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Richard Oulahan Latin American Labor History Collection

Articles

Newspaper Publications

¿Y los derechos laborales?
Oulahan, Richard
Date: January 17, 1994
El Tiempo, Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colómbia

Oulahan describes the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), particularly what it includes and what it is missing.

Unirse a la raza humana: Familias enteras han ido a la bancarrota debido a la enfermedad grave de un ser querido
Oulahan, Richard
Date: April 11, 1994
El Tiempo, Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colómbia

Oulahan talks about the AFL-CIO's collaboration with Clinton's administration in the efforts to convince the US Congress that they should approve Clinton's plan to approve a health insurance reform for all North Americans. The reason behind this collaboration is that every year, many Americans go into bankruptcy due to high medical bill costs, and, in addition, 50% of strikes in the workplace are due to the rising prices of health insurance.

Labor leaders Murdered in El Salvador Honored at AFL-CIO ceremony; The Passing of Bill Doherty
Countries: El Salvador
Date: October 18, 2011

Periodicals

Concerning the Development of the Revolutionary Process in Latin America
Kartsag, Gabor
Date: January, 1972
Latinskaya Amerika, Moscow, Russia

This article discusses a series of topics related to revolutionary processes in Latin America: Socialism in the New World, Petit-Bourgeois Revolutionism, the Hegemony of the Working Class, Reforms and Revolution, among others.

Methods and Forms for the Conquest of Power by the Working Class of Capitalist Countries
Kitayev, Col N.
Date: July 20, 1972

Kitayev predicts the fall of capitalism via the rise of the proletariat, using communist and socialist theories of revolution, and offers peaceful and nonpeaceful methods of workers‘ revolution.

Clandestine Enforcement of U.S. Foreign Labor Policy
Date: 1974
Counter-Spy: The Quarterly Journal of the Fifth Estate

This article analyzes the role of Central Intelligence in the international labor movement.

Chile: U.S. Union Bosses Aided Fascist Coup
Date: September 10, 1974
Tribune: Australia's Communist Weekly

An exposition of AIFLD's role in the right-wing military coups of Chile and Brazil through organizing South American trade unions.

Kirkland Mourns Victims, Pledges Aid: Assasination of Unionists Stirs Widespread Outrage
Country: El Salvador
Date: January 10, 1981
AFL-CIO News Page 3


Land Reform in El Salvador: A Fresh Look
Hough, Richard L.
Date: July-August, 1987
Freedom at Issue

Article by Richard L. Hough originally published in the bi-monthly journal Freedom at Issue. Article discusses the process of agrarian reform in El Salvador, detailing its successes and the threats it still faces despite its advancement.

El movimiento campesino en El Salvador: evolución y lucha
Goitia, Alfonso and Ernesto Galdaacute;mez
Country: El Salvador
Date: February 1993


Cuando la corrupción invade el tejido social
Zuluaga Niego, Jaime
Country: Colombia
Date: September-October 1996
Nueva Sociedad Nro. 145 Septiembre-Octubre 1996, pp. 148-159


Colombia: entre la democracia y el autoritarismo
Zuluaga Niego, Jaime
Country: Colombia
Date: 2003
Movimientos sociales y conflictos en América Latina Edited by José Seoane. CLACSO, Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales


Land Reform Revisited: Can Latin American Get It Right and Should It Even Try?
Mennen, Tiernan
Countries: Latin America
Date: April 4, 2009
International Affairs Review


Workers Memorial Day Dedication at the National Labor College
Ellenberger, Jim
Country: El Salvador
Date: June-July 2011
AFL-CIO Retirees Association

Ninety workers were honored who had been killed on the job. The author regrets that no one was asked to speak about Michael A. Hammer, Mark Perlman and Jose Rodolfo Viera who were killed in El Salvador by a death squad.