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Summary Information
Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador Records
1980-1993
- Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (U.S.)
M81-703; M93-193; M94-308; M2005-091; VHA 197-VHA 201; Audio
1797A
18.5 cubic feet (17 record center cartons, 4 archives boxes, 2
folders, and 1 oversize folder), 158 transparencies, 5 videorecordings, and 2 tape
recordings
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Records of the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), an
organization formed in October 1980 in response to growing public opposition to United
States intervention in Central America, particularly El Salvador. Members are civic
organizations, church groups, legal aid and other solidarity groups, with over 300 chapters
in 48 states. The goals of CISPES are: to educate and mobilize public opinion to prevent
U.S. intervention in the region and to build support for the broad, political-military
opposition in El Salvador, the FMLN/FDR (Farabundo Marti National Liberation
Front/Democratic Revolutionary Front). The collection documents the activities of the
chapters and work committees, including grassroots educational campaigns in schools,
churches, and communities; legislative lobbying, and petition and letter-writing campaigns
to exert pressure on public officials to change U.S. policy towards Central America; raising
funds for medical supplies and equipment to be sent to FMLN zones of control in El Salvador;
and mobilizing rallies, demonstrations, and other protest activities at national, regional,
and local levels.
This collection has been assigned Mss 1109.
English, Spanish
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