Urgent Action Alerts

By Robert Terenzi, Jr.

Never mind the hundred plus years of U.S. intervention in Nicaragua’s politics. Forget about William Walker, the Tennessee born soldier, who briefly declared himself president of Nicaragua and burned Grenada to the ground after escaping execution in 1885. And let us not even mention Ronald Reagan financing an army of mercenaries to overthrow a legitimate government by selling arms to America’s enemy, Iran in the 1980’s. No, let us turn our thoughts to the future. The hope for progress and social justice is possible through action in the present, not by looking sourly on the past. And so Nicaragua braces itself for a rough and tumble, knock-out drag-out campaign season in anticipation of its November 4th presidential election.

Now that you've read "Beans or Books?" Act in solidarity with the students and teachers of Nicaragua...

• Support PMGL affiliated schools by making a donation that will go towards the purchase of needed school supplies. (Call Jessica Smith, PML’s executive director, at 612-251-9634).