Assault on Nicaragua
1988 1988-04Read it in the scan (PDF at ETOL), page 14 →
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Just $4.95, plus $1.00 for postage. Order from Walnut Publishing Co., 3435 Army St., Rm. 308, S.F., CA 94110. The Untold Story of the U.S. 'Secret War' Speeches by Daniel Sheehan This book contains the facts of the most audacious legal action ever undertaken: the Christic Institute lawsuit against the U.S. government's 'Secret Team.' 'Assault on Nicaragua' includes an introduction by editor Rod Holt; speeches by Daniel Sheehan, general counsel of the Christic Institute, and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega; as well as an essay taries Jeff Mackler and Nat Weinstein on the meaning of the revela tions for the antiwar movement. capitalists with free rein to reverse the revolution-the war will continue, the contras will receive military aid, and the onus for "sinking" the peace talks will be placed on the shoulders of the Sandinistas.
And if the Sandinistas are compelled to make the concessions demanded by the contras, to paraphrase Adolfo Calero, the contras will have won the war. The adoption of the 17 constitutional reforms would represent a fatal blow to the Nicaraguan Revolution.
The contras know they can also count on help from Costa Rican President Oscar Arias for their cause. Arias, in an interview with the Washington Post on Feb. 7, openly admitted that the real aim of his "peace plan" was to kill the Nicaraguan Revolution by placing pressure on the Sandinista government to adopt "democratic reforms." [See March 1988 Socialist Action.] nitarian" contra aid "through neutral channels," do a great disservice to the revolution and to the right of self-determination of the Nicaraguan people.
To argue, as some Nicaraguan solidarity organizations do, that "Absolutely no U.S. aid may be sent to the contras, unless it is administered through neutral channels," is to prop up the gun that is being aimed at the heart of the Nicaraguan Revolution. It is to keep the contra forces alive (with "a two-month rest with supplies," to quote contra leader Alfredo César) in order to help them wrest more concessions from the Nicaraguan government.
This position must be rejected. It is time to organize mass demonstrations against the U.S. war on Nicaragua such as the one being organized in San Francisco on April 30.
Not one penny for the contras! U.S. hands off Nicaragua!
This is the first of a two-part series on the Nicaraguan Revolution today.
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