Unless you followed the politics of Central and South America closely, you probably will not be familiar with Roger Burbach. I worked with Roger at the West Coast offices of NACLA (North American Congress on Latin America) in the late 1970s. Roger, who died on March 5, at age 70, after a series of debilitating illnesses, was a paraplegic resulting from an accident on a Nicaragua beach in 1989. But essentially, Roger was a determined researcher, a prolific writer, an impeccable scholar, and an unwavering believer in social justice.
As former NACLA colleague Fred Rosen wrote, in a piece titled "Roger Burbach Remembered":
There was an unflinching honesty to Roger’s work. He never saw his commitment to solidarity and social justice as a commitment to sweep the contradictions of Latin American socialism under the rug. Nor, on the other hand, did he ever abandon his long-term commitment to the creation of a better world — one organized around the principles of fairness and solidarity.
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