Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: Civilian Autonomy in Civil War
- 2 A Theory of Civilian Decision-Making in Civil War
- 3 The History of Conflict and Local Autonomy in Colombia
- 4 Living to Tell About It: Research in Conflict Settings
- 5 How Civilian Organizations Affect Civil War Violence
- 6 Why Some Communities Are More Organized than Others
- 7 The Institution of the ATCC: Protection through Conciliation
- 8 Discovering Civilian Autonomy in Cundinamarca
- 9 Civilian Autonomy around the World
- 10 Conclusions and Policy Implications
- Appendix A Archives Consulted
- Appendix B Supplementary Documentation on the ATCC
- Glossary
- References
- Index
1 - Introduction: Civilian Autonomy in Civil War
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 June 2017
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: Civilian Autonomy in Civil War
- 2 A Theory of Civilian Decision-Making in Civil War
- 3 The History of Conflict and Local Autonomy in Colombia
- 4 Living to Tell About It: Research in Conflict Settings
- 5 How Civilian Organizations Affect Civil War Violence
- 6 Why Some Communities Are More Organized than Others
- 7 The Institution of the ATCC: Protection through Conciliation
- 8 Discovering Civilian Autonomy in Cundinamarca
- 9 Civilian Autonomy around the World
- 10 Conclusions and Policy Implications
- Appendix A Archives Consulted
- Appendix B Supplementary Documentation on the ATCC
- Glossary
- References
- Index
Summary
They've got me pissed with so much gosh-darn questioning
About what color my flag is, if I'm Conservative or Liberal.
They've got me fired-up with so much gosh-darn finding-out
About whether I'm an ELN-er, EPL-er, support the AUC or if I'm FARC.
They've got me worn-out with so much gosh-darn interrogating
About whether I've been opening my gate for the army and
giving them water from my well …
I'm a hard-working campesino, poor and very honorable,
I live happily but they've got me wound-up like a vine …
Well look misters, I'll answer you all,
I want this to be clear:
I ain't on nobody's side, I do what's right, not what's wrong …
So that's why I beg you, and ask you: questions – no more
Don't screw with me anymore!
–Colombian folk song, “El Campesino Embejucao” by Oscar Humberto GómezMe tienen arrecho con tanta juepuerca preguntadera
que qué color tiene mi bandera que si soy Godo o soy Liberal
Me tienen verraco con tanta juepuerca averiguadera
que si soy Eleno, Epelo o siquiera apoyo a las AUC o soy de las FARC
Me tienen mamao con tanta juepuerca interrogadera
que si yo a la tropa le abro la cerca y si le doy el agua de mi manantial
Yo soy campesino trabajador, pobre y muy honrao
vivía muy alegre pero me tienen embejucao …
Pues miren señores a todos ustedes yo les contesto
y quero que quede muy claro esto:
yo no soy de naide, hago el bien, no el mal …
así que les ruego, suplico y pido: ¡ya no más preguntas,
no me jodan más!
One day in the early 1970s in the village of La India in central Colombia, residents were warming up for a soccer match on a field that was not much more than a clearing in the forest. As one of the referees that day recalled, a ragtag group of guerrillas in campesino garb and boots appeared out of the jungle and asked if they could join. Short on players with few people living in the area, the villagers welcomed them. It was not long before an army patrol arrived.
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