MYRNA AND MARISOL
Memories of Insurgency and War in El Salvador
Marisol Galindo, Myrna Lopez, and Katie Miles
Haymarket Books (3 August 2027)
Trade paper • ISBN-13: 9798888905869 • US $22.95 • 5 in x 8 in • 300 pgs.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
A vivid, frank account of two women who became leaders in the Salvadoran revolutionary movement
Spanning the early days of the Salvadoran resistance movement through the end of the country’s civil war, Myrna and Marisol blends first-person narratives and conversations between two young social workers, Marisol Galindo and Myrna Lopez. Haunted by the dispossession of their country’s poor by a violent right-wing elite, and unwilling to abide by the patriarchal rules for their lives, Myrna and Marisol found each other and set off to change the world.
Through interviews and conversations, we follow Myrna’s and Marisol’s personal and political paths as they recall how they came to hold leadership positions within the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN), the leftist revolutionary organization that fought against an authoritarian regime in El Salvador for over a decade. Told in their own voices, the book covers the underreported history of the early years and development of the Salvadoran resistance movement as it evolved from small underground cells to mass fronts of civilians to armed organizations fighting a nationwide war.
Through the testimonios of these two women, we witness the meaning of discipline in a revolutionary movement, the role of women—and of sexism—in the work of building a new vision for society, the compromises that women leaders were asked to make, and the ideology and organizing history of a movement that grew massively in spite of brutal repression.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Marisol Galindo, based in San Salvador, is the cofounder of Veteranas de Guerra El Salvador, an association of women guerrilla veterans. She is a social worker who has worked in cooperative and community-based economic development projects since the end of the civil war.
Myrna Lopez is a social worker and sociologist who lives in Spain. She is the author of Renata: Memorias de una guerrillera, an autobiographical novel about the civil war, El más intimo derecho, a novel about women’s history in El Salvador, Casa de las Aguilas, and Cuentos de la guerra.
Katie Miles is a labor organizer and writer in San Francisco. She has studied and practiced multiracial, cross-class, transnational organizing for years, and teaches and writes about organizing methodology and skills.
RIGHTS INFORMATION:
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| Language/Territory | Subagent |
|---|---|
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| Dutch | Sebes & Bisseling Literary Agency |
| English outside North America | David Grossman Literary Agency |
| French | Deborah Druba Agency |
| German | Paul & Peter Fritz AG Literatur Agentur |
| Greek | Read n' Right Agency |
| Hebrew | The Deborah Harris Agency |
| Italian | Berla & Griffini Rights Agency |
| Japanese | The English Agency (Japan) Ltd |
| Korean | BC Agency, or Korea Copyright Center |
| Portuguese | RIFF Agency |
| Russia/Baltics/Eastern Europe | Prava I Prevodi |
| Scandinavia | Sebes & Bisseling Literary Agency |
| Spanish in Latin America | MB Agencia Literaria |
| Spanish in Spain | MB Agencia Literaria |
| Turkish | Anatolialit Agency |
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