Book contents
- Solidarity Under Siege
- Solidarity Under Siege
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- People, Terms, and Acronyms
- Introduction
- 1 Tired of the Abuse
- 2 The Cost of Solidarity
- 3 The Last Chance
- 4 Labor Conflicts in Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador, 1985
- 5 The Far Right and Fraud
- 6 Solidarity and Discord in the Labor Movement, 1984–1989
- 7 The Longest Strike in History
- Conclusion
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
3 - The Last Chance
The Junta Revolucionaria de Gobierno and the Impending Civil War
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 May 2019
- Solidarity Under Siege
- Solidarity Under Siege
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- People, Terms, and Acronyms
- Introduction
- 1 Tired of the Abuse
- 2 The Cost of Solidarity
- 3 The Last Chance
- 4 Labor Conflicts in Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador, 1985
- 5 The Far Right and Fraud
- 6 Solidarity and Discord in the Labor Movement, 1984–1989
- 7 The Longest Strike in History
- Conclusion
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
On October 15, 1979, junior officers carried out a bloodless coup. They entered into coalition with civilians of the moderate Left and formed the Junta Revolucionaria de Gobierno (JRG) that issued a proclamation promising structural (including agrarian) reforms, an end to human rights abuses, the abolition of the paramilitary group ORDEN (Organización Democrática Nacional), freedom for political prisoners, the protection and extension of union rights, and the democratization of society.1 The subsequent failure of the JRG signaled a rapid descent toward a civil war that cost some 75,000 lives.
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- Solidarity Under SiegeThe Salvadoran Labor Movement, 1970–1990, pp. 88 - 125Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019