Session #98 · 1983–85

Speech #980191739

Elections work in your country. They dont here." "Elections." he said. "are but one note in the song of democracy. You expect us to play that note and hear a symphony." We are not going to hear the symphony of democracy played in El Salvador if we continue to provide surplus guns to the oppressors instead of surplus food to the refugees and the hungry and the needy. Unless we insist on a program of land reform. unless we insist that decree 507 is removed and people can once again be secure in their bodies. unless we insist that those who ordered and carried out the murders of individual Salvadorans. and the numerous massacres. including San Antonio Abad. Las Ojas and El Mozote. are brought to justice. the people of El Salvador will only see the violence of the past repeat itself through a new round of military repression.
Keywords matched
refugees

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
JAMES OBERSTAR
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
MN
Gender
M
Date
1984-05-15
Speech ID
980191739
Paragraph
#0
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