#sandinistas

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

Thousands of young Nicaraguans, together with Commander President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo, participated in the celebration of the 45th anniversary of the triumph of the Sandinista Popular Revolution, held in Plaza de la Fe in Managua.

[leftistfeminista]

I see differences, for example, when I look at women. Our Nicaraguan society is machista, that's clear. A Nicaraguan woman—like a Nicaraguan man—is lively and intelligent and has the ability to give and take. But historically, society has been much harder on us; we’ve had less opportunity. It's a centuries-long history, a millennium of exploitation, during which we've carried an image of ourselves that isn't real. But since the men in our society, for so many reasons, have been irresponsible in paternity, women have had responsibility for their children's lives. This means that the real Nicaraguan woman isn’t the one who wants to cry in the face of her tragedy, the apathetic woman. That was clear in the struggle against the dictator. I said to Margaret Randall when she was writing about us, “Don't write about those whom we've made famous. Write about the women who hid the contact bombs in their skirts, and fooled the guards with their cunning.” The majority of Nicaraguan women participated like this, and that’s how we made the revolution, with women. There’s machismo on the FSLN, of course. It would be illogical for there not to be. But in the Front women are always given the opportunity to participate. Clearly machismo goes beyond that opportunity. It’s a problem of education, and we’ve eradicated it neither in the years of struggle nor in the years of our revolution. We women have to struggle against it as well as the men. Because at times we’re more machista than they are and we educate our daughters differently from the way we educate our sons. It’s a very complicated problem. We’re on the road: men still haven't overcome the fear that their woman will have their own lives, and they're still not inclined to accept what I call a "woman individual," who has responsibilities outside the home. On the other hand, women are no longer inclined to stay inside the four walls of their homes. That has meant that since the revolution there have been a lot of divorces, a lot of problems between couples. Our machismo is very deeply rooted. But I don't believe that we have a sexist society. And that's what there is in the United States: a sexist society, one that discriminates on the basis of sex. It has been very hard for me to adapt myself to the task of being a diplomatic representative in the United States. One thing I've found very difficult is protocol. I once said to Comandante Ortega that my work wouldn't be so difficult if I could wear blue jeans at the United Nations. But I most definitely cannot! It seems such a silly thing, right? But having to dress every day in “coat and tie” is hard on me. Every time I get to Nicaragua, I put on my jeans and sit out in my patio. Diplomacy would be different if we could dress as we please, wouldn't it?

https://www.envio.org.ni/articulo/3134

[howwelldoyouknowyourmoon]

CIA, Moonies Cooperate in Sandinista War

▲ Contras in Nicaragua

Washington Post page E-15 (and Indiana Gazette)

August 16, 1984 by Jack Anderson

In the Central American hinterlands, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish CIA operatives from the Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s disciples. They appear to be working in harness against the communist-tainted Sandinista regime in Nicaragua.

This troubles at least one Pentagon analyst, now stationed in Korea, who has warned the White House that the CIA-Moonie connection could cause possible political damage to President Reagan’s re-election campaign.

The analyst’s unofficial memo, “Potential Problems,” has been slipped to my associate Donald Goldberg.

“Current Moonie involvement with government officials, contractors and grantees [in Central America] could create a major scandal,” the memo warns. “If their activities and role become public knowledge, it will unite both the left and the right in attacking the administration.”

The memo continues: “If efforts are not taken to stop their growing influence and weed out current Moonie involvement in government, the president stands a good chance of being portrayed in the media as a poor, naive incompetent who is strong on ideology and weak on common sense. …

“The likelihood of a reporter or a Democratic staff member piecing the total picture together is too great to be neglected. Any thought that this festering problem will go away if ignored is foolish.”

The “total picture” of Moon’s activities in Latin America is not clear. But there is no doubt that the Korean messiah – now in prison for income tax evasion [and document forgery and perjury] – has established a solid presence in the region, with ties to right-wing groups and U.S.-supported guerrillas.

My associate John Lee Anderson reports from Central America that CAUSA international, Moon’s political front, has representatives working in programs that help the CIA in its “contra” war against the Sandinista government.

CAUSA maintains a publicity office in Tegucigalpa, the Honduran capital, but its principal activities are in the field. CAUSA provides cash and other aid to Honduran-based Nicaraguan contras and Honduran right-wing political groups. Many anti-Sandinista guerrillas wear red CAUSA T-shirts with a map of the world on them.

But CAUSA and its affiliate, the Refugee Relief Freedom Foundation, provide more than T-shirts to rebel groups. They also funnel supplies to refugee families in and near contra camps and pay for trips by rebel leaders to the United States.

One contra leader, Fernando “El Negro” Chamorro, told my associate that as early as 1981, CAUSA representatives sent him on an all-expenses paid trip to the United States to try to unify the Nicaraguan exile groups.

The airlift of supplies to the rebels by Moon’s Unification Church has escalated since congress cut off CIA funding for the contras. The administration has been attempting to “privatize” its war against the Sandinistas and is apparently willing to work with Moon’s people.

Footnote: A Unification Church official denied that the church is engaged in any but religious activities in Central America.

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“The UC is truly anti-Christian” and produces “a species of material and spiritual slavery.” Catholic Bishops in Honduras

Jorge Guldenzoph, deeply involved with CAUSA and Sun Myung Moon’s Unification Church, given 10 years in jail for torturing

The Unification Church and the KCIA – ‘Privatizing’ covert action: the case of the UC

Sun Myung Moon organization activities in Central & South America

Introduction

‘Illegal Aliens Joining Moonies’ – The Pittsburg Press

Moon’s ‘Cause’ Takes Aim At Communism in the Americas – Washington Post

Moon in Latin America: Building the Bases of a World Organisation – Guardian

Guatemala

Nicaragua

Honduras

Costa Rica

Bolivia

Uruguay

Paraguay

Brazil

[loudlylovingreview]

Ernesto Cardenal: Prayer for Marilyn Monroe

Lord,welcome this girl known throughout the world as Marilyn Monroe,although that was not her real name(but ​​You know her real name, that of the little orphan raped at 9 years oldand the shop assistant who at 16 had wanted to kill herself)and who now appears before You without any makeupwithout her Press Agentwithout photographers and without signing autographsalone like an astronaut facing the…

[guavagyal]

the only good thing about this current US presidential election is that I don't have to hear Democrats fear monger about Bernie Sanders & claim he scares away Hispanic voters bc he reminds them of the FARC & Sandinistas.

[movie-notes]

"The Last Thing He Wanted" (2020)

I am not clear what the last thing he wanted was. Anne Hathaway remains hot. She's a journalist in south america, runs a shipment of guns for her father for reasons that aren't clear, has trouble getting home. I hated the opening and closing voiceovers.

[whatisonthemoon]

Moonies offered to pay leaders of the Contras

▲ Pictured: Contras in Nicaragua

According to a reliable journalistic source just returned from Central America, one of the Nicaraguan Contra leaders, Fernando "El Negro" Chamorro of the UDN-FARN, was approached more than two years ago by Moonies to attend meetings (all expenses paid) in San Francisco, New York, and perhaps elsewhere, aimed at unifying the various anti-Sandinista groups. Chamorro said he went to the meetings but declined to follow Moon's lead, for fear of Moon domination. Asked if he had taken any Moon money, he said he hadn't but might if there were no strings attached.

Pak in the Saddle Again by Fred Clarkson (Covert Action, No. 20,  Winter 1984)

[victusinveritas]

[drapeau-rouge]

“El hombre que es capaz de soñar y transformar sus sueños en realidad es un revolucionario

El hombre que es capaz de amar y de hacer del amor un instrumento de cambio, es también un revolucionario.

Un revolucionario es por lo tanto un poeta, un amante, un soñador.

Porque no se puede ser revolucionario sin lágrimas en los ojos y sin dulzura en las manos”. The man who is capable of dreaming and transform your dreams into reality is a revolutionary The man who is capable of loving and to make love an instrument of change is also a revolutionary. A revolutionary is therefore a poet, a lover, a dreamer. Because you can't be revolutionary without tears in the eyes and without sweetness in the hands

Tomás Borge Martínez, 1981 

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

By Eduardo Martínez Borbonet

We Cubans feel the joy of the Nicaraguan people as our own in celebrating this 45th Anniversary, and no occasion is more propitious to renew the commitment bequeathed by our heroes, to honor each day more these exemplary relations that forged years of struggle and sacrifice and that nothing and no one can stand between these two sister Revolutions.

[diceriadelluntore]

Storia di Musica #335 - The Clash, Sandinista!, 1980

Il punto esclamativo finale di questa piccola carrellata tra i dischi che lo hanno nel titolo arriva ad uno dei più famosi dischi degli anni ’80. Protagonista una band che nasce dal calderone del punk britannico della seconda metà degli anni ’70, ma che grazie ad un percorso per molti versi unico e virtuoso, è arrivata ad essere, giustamente, considerata come una delle più importanti rock band d tutti i tempi. Joe Strummer è figlio di un alto funzionario del Ministero degli Esteri Britannico, tanto che nasce in Turchia nel 1952. Quando ha 20 anni, fonda un gruppo, i 101’ers con Clive Tiperlee e Richard Dudanski. Suonano con discreto successo nei pub londinesi e registrano persino qualche canzone. Nel loro giro c’era un altro gruppo, I London SS, che erano noti poiché non suonavano quasi mai con la stessa formazione, in una sorta di gruppo aperto: tra coloro che più spesso ne facevano parte c’erano Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Tory Crimes e Nicky “Topper” Headon. I primi tre si uniscono a Strummer e per qualche mese al chitarrista Keith Levine (che suonerà pochi anno dopo nei PIL di Johnny Rotten) e fondano un proprio gruppo, che prima si chiama Heartdrops, e poi The Clash. La prima, storica, esibizione è allo Screen On The Green di Islington, il 26 Agosto 1976. Inizia qui la loro storia: agli esordi sono una delle punte di diamante del punk di quegli anni, espressione più matura e politicamente sensibile del periodo storico economico di quei tempi. Ne è esempio il primo grande successo, White Riot, uscito nel Marzo 1977, ispirato agli scontri tra polizia e giovani neri al carnevale di Notting Hill nel 1976. Sono il punto di incontro della visione politica più matura e curiosa, lontano dall’anarchismo furbetto dei Sex Pistols o dall’apatia politica disinteressata dei Damned. Il loro esordio discografico è fragoroso: The Clash esce nell’anno Uno del Punk Britannico, il 1977, e piazza canzoni mito come I Fought The Law e (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais, unendo i ruvidi stilemi del punk a ritmi giamaicani del dub e del reggae. Il successo li carica, e il successo lavoro è leggenda: London Calling (1979) è il primo disco in studio cui Topper Headon prende posto dietro i piatti della batteria (dopo aver suonato già nel tour post primo disco), ma soprattutto è il racconto del rapporto odio-amore con gli Stati Uniti, fonte delle musiche vitali per loro stessi ma anche dell’ipocrisia, dei complotti. È un doppio disco che mostra la personale e infinita voglia di contaminare la musica di suoni e colori differenti: album pietra miliare per le musiche (l’incandescente title track), i temi (la violenza urbana di Guns Of Brixton, il terrorismo basco di Spanish Bombs), la copertina (che riprende la grafica dei primi dischi di Elvis con la foto di Simenon che distrugge il basso sul palco).

L’idea successiva, dopo un tour che li portò in mezzo mondo a suonare e una ormai consolidata fama di band impegnata, era piuttosto bizzarra: dopo aver imposto alla CBS il prezzo politico per London Calling di disco singolo pur essendo doppio, la band progettò la pubblicazione di 12 singolo uno per mese. Negata l’idea, ottenne di poter registrare per una settimana i mitici Electric Ladyland Studios di New York. Registrano di tutto, e tornano con una montagna di materiale a Londra. Inclusi vari remix dub di idee e canzoni. Mettono un po’ a posto tutto, e decidono di pubblicare tutto quello che avevano registrato, 36 canzoni, un triplo disco. La CBS non vorrebbe pubblicarlo, poi si accorda con la band: se volete anche stavolta il prezzo “politico imposto” dovete rinunciare ai diritti per le prime 200 mila copie. La band accettò.

Sandinista! è un omaggio al Fronte Sandinista di Liberazione Nazionale, un movimento rivoluzionario e partito politico nicaraguense protagonista nel 1979 del crollo del regime dittatoriale di Anastasio Somoza Debayle: deve il suo nome all’ispirarsi alle teorie di Augusto César Sandino, rivoluzionario nicaraguense, nonché uno dei conduttori della resistenza rivoluzionaria alla presenza militare statunitense in Nicaragua tra il 1927 e il 1933. Tra l’altro leggenda vuole che Margareth Thatcher odiasse profondamente il termine e avesse avuto l’idea di proibirlo in Gran Bretagna. Il disco allarga a dismisura l’osservazione del mondo, proprio perché, e le interviste dopo la pubblicazione lo confermeranno, i concerti li avevano portati dove non erano mai stati, potendo così vedere quello che non avevano mai visto. La musica non è mai stata così piena di influenze, di idee, tanto che i fan della prima ora lo criticarono aspramente, accusandolo di aver perso tutta la spontanea violenza del punk. Ma a ben vedere, i nostri non hanno affatto perso lo sguardo critico e potente sulle cose, lo hanno solo voluto esprimere in modi diversi. Bastano i 6 monumentali, e storici, minuti di The Magnificent Seven per spiegare tutto: primo brano di rap bianco, Mick Jones a New York rimase ipnotizzato dai primi lavori della Sugarhill Gang e dei Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, è il viaggio nella testa di un operaio che si alza alle sette di mattina per andare al lavoro, che lavora per comprare regali alla sua fidanzata, ma che è anche un grande affondo alla realta del consumismo contemporaneo. Hitsville Uk è un brano che sa di gospel e di soul (il titolo è un omaggio alla Motown). C’è il Blues di Junco Partner e la sua versione dub in Version Pardner. Ivan Meets G.I. Joe è la cronaca surreale dell'incontro-scontro a ritmo di disco music tra un soldato americano e uno sovietico su una pista da ballo, in un tripudio di suoni da videogioco. The Call Up si apre con i cori dei Marines statunitensi, perché la chiamata del titolo è proprio un riferimento al servizio militare, dato che nel 1980 il Congresso ripristinò l'obbligo per gli uomini di età compresa tra 18 e 25 anni di registrarsi al Selective Service System. C’è persino un valzer, Rebel Waltz, Charlie Don't Surf è tratto da una celebre battuta del film Apocalypse Now, Police On My Back, divenuta famosissima, è una cover di un vecchio brano di Eddy Grant contro il regime dell'apartheid in Sudafrica. Il tutto con remix, versioni dub, riferimenti alle rivoluzioni in America Latina, perfino la voce di una bimba, Maria, figlia di Mick Gallagher che dà una bella mano a suonare nel disco, che canta in modo stentato alcune strofe di Guns of Brixton accompagnata al pianoforte dal padre.

Ridondante, eccessivo, imperfetto, eppure spargerà fertilità ovunque e per decenni. Ricordo un ultima curiosità: non si sa se per caso o perché i Clash lo imposero, ma il numero di catalogo del triplo era 'FSLN1', stesso acronimo di Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional. Un ultimo riferimento magico ad un disco leggendario.

[sowhatifiliveinfukuoka]

The Clash (1980)

© Pennie Smith

[mudwerks]

(via The Clash - The Magnificent Seven (1980)

[acervorevolucionario]

Soldado do Exército Popular Sandinista.

Nicarágua, 1987 /// Foto por Scott Wallace

[elbiotipo]

I like women with guns

Yeah I see the appeal

[whatisonthemoon]

Dallas Hosts Anti-Communist League (1985)

By Charles R. Babcock The Washington Post September 17, 1985

There were "freedom fighters" representing several armed insurgencies, wealthy Texans, representatives of Soldier of Fortune magazine and the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, and ultra-right politicians from Guatemala and Paraguay -- all rubbing shoulders in a new luxury hotel in north Dallas.

The occasion was last week's 18th annual conference of the World Anti-Communist League (WACL), which was founded by the governments of Taiwan and South Korea and has tried in recent years to rid itself of members who espoused anti-Semitic and fascist views.

The four-day conference ended with an "International Freedom Fighters Dinner" featuring greetings from President Reagan, "Freedom Fighter of the Year" medals for insurgents from Nicaragua and Afghanistan, a special citation for a Dallas woman who gave $65,000 toward a helicopter for the Nicaraguan contras, and the unveiling of a bust of Reagan made by a Cambodian who dreamed that "he would meet an old white man [Reagan] who would help" his country's resistance movement.

“I commend you all for your part in this noble cause," the Reagan letter read. "Our combined efforts are moving the tide of history toward world freedom." Representatives of eight anti-Marxist resistance movements attended, but most of the attention was focused on the Nicaraguans, led by political leader Adolfo Calero and military commander Enrique Bermudez. Also in the spotlight was the WACL chairman, retired Army major general John Singlaub, cashiered by President Jimmy Carter for criticizing the proposed withdrawal of U.S. troops from South Korea in the late 1970s. During the past year, Singlaub has been active in raising private funds to help the Nicaraguan opposition to the leftist Sandinista government. Ellen Garwood, who helped pay for the helicopter, said: "God in his mysterious way has put Gen. Singlaub in communism's way, and the general is saying, 'They shall not pass.'“

Participants at the conference could buy WACL "Freedom Fighter" T-shirts and FDN (Nicaraguan Democratic Force) shoulder patches, and pick up literature describing a planned Captive Nations Park in San Antonio, which is to fly flags at half staff and include a replica of the Statue of Liberty gagged, with a tear in her eye and her torch at her feet.

Bert Hurlbut, a key WACL financial supporter, said that his minister from Austin was on hand broadcasting the proceedings over "Straight Talk Radio." And participants were abuzz at the arrival of two other media personalities: Mike Wallace of CBS' "60 Minutes," and producer George Crile, both of Westmoreland libel trial fame.

The gathering featured moments of genuine emotion and impassioned rhetoric. A woman representing resistance forces in Mozambique said she was upset that Reagan is scheduled to meet and "shake the bloody hand" of Marxist Mozambican leader Samora Machel. An Afghan fighter, who had lost a hand to a Soviet mine, and the Nicaraguan, who had lost a leg and was awarded the medal at the dinner, told their stories many times.

Dr. Haing S. Ngor, who played the Cambodian reporter in the movie "The Killing Fields," said that the genocide of his people by the communists was too grisly to be portrayed on film "because no one could stand to watch it."

Assembled resistance leaders had many opportunities to make public relations points. Calero, for instance, said several times that his award winner, Hubert R. Rodriguez, known as Sierra Three, lost a leg only after a flesh wound became infected because the FDN had no medical-evacuation helicopters.

Congress has approved $27 million in humanitarian aid for the contras, but none is to be used for helicopters. So Singlaub said that he has agreed to try raising new private aid for trucks and helicopters for the Nicaraguan. There were undercurrents of controversy, as well, at the meeting. The representative of Angolan resistance leader Jonas Savimbi walked out, one participant said, because of the presence of Holden Roberto, head of a now-inactive Angolan opposition group.

Tom Posey, of Civilian Military Assistance, who said he was at the convention as an "observer," said that too many groups were trying to take credit for aiding the contras."We don't have to preach to the choir," he said of his Alabama group that has worked in jungle hospitals in Central America. "We're the infantry troops. We're the doers."

Dr. Woo Jae Seung, the WACL secretary general from South Korea, and Singlaub said they did not know that Mario Sandoval Alarcon of Guatemala had been invited to the conference. Sandoval is a presidential candidate of the National Liberation Movement, which has described itself as the "party of organized violence.”

The South American chapter in which Sandoval was active was expelled a few years ago because its members made anti-Semitic and pro-Nazi statements. Singlaub said he assumed the new chapter had cleared Sandoval to attend.

As the delegates wrapped up their work with a joint communique supporting anti-Marxist insurgencies worldwide, Singlaub said he hoped that individual chapters would work to raise money to help the insurgents. But he said he had not reviewed any regional "action plans."

Several representatives of the resistance groups said they appreciated the moral support, but need money to buy guns. As Mario Calero, an FDN official, told a French television team: "We need money without any strings attached, without any 'humanitarian' baloney.