Call the State Department and White House! Your call could make a difference! We have received reports that a coup is taking place in Ecuador. The situation is in flux. There are reports that President Rafael Correa disappeared after meeting with the police but other reports say he is in the hospital surrounded by police…
Action alerts
Action alerts, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Milennium Development Goals Review Meeting
Ask Obama to make the meeting meaningful! The following message was originally sent by Jubilee USA. Ten years after world leaders first promised to cut extreme poverty in half, there are still 29,000 children who die every day due to preventable causes. Next week, President Obama will join 140 other Heads of State in New…
Action alerts, Honduras, Militarism
Long-Term Accompaniment Volunteers Needed in Honduras
The following message was originally sent by the Friendship Office of the Americas. If you or your organization is interested is interested in doing long-term accompaniment work, or sponsoring a long-term volunteer accompanier, please let us know. At this time (September 2010) and for the next several months, the project is looking for individuals with…
Action alerts, Colombia, Political prisoners
Demand Humane Treatment of Prisoners
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…
Action alerts, Colombia, Political prisoners
Join Noam Chomsky, Others: Free Lily!
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…
Action alerts, Honduras
Stop Brutal Repression of Honduran Movement
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…
Action alerts, Nicaragua
Christian Science Monitor Attacks Ortega
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…
Action alerts, Honduras
Urgent Call for Accompaniment from Honduras Resistance Front
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…
Action alerts, Colombia, Labor, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Tell Obama, Bush’s Agreements Aren’t Good Enough!
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…
Action alerts, Colombia, Drug war, Militarism
Activists Block Entrance to Military Base in Colombia
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…
