UPDATES:
The Peruvian indigenous leader that was detained, Alberto Pizango, was released on bail the following day. Thank you for your support in showing the Peruvian government that the international community is watching. It appears at this time that he will still face trial for the charges against him pertaining to “inciting” the June 2009 indigenous demonstrations. Read more at the BBC or AFP. Read the rest of this entry →
After Year of Exile, Pizango Detained Upon Arrival to Lima
We have learned from Amazon Watch that earlier today, Alberto Pizango, leader of the important Peruvian Amazon indigenous group AIDESEP was detained by police upon his arrival to Lima. Pizango had been exiled in Nicaragua for nearly a year, and was trying to return home today. Read the rest of this entry →
The Alliance for Global Justice will be leading a delegation to Colombia August 1-11. We are being hosted by Fensuagro, the largest organization of farmers and farm workers in Colombia, and by Traspaso los Muros/Beyond the Walls, a solidarity organization made up of political prisoners and their allies. The delegation will occur shortly after the completion of Colombia’s presidential elections, and will give us a good chance to assess what kinds of changes will be taking place. Read the rest of this entry →
The Afro-Colombian community mentioned below is being displaced and targeted by paramilitary groups, due to the fact that their land was taken for mining concessions. Please read more below, and then send this letter to the officials listed! Read the rest of this entry →
Join the Honduras Solidarity Network’s Emergency Response Network
The following was published by the Honduras Solidarity Network, of which AFGJ is part.
Human rights violations continue to increase in Honduras against the broad-based citizen’s movement, which has been bravely demanding democracy and justice since the coup against elected President Manuel Zelaya June 28, 2009.
The November coup-organized election of defacto President Pepe Lobo was supposed to convince the world that Honduras had returned to a state of democratic normalcy. Instead assassinations of resistance leaders have increased. Read the rest of this entry →
The Alliance for Global Justice supports the call for a National Demonstration against SB1070 in Phoenix on May 29th. Please click here to read more about participating in the demonstration.
SB1070 is a racist, anti-Latino and anti-immigrant law that gives local and state police the authority to detain and demand identification from those they suspect of being undocumented. In Arizona, that could mean anyone with brown skin who is speaking Spanish. Already, copycat legislation is being considered in other states. We denounce this law and federal policies that criminalize undocumented workers and militarize the border. SB1070 is the most extreme face of nationwide policies that target Latino people and workers without papers. Read the rest of this entry →
We have just released our May/June edition of the Global Justice Monitor. It includes the following articles:
Bodies of the Innocent: Mass Graves Used to Cover Up Atrocities in Colombia
Report from the Left Social Forum
Maternal Waiting Homes of Nicaragua
Mesoamerica Project: Housing Analysis
AFGJ to Support Two Anti-Militarization Meetings
News from Nicaragua
In October of last year, the Mexican police and military occupied the Mexican state-owned electric company, Luz y Fuerza del Centro (LFC) displacing 44,000 employees in an attempt to break Mexico’s oldest union, the Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas (SME). The occupation of the LFC and displacement of the workers was done in the name of privatization and liquidation of a government run energy company. This is another example of “neoliberal reforms” that have weakened unions and hurt workers throughout Mexico over the last decade and a half. Read the rest of this entry →
This message was originally distributed by Public Citizen.
Buried in the 1200-page Senate financial reregulation bill we found a sneaky provision that would undermine state-level insurance consumer protections if they conflict with trade agreements! Yup, the “Office of National Insurance” (ONI) proposal would empower the Treasury Department to unilaterally override existing state insurance regulations that it deems to be out of step with international agreements. Urge your Senators to cosponsor TODAY the “Merkley amendment” which strikes these unfair trade provisions from the bill. Read the rest of this entry →
