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1993
The Struggle Against the Bomb, Wittner, Lawrence S. , One World or None: A History of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement Through 1953, Volume 1, Stanford CA, p.456, (1993)
Covers responses to the Bomb from 1945-1953, including by scientists and churches, but with emphasis on the Soviet-initiated protests under the World Peace Council.
Subversive Movements: The Opposition to the Military Regime in Chile, Chuchryk, Patricia M. , Fredonia NY, p.12, (1993)
Surviving beyond Fear: Women and Torture in Latin America, Bunster, Ximena , Fredonia NY, p.28, (1993)
Surviving Beyond Fear: Women, Children and Human Rights, Agosin, Marjorie , Fredonia NY, p.217, (1993)
Collection of essays and documents, including materials on mothers’ resistance in Argentina, Chile, El Salvador, and Guatemala.
Terrains of Resistance: Nonviolent Social Movements and the Contestation of Place in India, Routledge, Paul , Westport CT, p.196, (1993)
Introduces radical geography perspective on spatial components to sites of resistance. Chapter 1 looks at the developing resistance to aspects of economic development (industrialization, dams, deforestation) and the numerous movements since independence among tribal peoples, peasants, women and squatters. Chapters 3 and 4 analyse the Baliapal movement against a missile testing range, and the Chipko movement against logging.
Unarmed Against Hitler: Civilian Resistance in Europe, 1939-43, Sémelin, Jacques , Westport CT, p.198, (1993)
Examines the main traits of Nazi occupation of Europe, the complexities of non-cooperation, and the role of social cohesion and public opinion in mounting effective opposition. Chapter on civilian resistance to genocide considers why the Final Solution was hampered, or even prevented, in certain countries.
Vietnam and Black America, Taylor, Clyde , New York, p.335, (1993)
Includes essays, articles and poems by black opponents of the war, including Martin Luther King, James Baldwin, and (in a section ‘The Black Soldier’) extracts from the diaries of black GIs and the Statement of Aims of ‘GIs United Against the War in Vietnam’. Taylor notes how the advice to African Americans from some leaders to ‘prove themselves worthy’ by taking part in the war in Vietnam became increasingly discredited.
The Walls Came Tumbling Down: The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe, Stokes, Gale , New York, p.319, (1993)
An analytical account sketching in the historical background and tracing the growing opposition during the 1980s.
Women in the Civil Rights Movement: Trailblazers and Torchbearers – 1941-1965, Crawford, Vicki L., Rouse Jacqueline, and Woods Barbara , Bloomington IN, p.290, (1993)
Articles presented at 1988 conference.
Women's uprisings against the Nigerian oil industry in the 1980s, Turner, Terisa E., and Oshare M.O. , revised version of paper presented to Canadian African Studies Association in May 1992, 06/1992, (1993)
Writing the Intifada: Collective action in the Occupied Territories, Lustick, Ian S. , Volume 45, Issue 4 (July), p.35, (1993)
Review article covering nine recent books, and providing overview of movement and noting the impact on the Arab world (Algeria and Jordan) and wider world.
Zulfi Bhutto of Pakistan: His Life and Times, Wolpert, Stanley , Oxford and New York, p.378, (1993)
The emphasis is on Bhutto’s political role and leadership and there is only very brief mention of popular agitation in chapter 7 ‘Winters of his discontent’ (1965-69), pp. 100-34.
1992
All, Here, and Now: Black Politics in South Africa in the 1980s, Lodge, Tom, and Nasson Bill , London, p.400, (1992)
Bulgarian Voices: Letting the People Speak, Ward, Philip , Cambridge, p.330, (1992)
Catalyst for Change: Uprising in May, Paisal, Sridharadhanya , Bangkok, p.116, (1992)
The City and the Grassroots: A Cross-Cultural Theory of Urban Social Movements, Castells, Manuel , Berkeley CA, p.471, (1992)
Collective Identity in Social Movement Communities: Lesbian Feminist Mobilization, Taylor, Verta, and Whitaker Nancy E. , p.26, (1992)
Examines development of lesbian feminism in the US from the early 1970s and explores its collective identity and engagement in range of actions challenging status quo.
Conscientious Objectors in Eastern Europe: The Quest for Free Choice and Alternative Service, Klippenstein, Lawrence , Durham, p.34, (1992)
Democracy and Civil Society in Eastern Europe, Lewis, Paul G. , Basingstoke and New York, p.179, (1992)
Mostly about prospects for civil society in post-communist context, but drawing on theory and practice of 1980s. Includes a chapter on the movement in Slovenia that led to it breaking away from Yugoslavia.
Ex-Servicemen at the Crossroads: Protest and Politics in Post-War Ghana, Israel, Adrienne M. , Volume 30, Issue 2, p.10, (1992)
A trigger incident in 1948 was when armed police opened fire on an ex-servicemen’s march about unpaid benefits, killing three.
Fear at the Edge: State Terror and Resistance in Latin America, Corradi, Juan E., Fagen Patricia Weiss, and Garreton Manuel Antonio , Berkeley CA, p.301, (1992)
Documents impact of state terror on society in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay from 1950s to 1980s, and the emergence of resistance in various sectors.
Fear in Military Regimes, Garreton, Manual Antonio , Berkeley CA, p.11, (1992)
Distinguishes between phases of military regimes: the first of terror not a time for direct confrontation but for survival and assistance to others, although human rights activists may link up with international networks. In the second phase the opposition have more scope for promoting organisation and indirect forms of resistance.
Feminism and the Women’s Movement: Dynamics of Change in Social Movement Ideology and Activism, Ryan, Barbara , New York, p.272, (1992)
After looking at earlier history of US feminism, examines 2nd wave and in particular the mobilization around the Equal Rights Act passed in 1975; also explores ideological divisions within the movement.
Feminism in Former East Germany, Funk, Nanette , Issue (Spring), p.5, (1992)
Feminisms in Latin America: From Bogota to San Bernado, Sternbach, Nancy Saporta, Navarro-Aranguren Marysa, Chuchryk Patricia, and Alvarez Sonia E. , Volume 17, Issue 2, p.42, (1992)

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