Maura Clarke was one of four U.S. women killed in 1980 by the Salvadoran military. Her radical solidarity with the Salvadoran people ultimately led her, Ita Ford, Dorothy Kazel and Jean Donovan to share the same fate as so many Salvadorans. The killing of the churchwomen drew the attention of North Americans to the struggles of Salvadorans and forced many to face the U.S. role in the war.
Eileen Markey is the author of A Radical Faith: The Assasination of Sr. Maura, a biography of a U.S. woman killed in El Salvador during the civil war. A journalist for more than two decades, she has written for The New Republic, The Wall Street Journal, Jacobin, The Village Voice and the Daily Beast among other publications.She is an assistant professor of Journalism at Lehman College of the City University of New York.
- American civilians killed in American-funded war
- More than just a Sunday school tale
- Similarities between Irish and Salvadoran immigrants
- Irish freedom struggle and the Irish Civil War
- The popularity of convents in the 40s and 50s
- The barrier busting Maryknoll Sisters
- Somoza, Nicaragua, and the role of missionaries
- Community organizing via base communities
- The dangers of 1980s El Salvador
- The legacy of Sister Maura Clarke
- Role model for true solidarity, allyship
Show resources:
- Eileen’s webpage
- A Radical Faith – The Assasination of Sister Maura
- Pedagogy of the Oppressed
- Second Vatican Council
Music:
Salvi Nacion by Crooked Stilo
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