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Drawing largely on interviews with 200+ peasants (campesinos) in the town of Tenancingo & the department of Usulutan, 1987-1996, explored here are their motivations for organizing in protest against the government of El Salvador & the emotional reasons behind their continued militancy, even in the face of violent state repression. The formation of opposition organizations of peasants aligned with the insurgent guerrilla force (the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front [FMLN]) is chronicled, revealing why political factors alone offer insufficient explanations for this activity. Even when political opportunities were lessened, movement participation by the campesinos held steady. This is attributed to the strong feelings of "moral outrage" among the Salvadoran peasantry that the state was threatening the peasants' dignity, thus impelling them to assert themselves & allowing them to take pride in their own agency; this is explained as the "emotional in-process benefits" of social movement participation. K. Hyatt Stewart

Drawing largely on interviews with 200+ peasants (campesinos) in the town of Tenancingo & the department of Usulutan, 1987-1996, explored here are their motivations for organizing in protest against the government of El Salvador & the emotional reasons behind their continued militancy, even in the face of violent state repression. The formation of opposition organizations of peasants aligned with the insurgent guerrilla force (the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front [FMLN]) is chronicled, revealing why political factors alone offer insufficient explanations for this activity. Even when political opportunities were lessened, movement participation by the campesinos held steady. This is attributed to the strong feelings of "moral outrage" among the Salvadoran peasantry that the state was threatening the peasants' dignity, thus impelling them to assert themselves & allowing them to take pride in their own agency; this is explained as the "emotional in-process benefits" of social movement participation. K. Hyatt Stewart

"Honduran Social Movements: Then and Now" published on by Oxford University Press.