It is with deep concern that the Alliance for Global Justice reports the recent and arbitrary detention in Colombia of Jailer Gonzalez, President of the Association of Peasant Workers of Tolima (ASTRACATOL). ASTRACATOL is an affiliate of FENSUAGRO, the nation’s largest organization of peasant unions and associations. Gonzalez was detained by soldiers of the Colombian…
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Action alerts, Colombia, Labor, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Act NOW to Stop US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement!
The White House announced on Wednesday, April 6th, that US and Colombian negotiators have reached agreement on all points regarding the pending Free Trade Agreement. With ample support from both parties in Congress, a vote is expected to come quickly. Outside Congress, the situation is the opposite: recent polls show over 60% opposition to new…
Action alerts, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Send IMF Profits to the Poor
Jubilee USA is currently gathering signatures for the petition below. Please sign up on their website. The International Monetary Fund completed the sale of 403.3 tonnes of gold on December 22, 2010. Given the historically high price of gold, the Fund has realized at least $3.5 billion more than it projected in 2008. In 2009,…
Action alerts, Honduras
Honduras Solidarity Network: Day of Action March 30th
“One Teacher Dead – Twenty teachers jailed for ‘sedition’ and ‘illicit protests’. Teachers threatened with mass firings for their national strike against the repression and attacks.” “Journalists attacked by police – Cameraman in hospital after police deliberately fire tear gas bomb at his face” “Massive use of tear gas and beatings send teachers, students, and…
Action alerts, Militarism, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Let’s end the wars, cut the Pentagon, and fund our communities!
The Alliance for Global Justice has joined New Priorities and we think your group should too! New Priorities is a network of peace and economic justice organizations. We are helping build cross-constituency coalitions city by city. With budget crises stretching from our neighborhoods to Washington, we can start moving money from the war budget and…
Action alerts, Honduras
Call on the international community to ensure all human rights are respected in Honduras
The following alert was originally issues by COFADEH. The Committee of Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras (COFADEH) is requesting that letters be written to leaders at the Organization of American States (OAS) and Inter-American Commission for Human Rights (IACHR) regarding the current human rights crisis in Honduras, including threats and attacks against…
Action alerts, Colombia, Labor, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Congress Moves Toward Passing Colombia, Panama & S. Korea Free Trade Agreements
“And I’ll also oppose the Colombia Free Trade Agreement if President Bush insists on sending it to Congress because the violence against unions in Colombia would make a mockery of the very labor protections that we have insisted be included in these kinds of agreements. So you can trust me when I say that whatever…
Action alerts, Militarism
Stop FBI National Call-In Day: Tuesday, March 8, 2011
The following alert was originally circulated by the Committee to Stop FBI Repression. The Grand Jury is still on its witch-hunt and the FBI is still harassing activists. This must stop. Please make these calls: 1. Call U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald at 312-353-5300. Then dial 0 (zero) for operator and ask to leave a message…
Action alerts, Colombia, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Congress is Coming Home, Tell Them We Won’t Stand for More-of-the-Same Free Trade!
The Alliance for Responsible Trade urges you to act now to stop NAFTA-like free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama! Last Friday, Representatives came home for their “in-district work week.” With rumors circulating that the South Korea Free Trade Agreement (the biggest agreement of its kind since NAFTA) will soon be brought to…
Action alerts, Colombia, Political prisoners, Puerto Rico
Solidarity with Prisoners of Empire in Puerto Rico and Colombia
The Alliance for Global Justice is calling on all supporters of a just peace in Colombia and Puerto Rico to take action in defense of political prisoners in both these nations. Truly, they are Prisoners of Empire, imprisoned for their opposition to US policies that advance the interests of the wealthy and powerful, but hurt…
