Companeras

Gaby Küppers, Amanda Thow

An upsurge of women's activism across Latin America has provoked vigorous discussions about feminism, machismo and the whole process of social change. Companeras brings together activists from thirteen different countries to speak directly about their experiences and aspirations in the women's movem...

Afrocuba

Pedro Pérez Sarduy, Jean Stubbs

What is it like to be black in Cuba? Does racism exist in a revolutionary society that claims to have abolished it? How does the legacy of slavery and segregation live on in today’s Cuba? Essays, poetry, extracts from novels, anthropological studies and political analysis are brought together by ed...

The Latin American Left

Barry Carr, Steve Ellner

Recent developments in Europe have elicited assertions that the historical movement of the Left is at a standstil. The evidence from Latin America, however, suggests that the Left is far from being marginalized. In eight country studies, contributors examine the lessons drawn from the failure of gue...

Rebel Radio

José Ignacio López Vigil

Mark Fried

Rebel radio: the story of El Salvador's Radio Venceremos describes the courage and sacrifices of the young men and women responsible for running the guerrillas' radio station during the ten-year-long civil war in El Salvador

Out of The Shadows

Jo Fisher

Since the early 1970s the lives of South America's women have been transformed by military rule. In Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay, women were at the forefront of the opposition to dictators such as Chile's General Pinochet and Paraguay's Alfredo Stroessner. New "social movements" of shanty...

Institutional Development and NGOs in Africa

Alan Fowler, Piers Cambell, Brian Pratt

Institutional Development is recognized as an important element in projects and programmes dedicated to the sustainable alleviation of poverty, the promotion of gender equity, and achieving social justice for marginalized populations. Commissioned by the Netherlands Organization for International De...

Getting Down to Business

Uschi Kraus-Harper

A manual designed to assist trainers to organize and conduct more effective courses for women in business. The vital contribution of enterprising women is increasingly being recognized and more institutions are now organizing special training programmes.

Growing Diversity

David Cooper, Renée Velve, Henk Hobbelink

Activists present their experiences of managing plant genetic resources. The contributors document the achievements of farmers in developing crop varieties tailored to their needs, and demonstrate how these approaches can be built upon.

Hydraulic Ram Pumps

T. Jeffrey

Step-by-step instructions on designing, installing and operating water supply systems based on hydraulic ram pumps. With illustrations and diagrams, and details of a pump designed for local manufacture and notes for those developing their own model.

Land is Life

Nigel Dudley, John Madeley, Sue Stolton

Links the issues of sustainable agriculture and land reform. When farmers own their land they are likely to produce more food and to farm sustainably. Large increases in food output occur when farmers are given land under agrarian reform programmes.