Fire in the Americas
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A01=Orlando Nunez
A01=Roger Burbach
Author_Orlando Nunez
Author_Roger Burbach
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- ISBN 9780860918981
- Weight: 166g
- Dimensions: 140 x 220mm
- Publication Date: 01 Nov 1987
- Publisher: Verso Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Common opposition to Reagan's Contra War has drawn Latin and North American activists into a unique dialogue. One of the fruits of this friendship is this extraordinary account of the historical originality and increasing interdependence of contemporary movements for social change in the Americas. Nuñéz, a leading Sandinista, and Burbach, his US 'internationalist' co-author, highlight the role of 'new social forces', such as the urban poor, the insurgent church, indigenous cultures, the women's movements and people of colour, in their analysis of the various New Lefts in both parts of the continent. Fascinating parallels between the rise of the 'rainbow coalition' in the north and the experience of liberation theology in the south are revealed.
Fire in the Americas was awarded the first Carlos Fonseca Prize in Managua in October 1986 for its contributions in the field of politics and social science.
Fire in the Americas was awarded the first Carlos Fonseca Prize in Managua in October 1986 for its contributions in the field of politics and social science.
Roger Burbach is Director of the Center for the Study of the Americas (CENSA) in Berkeley, California. Between 1971 and 1973 he lived in Chile and worked for the Centro de Estudios Socio-Economicos until the military coup which toppled Allende. He has written extensively on Latin America and on US intervention in Central America.
Orlando Nunez is Director of the Center for the Study of Agrarian Reform in Managua. He was imprisoned during the revolutionary struggle against Somoza and since his release has been a leading strategist of Nicaragua's agrarian reform. He is author of a political novel, Dia de Gloria, set in Nicaragua, and recently contributed to the symposium 'Transition and Development: Problems of Third World Socialism'.
Orlando Nunez is Director of the Center for the Study of Agrarian Reform in Managua. He was imprisoned during the revolutionary struggle against Somoza and since his release has been a leading strategist of Nicaragua's agrarian reform. He is author of a political novel, Dia de Gloria, set in Nicaragua, and recently contributed to the symposium 'Transition and Development: Problems of Third World Socialism'.
