Alliance for Global Justice

At La Tramacua Prison in Valledupar, Colombia (designed and advised by the US Bureau of Prisons), temperatures get as high as 105 degrees, with no form of cooling, but prisoners are granted access to water only 10 minutes a day. There are no sanitary toilets and open sewage runs by the kitchen. Fecal contamination of food has been documented by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights and other national and international agencies. Read the rest of this entry →

Noam Chomsky, labor writer David Bacon, Sanctuary Movement and No More Deaths Founder, Rev. John Fife and immigrant rights organizer, Isabel García are among those calling for freedom for Colombian Political Prisoner, Liliany Obando. Would you join them by endorsing a Friend of the Court statement on behalf of Ms. Obando that will be submitted to the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights and also to the court hearing her case in Colombia? Read the rest of this entry →

Call and Write the Obama Administration and Congress to demand that until the brutal repression of social movements in Honduras ends, the United States Government:

· Suspend all aid to the Lobo administration

· Stop the U.S. State Department lobbying for recognition of the undemocratic government of Honduras.

· Recognize the Honduran people’s demand for a Constituent Assembly to establish a functioning, participatory democracy. Read the rest of this entry →

On Aug. 25, The Christian Science Monitor published an article entitled, “Nicaraguans say US turns blind eye to abuses of Daniel Ortega.” As with other articles about Nicaragua published by the US corporate press over the past three decades, it would take more words than the original article to debunk all the lies, innuendos, and disinformation. Nevertheless, these press attacks should not go unanswered by solidarity activists. Following are talking points for letters-to-the-editor. Please send a letter to letters@csmonitor.com Read the rest of this entry →

Join the Delegation from Sept. 14-22

“Our privileged status as US citizens can help insure the safety of Honduras democracy advocates” – Dale Sorenson, director, Marin Task Force on the Americas
Attacks and repression against the nonviolent resistance movement have escalated since defacto President Porfiro Lobo took office in January 2010 after he won a coup-organized faux election. Berta Oliva, head of Honduras’ most important human rights group, COFADEH, told a recent delegation that unless they have on-going international accompaniment, the resistance will be “cooked and served up in the next few months.” Read the rest of this entry →

Stop the failed “free” trade model! The Obama administration has set the goal of finalizing the US free trade agreement with South Korea before the G20 Summit to be held in Seoul on November 11th. Unfortunately, this is the same agreement that was negotiated with Bush and does not take into account any of Obama’s campaign promises. Please helps us to oppose this free trade agreement with Korea, so that we can send a message to the administration that this is a failed model and should not be the standard they set for their future trade policies. Bush’s agreements simply are not good enough! We cannot let this agreement set the tone for upcoming debates on Panama and Colombian free trade agreements. Read the rest of this entry →

The following is an alert from our friends at SOA Watch, who are currently involved in blocking a military base in Colombia to demand the withdrawal of US troops from the country. Please support them by following the action request below.

A group of nine SOA Watch activists is currently in Colombia to confront the escalation of U.S. policy in the region and to express solidarity with courageous Colombians working for peace and justice. On Tuesday, the group set up a vigil at the Tolemaida military base, where U.S. soldiers are stationed. Read the rest of this entry →

We have just released our July/August edition of the Global Justice Monitor. It includes the following articles:

US Military Surge in Costa Rica
Six Months After the Quake
Organizers’ Conference
Building a Movement Against US Militarism
Day of Action Against US Militarism
News from Nicaragua

To read the latest edition, please click here.

AFGJ recently released the following press release. Below the release you will also find the text of a letter that was sent to OAS in regards to the issue.

A coalition of human rights and social justice organizations today criticized the administration of outgoing Colombian President Alvaro Uribe for its recent attempt to thwart the development of a constructive regional dialogue around the country’s deadly six-decade-old internal conflict and called on President-elect Juan Manuel Santos to foster improved communication within Colombia and the region as a means to move the country forward toward peace and democracy. Read the rest of this entry →