The following alert (with some small modifications) was originally released by the Andean Information Network On January 26, coca growers and their constituents gathered in cities across Bolivia to hold peaceful demonstrations in support of Bolivia’s proposed amendment to the 1961 United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. The amendment seeks to decriminalize the traditional…
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Action alerts, Colombia, Labor, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Colombian Vice President in DC Lobbying Unions & Congress to Support US-Col Free Trade Agreement
Colombian Vice President Angelino Garzon is in Washington DC lobbying for passage of the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. As a former unionist and progressive turned neoliberal, Garzon plans to meet with opponents of the FTA, including officials from the AFL-CIO, the Teamsters and the United Auto Workers, as well as with Sen. Sherrod Brown. Garzon…
Action alerts, Political prisoners, Puerto Rico
Activist for Puerto Rican Independence Needs Support
The Alliance for Global Justice urges our supporters to take immediate action on behalf of Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Oscar López Rivera. We have only five days to act before the Parole Board makes its decision. López is the last of a dozen Puerto Rican activists imprisoned in the 1980s for “seditious conspiracy” for their…
Action alerts, Drug war, Militarism, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Pre-Register Now for the Education & Strategy Conference on US Militarism
Washington, DC – April 8-10, 2011 Sponsored By: Latin America Solidarity Coalition Held in Conjunction with School of the Americas Watch Days of Action (April 4-11, 2011) Register now to attend an informative and exciting conference to build a larger movement to end US militarism and the militarization of US relations with Latin America and…
Action alerts, Labor, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Tell Commerce Group to Drop the Lawsuit Against El Salvador
Over the past few months, AFGJ has devoted a great deal of time to our work opposing the Korea-US (KORUS) Free Trade Agreement (FTA). We believe that the following alert should help illustrate why such action is necessary. Thanks to FTAs, such as DR-CAFTA in this case, foreign investors are afforded “protections” that allow them…
Action alerts, Haiti
Haiti One Year Later: Still Waiting On Aid
The following alert was originally circulated by our friends at SOAW. Tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of the tragic earthquake in Haiti that left 230,000 Haitians dead, hundreds of thousands injured, and over 1.5 million homeless. In spite of an initial massive out pour of international solidarity, over a million Haitians remain in temporary shelters…
Action alerts, Honduras
Campesinos Face Systematic Evictions in Honduras
The following was originally circulated by the Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America. Below you will find a background piece on what led the Lobo government to deploy 300 heavily armed police and military in late November 2010 to systematically evict and displace campesino farming communities on Agrarian Reform cooperatives in the Aguán region…
Action alerts, Colombia, Labor
Worker to Worker Solidarity Campaign
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Action alerts, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Leaders Reach Deal on Korea-US Free Trade Agreement
Act now to stop more-of-the-same trade agreements! Last Friday, US and Korean leaders negotiated some key points of conflict on the pending Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA). With negotiations settled, the leaders of both countries hope to have their Congress and National Assembly pass the agreement as soon as this Spring. It is absolutely vital…
Action alerts, Colombia, International solidarity - not Americas
FBI Witch Hunt Against Solidarity and Peace Activists Continues
The Alliance for Global Justice has learned that at least three more solidarity activists in the Chicago area have been contacted by the FBI and are to receive subpoenas to appear before a Grand Jury. This is a continuation of the assault on the solidarity and anti-war movements that began on September 24th. This case…
