The Guerrilla Wars of Central America (Pt. 2) - El Salvador

Part 4 of Red Library's Revolutionary Politics in Central and South America Series 

For part 2 of our discussion on Saul Landau's The Guerrilla Wars of Central America, we do a bit of critical reflection on Landau's analysis in the book then Comrade Commissar Don takes over to lead us through an overview of the chapter on El Salvador. 

We cover the origins of the guerrilla war waged by the FMLN, the relationship between religion and Marxism in El Salvador, human rights, the massacres by right wing death squads, the conclusion of the conflict, and our closing thoughts on the book.

Intro Music: "War Within a Breath" by Rage Against the Machine

Further Reading/References

• Civil War in El Salvador
• Standpoint Theory/Epistemology
• The Football War
• Christian Democratic Party of El Salvador
• Liberation Theology
• Archbishop Oscar Romero
• Trailer for Romero starring Raul Julia
• Monsignor Romero Documentary
• Roberto D'Aubuisson
• Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN)
• Jose Marti
• Jeane Kirkpatrick
• Pacification
• Massacre at El Mozote
• The Massacre at El Mozote by Mark Danner
• Atlactatl Battalion
• Elliott Abrams
• Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path
• The Logic of Violence in Civil War Summary
• Analytical Marxism
• Red Army Faction
• Greek Civil War
• Counter-insurgency
• Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War
• Non-Aligned Movement
• Gamal Abdel Nasser

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