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When the Sandinista People’s Revolution triumphed in 1979, one of the first things the revolutionary government did was disband Somoza’s repressive military and police force and start new institutions to serve the poor majority in the country. Then in 1987, the country’s new constitution established autonomy for the indigenous and Afro-descendant populations of the Caribbean coast region.
In this webinar, moderated by Aline Prata of Whatcom Peace and Justice Center, we hear from three Nicaraguan women - Aleyda Aragón, Lola Esquivel, and Betty Rigby - who have been involved in building community control of the police and autonomy for ethnic minorities in Nicaragua. Then, Ajamu Baraka of the Black Alliance for Peace draws lessons from the Nicaraguan experience to struggles in the US and we hear questions from Lamarra Haynes of Portland African American Leadership Fund and Queshia Bradley of Pan African Community Action.
Event sponsors:
Alliance for Global Justice AfGJ
Bellingham Alternative Library
Black Alliance for Peace
Casa Baltimore/Limay
Friends of Latin America
Friends of the ATC
Legacy of Equality Leadership and Organizing LELO
Pacific Northwest Solidarity Network
Pan African Community Action PACA
Parable of the Sower Intentional Community Cooperative
Peoples Power Assembly
Popular Resistance
Portland Central America Solidarity Organization
Task Force on the Americas
United National Antiwar Coalition UNAC
Veterans for Peace
Whatcom Democratic Socialists of America
Whatcom Peace and Justice Center
Youth Against War and Racism
Special thanks to Jill Clark-Gollub and Jazmin Rumbaut for interpretation.
