppression and political action in Latin America. The Report will analyze the nature of women's oppression in Latin America: the politics of reproduc- tion, legal and social status, the new character of participation in the paid workforce and the poten- tial for political action. The Report plans to examine, as a case study, the process of incorporation of women into the Mexican border in- dustries, the "maquiladoras", and its consequences for family and community life. It will highlight ex- citing new developments in Mex- ico, where the National Front for the Liberation and Rights of Women, a broad-based coalition of women's groups, political par- ties and independent trade unions, has been formed. 45update * update * update * update NOTES FROM THE LIBRARY: NACLA's office and library are open to the public Mondays, from 2 to 6 pm, and Tuesday through Friday from 10 am to 5 pm, except on holidays. The response to our ongoing plea for volunteer help has been steadily gratifying. We now have seven people who are helping us carry out the many tasks of publishing a magazine. Most exciting of all for us-and increasingly for the community of people interested in the kind of research we do-is that our library is beginning to get under control. As many of you know, we moved, after 12 years of publishing out of an Upper West Side apartment, into a nice big loft on 19th Street and began to turn our bulging clipping files and ran- dom boxes of books into an ac- cessible research library. During the past month it has been used by political activists, students and researchers studying the situation in Guatemala, the re- cent changes in U.S. foreign policy, immigration from the Dominican Republic, women's organizations in Mexico, the Puebla Conference, African elements in Cuban literature and Japanese investments in Brazil. Nevertheless, our library is underutilized and still requires a lot of work. We need your support. You can help to improve the library by donating books and other pertinent materials. You can also volunteer to catalogue, file, build our country data bank and participate in the thousand and one tasks that a good research library requires. Please give us a call or come to our office.
