BOOKS, VIDEOS, AND OTHER RESOURCES FOR INFORMATION ON EL SALVADOR
The following are suggested resources that you can access before and after your delegation. We encourage you to look to Salvadorans/Latinos in your community, folks that have traveled to El Salvador, local organizations working with El Salvador, your local library, and universities with Latin American study programs for more resources!
BOOKS (Alphabetical by Author’s Last Name):
Barry, Tom; Murray, Kevin. Inside El Salvador. Albuquerque, NM: Interhemispheric Relations, 1995.
Benitez, Sandra. Bitter Grounds. Hyperion, 1998
Benitez, Sandra. The Weight of All Things. Hyperion, 2001
Berryman, Phillip. Stubborn Hope: Religion, Politics and Revolution in Central America. Orbis, 1994.
Brackley, Dean. “Remembering the UCA Martyrs: Ten Years Later,” Conversations, Fall 1999.
Dalton, Roque. Anything written by this author would be interesting.
Danner, Mark. The Massacre at El Mozote. 1994. Penetrating account of the war and the U.S. through the lens of the El Mozote massacre.
Dennis, Marie and Swedish, Margaret. Like grains of Wheat: A Spirituality of Solidarity. Orbis: 2004.
Diaz, Nidia. I was Never Alone, A prison diary from El Salvador. Ocean Press, 1992.
Ellacuría, Ignacio and Sobrino, Jon. eds. Systematic Theology: Perspectives from Liberation Theology. Orbis, 1996.
Galdámez, Pablo. Faith of a People: The Life of a Basic Christian Community in El Salvador, 1970-1980 . Orbis, 1986.
Gill, Lesley. The School of the Americas: Military Training and Political Violence in the Americas. Duke University: 2004.
Golden, Renny. The Hour of the Poor, The Hour of Women: Salvadoran Women Speak. New York: Crossroad, 1992. Women and the church of the poor in El Salvador.
Lopez Vigil, Jose Maria. Rebel Radio. The story of El Salvador’s Radio Venceremos. Crossroads Press.
Manlio, Argueta.. One day in the Life of El Salvador. Vintage International
Marmol, Miguel. Anything by this author would be interesting.
Nelson-Pallmeyer, Jack. School of Assassins: The Case for Closing the School of the Americas and for Fundamentally Changing U.S. Foreign Policy. Orbis, 1997
Janet Schnek.Faces of the Revolution
Noone, Judith M., M.M. The Same Fate as the Poor. 2d edn. Orbis, 1994. The Story of Maryknoll sisters Ita Ford, Maura Clarke and Carla Priette
Romero, Oscar A. The Voice of the Voiceless: The Four Pastoral Letters and Other Statement s, Introductions, commentaries and selection of texts by R. Cardenal, I. Martín-Baró and J. Sobrino. Orbis, 1985. This is the best introduction to Romero’s homilies and writings in English.
Romero, Oscar A. The Violence of Lov e. Compiled and trans. by James R. Brockman, S.J. San Francisco and Toronto: Harp & Row and Whiteside, 1988; reprinted Farmington, Penn.: Plough Publ., 1998.
Sheehan, Thomas. “Friendly Fascism: Business as Usual in America's Backyard," in Fascism's Return: Scandal, Revision, and Ideology Since 1980. Richard J. Golson, ed. (Lincoln, Nebraska, and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1998), pp. 260-300. Perhaps the most trenchant account available of U.S. complicity in state terror in El Salvador.
Sobrino, Jon. Ignacio Ellacuría, et al. Companions of Jesus: The Jesuit Martyrs of El Salvador. Orbis, 1990. Essays by and about the UCA martyrs.
Wright, Scott. Promised Land: Death and Life in El Salvador. Orbis, 1994. Stories of hope and tragedy among the poor during the war in El Salvador.
VIDEOS (In alphabetical order by title):
Enemies of War , a film by Esther Cassidy (1999), covers the legacy of the martyrs in El Salvador during the last 9 years. It should be aired by PBS, but you can get an uncut version from Esther even now at: <amerinda@spacelab.net>.
“Good News from El Salvador, Fr. Jon Sobrino, S.J.” Reflections on the murder of six Jesuit priests and two women in San Salvador in November 1989. The address covers such issues as keeping the martyrs alive and solidarity. Produced by Catholic Relief Services (USA)
Innocent Voices Luis Mandosky, Oscar Orlando Torres (2004) A story about young boys coming of age in the midst of the civil war in El Salvador.
Killing Priests Is Good News. BBC, 1990. Features J. Sobrino, W. Ford and D. Brackley.
A new video has been produced for the tenth anniversary of the UCA martyrs and can be acquired by contacting the Jesuit Curia in Rome.
“Massacre at El Mozote.” 60 Minutes documentary, ca. 1993.
Romero. Starring Raul Julia. Vidmark Entertainment video. 105 minutes
Roses in December. The story of Jean Donovan by Ana Carrigan and Bernard Stone. Available from Maryknoll World Productions. Tel. 1-800-227-8523.
School of Assassins , narrated by Susan Sarandon, 1995 Academy Award Nominee. Available from Maryknoll World Productions.
SHARE Video (The) . Produced by the SHARE Foundation .1997 Available in English
and Spanish at the SHARE San Francisco office (415) 882-1530.
Websites for information
Media
Diario CoLatino: www.diariocolatino.com
El Diario De Hoy:www.elsalvador.com
La Prensa Grafica:www.laprensa.com/sv
National Catholic Reporter:www.natcath.com
PROCESO, UCA weekly journal : www.uca.edu.sv
Organizations
Alliance for Responsible Trade: http://www.art-us.org
CISPES:www.cispes.org
EPICA : (E-mail address) EPICA@igc.org
Global Exchange: www.globalexchange.org
Institute for Policy Studies:www.ips-dc.org
Latin American Information Center: http://info.lanic.utexas.edu
Latin American Working Group (LAWG):www.lawg.org
North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA): www.nacla.org
The ROMERO Foundation:www.romero.org
The SHARE Foundation : www.share-elsalvador.org
Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA): www.wola.org
Sites for Fair Trade Coffee Shoppers
Equal Exchange : www.equalexchange.com
Catholic Relief Services : www.crs.org
Partial Glossary of Organizations in El Salvador
ACAP (Association of communities affected by the San Salvador Beltway) a network of several communities and parishes that work together to protect those who are harmed by the construction of the San Salvador Beltway and to protest the Plan Puebla Panama
ACAMG (Cattlewomen’s Cooperative)- One of SHARE’s long time partners in the Bajo Lempa, this group began with a few women who wanted to make a living after the civil war. Through trial and error, they were able to build a micro credit cooperative where each woman works to fatten cows and sell them for profit. They currently have over 200 members.
CDR (Rural Development Committee) - national ad hoc committee originally promoted and convened by USAID and other donor agencies (UN Development Program, International Development Bank...) to forward dialogue on rural development policy. Currently this is one forum (or roundtable) for discussion amongst a cross-section of organizations on agriculture and rural development interests. Participants currently include the following:
-MAG - Ministry of Agriculture
-CAMAGRO - Agricultural chamber of commerce representing primarily large agricultural business interests
-FUSADES (Salvadoran Foundation for Development) - a politically conservative research foundation; generally associated with large capital interests in ES
-FUNDE (National Foundation for Development) - a politically progressive research foundation; generally associated with the popular sectors in ES (see below)
-FORO Agropecuario - Agricultural forum representing small farm and cooperative interests (see below)
CIS (Centro de Intercambio y Solidaridad ) - works to strengthen the ties of solidarity from people to people and contributes to the building of a new El Salvador. CIS has diverse programs including a popular Spanish language school for international students.
CISPES (Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador) - U.S. - based organization founded in the early 1980s to provide solidarity support to the people of El Salvador. They work predominantly with trade unions.
CONFRAS- (Confederation of Federations of Agrarian Reform in El Salvador) This confederation oversees the work of 7 federations that represent 141 cooperatives. It began in the early 80’s and provides assistance in production and fundraising, while also giving political strength and representation to the cooperatives it represents.
Consortium of Human Rights - a coalition of NGOs working in the area of human rights.
CORDES (Foundation for Community Cooperation and Development in El Salvador) - an NGO currently focused on providing technical assistance and support for production efforts in rural communities. CORDES works closely with CRIPDES, covering five regions of the country: Chalatenango, Northern San Salvador/Northern La Libertad, Southern San Salvador/Southern La Libertad, Cuscatlan and San Vicente.
CRIPDES (Corporation of Rural Communities for Development in El Salvador) - national grassroots organization which organizes in and represents local communities from six regions of El Salvador: Chalatenango, Northern San Salvador/Northern La Libertad, Southern San Salvador/Southern La Libertad, Cuscatlan, San Vicente and San Miguel. CRIPDES is SHARE’s partner for sistering with rural communities in ES.
CRISPAZ Christians for Peace in El Salvador, was founded in 1984. They are a faith-based organization dedicated to the mutual accompaniment with the church of the poor and marginalized communities in El Salvador. In building bridges of solidarity between communities in El Salvador and those in the United States, they strive for peace, justice, and human liberation. As an organization, they are politically non-partisan and committed to nonviolence.
FEDECOOPADES Network of cooperatives in Santa Ana, currently represents 27 different cooperatives, sixteen of which have women’s committees. SHARE is partnering with FEDECOOPADES in order to promote the success of these committees by providing training in baking, literacy, and gender.
FORO Agropecuario (Agricultural Forum) - coalition of over 30 different organizations representing small farmers and cooperatives in ES. FORO membership includes: CRIPDES, organizations of excombatants of the Armed Forces and the FMLN. The primary objective is to secure national agricultural and rural policies that foment economic and social prosperity for rural inhabitants.
Foro De La Sociedad Civil para la Reconstrucción - A primary coalition that brings together Hurricane Mitch victims from all over El Salvador working for reconstruction that addresses structural issues behind Mitch-like disasters.
FUNDAUNGO – Organization dedicated to promoting civil participation throughout El Salvador. In SHARE’s new target zone, this organization is promoting efforts to enforce a new law that supports higher citizen participation in politics.
FUNDAHMER ( Foundation Hermano Mercedes Ruíz) is an organization that works for sustainable development in rural communities. It grew out of the Christian Base communities movement, and works in sustainable agriculture, education, solidarity, and community development.
FUNDE (National Development Foundation) - research and advocacy institute focusing on researching and elaborating alternative proposals for development and policy in El Salvador. SHARE works with FUNDE in two primary areas: 1) local/regional development, and 2) agricultural/rural policy.
IMU (Institute de Investigación, Capacitación y Desarrollo de la Mujer) - a woman’s organization which has been very involved in supporting efforts of rural women to develop a woman’s platform. In 1997 IMU contributed to the founding of the Permanent Commission for Rural Women.
ISD (Social Initiative for Democracy) - NGO specializing in citizen’s participation efforts. Although ISD began with a focus on voter education, ISD work now includes both ongoing promotion of citizen’s participation in local government as well as election-related citizen’s education.
MAM (Moviemiento de Mujeres Melida Anaya Montes) - plays a lead in the participation of women from diverse sectors of society and are especially involved in the building of a democracy without discrimination.
Mesa Permanente de Mujeres Rurales (Permanent Commission on Rural Women) - a national commission established by a coalition of organizations working with and representing rural women. The Mesa Permanente developed the first rural women’s platform, which was presented publicly in the first semester of 1998. CRIPDES is an active member of the Mesa Permanente.
MPR-12 Popular Resistance Movement 12 of October. The MPR-12 played a key role in mobilizing Salvadoran civil society in opposition to the privatization of public health care and free trade policies. The MPR-12 employs direct action and elite advocacy through activities such as organizing gatherings of protesters, peacefully demonstrating in the streets, and meeting with the United States Congress and Salvadoran Legislature
PROCOMES (Corporation of Community Projects of El Salvador) - NGO specializing in micro-credit with a strong emphasis on women. SHARE is working with PROCOMES in the context of our women’s empowerment work in the target area.
SHARE Foundation : Building a New El Salvador Today is an international non-profit organization that accompanies poor communities in El Salvador as they work for economic justice, democracy and sustainable development alternatives at the local and national levels.
Sister Cities - A North American-based grassroots organization working to connect U.S. communities with communities in El Salvador in the spirit of accompaniment and solidarity. SHARE works closely with Sister Cities in its sistering and advocacy programs.
UCA (University of Central America) - the Jesuit University where the six priests and two laywomen were martyred. Home of the Romero Center.
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