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Creating the Beloved Community: A Journey with The Fellowship of Reconciliation
by Paul Dekar, paper, $23.95.
Dekar's history of the Fellowship of Reconciliation gives compelling witness to the organization's persistent peacemaking over its 90-year existence. Dekar weaves together stories of individual peace activists, local groups and nonviolent movements. He emphasizes FOR's consistent anti-war leadership, even as it has broadened its efforts to promote social justice and a culture of peace.
www.forusa.org/bookstores/storefront.htm [2]
Readings on Colombia:
Colombia and the United States - War, Unrest and Destabilization
by Mario A. Murillo,
Seven Stories Press, 2004, 201 pages (paper), $10.95
Murillo's first hand experience and extensive research give us un insightful analysis of the complex and tragic Colombian reality--of social and economic inequalities that grow amidst and armed conflict that has lasted more than forty years; of government policies confronting this reality; of the impact of U.S. policies in Colombian internal affairs; of the growing of U.S. military presence in the country.
Available online at www.sevenstories.com [3]
The Dispossessed: Chronicles of the Desterrados of Colombia
by Alfredo Molano, Haymarket Books, 2005, 220 pages (paper), $12.
Here in their own words are the stories of the desterrados, or "dispossessed" - the thousands of Colombians displaced by years of war and state-backed terrorism, funded in part through US aid to the Colombian government. These gripping stories show the human face of those who suffer the effects of the US "Plan Colombia" and of a state that serves the interests of wealthy landlords instead of the poor.
The Heart of the War in Colombia
by Constanza Ardila Galvis
Latin America Bureau, 2000, 223 pages (paper), $22.95
The Heart of the War focuses on personal stories of ten adults who were part of the war, on different sides, and decided to leave. Constanza Ardila Galvis worked with them for several years, then brought them together for two weeks of discussions. The author transcribed what they said, and the result is illuminating and heart-wrenching.
Available online at store.globalexchange.org [4]
More Terrible than Death: Massacres, Drugs and America’s War in Colombia
by Robin Kirk, Public Affairs, 2003, 288 pages, $16.95 paper.
The former Human Rights Watch researcher on Colombia writes a compelling history of political violence in recent decades in Colombia.
Violence in Colombia, 1990-2000: Waging War and Negotiating Peace edited by Charles Bergquist, Ricardo Peñaranda, and Gonzalo Sánchez G.
Scholarly Resources, 2001, 300 pages (paper), $21.95
Available online at store.globalexchange.org [5]
Out of War: True Stories from the Front Lines of the Children's Movement for Peace in Colombia
by Sara Cameron in cooperation with UNICEF
Scholastic Press, 2001, 187 pages (cloth), $15.95
The Children's Movement for Peace in Colombia was created by children who organized both locally and nationally for peace and children's rights, including a referendum in which nearly 3 million children voted for which of their rights was most important. This book compellingly tells the personal stories of nine children from different classes and regions of Colombia.
Resistencia Civil Artesana de Paz: Experiencias indÃgenas, afrodescednientes y campesinas
Esperanza Hernández Delgado
2005, Universidad Javeriana
A detailed and scholarly examination of rural community peace initiatives.
Available from FOR's San Francisco office. Call 415-495-6334 to order.
colhrnet.igc.org/videocat.htm [6]
www.cipcol.org [7]
Colombia Policy Watch
InfoBrief is a weekly news summary of events in the US and Colombia produced and distributed by the US Office on Colombia. To receive it, go to usofficeoncolombia.org/inforbrief.htm [8], or write to emily_nelson[a]usofficeoncolombia.org
Indymedia Colombia
A lefty source of news and opinion, in Spanish, frequently updated. colombia.indymedia.org [9]
ACOMPAZ
A Spanish organization that supports the Peace Community of San José and other nonviolent initiatives. You can request from their web site to receive their news updates. www.acompaz.org [10]
Comunidad de Paz de San José de Apartadó
The web site of the Peace Community, includes much historical and current information, map, etc. www.cdpsanjose.org [11]
Peace Brigades International
PBI distributes Focos de Interés, monthly briefs on subjects of concern in Spanish and English. To receive the Focos de Interés, write info[a]pbicolombia.igc.org
El Tiempo
Daily Colombian paper, today’s edition and previous available on-line
www.eltiempo.com [12]
La Semana
Weekly magazine, often with investigative reports.
www.semana.com" [13]
Christian Peacemaker Teams
News from the CPT team in Colombia, every week or so. Write to cptcolombia[a]yahoogroups.com.
Colombian Vice-Presidency
For the official view of human rights in Colombia: Weekly reports available as a listserve or online
www.derechoshumanos.gov.co/2index.php [14]