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![Resisting Militarism and Social, Economic Injustice in El Salvador](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/2/1992Call Number: JG/ 127AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
A member of the FMLN recounts the 6 major conjunctures of democratic struggle against institutionalized militarism and social injustice. This begins with the mass insurrections in 1932 after the democratically elected government was overthrown by the Minister of War and ending with the organization of the Peace Agreements in 1992.
![Militarism in El Salvador After the Peace Accords](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: JG/ 127BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Focuses on the corruption and heavy involvement of military forces in drug trafficking and money laundering in El Salvador, as well as the outright subordination of public security over military police. President Cristiani’s decision to reduce the budget for public security, which was put into place after the end of the civil war, is a direct violation of the Peace Accords, which created the National Civil Police as an apolitical force to protect human rights.
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