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![Prairie Fire Organizing Committee Program with Luis Flores](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: LA 092Format: CassetteProgram: Prairie Fire Organizing CommitteeCollection: El Salvador
Luis Flores, a member of the FMLN, speaks of the impact of Nicaragua on El Salvador, the participation of the United States in El Salvadorian politics, the history of instability in El Salvador, the dynamics of “democracy” in Central America and the issue of free and fair elections.
![El Salvador in Focus](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 10/14/1989Call Number: LA 091Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberProgram: El Salvador in FocusCollection: El Salvador
News from radio Farbundio Marti with Samuel Adams and Penelope Jones. Archbishop denounces Christiani Government., Salvadorian Mothers occupy Costa Rican embassy, Congress debates El Salvador, FLMN commander Lenal Gonzales comments on Current dialogue with Christiani Government.
![El Salvador in Focus](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 10/1/1989Call Number: LA 111Format: CassetteProgram: El Salvador in FocusCollection: El Salvador
Arena Government escalates repression targeting civilians as well as the FMLN. Aerial bombings and ground troop attacks on villages increase in frequency and severity. The FMLN lift their voluntary cease fire in response to the government and military violence. On September 18 the National trade Union of Salvadoran Workers (FINASTRAS) held a protest march in San Salvador demanding the release of union organizers in government custody. Police attacked the protesters with tear gas and beatings. Those arrested reported being tortured. Eight women reported being raped by the police in jail. Meanwhile, In Washington D.C. The U.S. Senate votes overwhelmingly to increase military aid to El Salvador.
![Interview with Paul Fitch](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Paul Finch, a former Co-Administrator from the Lutheran church in El Salvador, talks about his experience during the war in El Salvador in the 1970s. Finch worked for the children who were displaced after the war, organizing activities for children who were in their shelter with his wife. The Church had open doors for whoever needed help, even when the Army of El Salvador began to settle in the church. He mentions how in the beginning of the war, the Guerillas and the Salvadorian Army used different tactics to attack one another, some more drastic than others. Citizens and anyone who were against the Salvadorian government were being tortured to death. He also discusses how he managed to get out of jail before being killed.
![United Freedom Front Communique #9](images/thumbnails//26938.jpg)
Publisher: United Freedom FrontDate: 8/21/1984Volume Number: 21-AugFormat: CommuniqueCollection: El Salvador
Communique from the United Freedom Front claiming responsibility for the bombing of General Electric offices of the aerospace strategic planning and aircraft division in New York. At the time, GE was the fourth largest military contractor to the United States and their products were involved in bombing of civilian populations, human rights violations and mass murders.
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