Originally published in Upside Down World Written by John Ocampo Friday, 29 January 2016 14:29 SIGN THE PETITION TO CLOSE LA TRAMACÚA, COLOMBIA’S US FUNDED TORTURE PRISON! The campaign to shut down Colombia’s infamous Establecimiento Penitenciario y Carcelario de Alta y Mediana Seguridad de Valledupar “La Tramacua” prison, located in the country’s sweltering Caribbean region and…
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Message from Hubert Ballesteros, Colombian unionist and political prisoner, to North American labor and solidarity activists
Originally published in Fight Back! News Versión en español The following message is a response to a series of questions posed to Hubert Ballesteros by James Jordan of the Alliance for Global Justice. Ballesteros was arrested while negotiating for the National Agrarian Strike of 2013 and charged with Rebellion. He was also serving on the…
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Nothing to do, nowhere to go, nothing to say: How the broad climate movement has failed us
Graffiti from Havana, Cuba By James Jordan (Originally published in Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal) January 13, 2016 – It has been a month since the UN climate summit in Paris, aka COP 21. One might expect the kind of ebb and flow we often see in popular movements. Interest in climate issues, the…
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Feb/March Global Justice Monitor Now Available!
We have just released our Feb/March edition of the Global Justice Monitor. It includes the following articles: The Egypt Paradox and US Government Influence Time to End the US Culture of Militarism Bolivia: Coca Leaves, Drug War and Trade Costa Rica – Nicaragua Border Conflict New Ager Spirituality and Latin American Politics News from Nicaragua…
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Delegations to Nicaragua and Honduras
Join the Alliance for Global Justice on delegations to Nicaragua (June 19-27, 2011) and/or Honduras (June 27-July 5, 2011). In Nicaragua, we will explore the theme of US intervention in the upcoming elections. In Honduras, we will accompany the non-violent progressive coalition, National Front for Popular Resistance, as they present their plan to restore democracy…