Mexican Government Intervention in Strike – Cananea Miners Update This alert was originally published by LabourStart. Some 1,200 members of Mexico’s National Miners’ and Metalworkers’ Union, or Los Mineros, have been on strike since July 2007 at the Cananea mine over health and safety and other contract violations. Grupo Mexico – the mining giant which…
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Action alerts, Honduras
Honduras: Opposition to Coup Government Marches for Human Rights
Follow the steps below to tell the US to stop supporting coup regime violence! This alert was written by allies in the Central American solidarity movement, many of which are listed below. Yesterday, Hondurans marched in the streets of Tegucigalpa to demand that the recently installed government of Porfirio Lobo halt its attacks on the…
Action alerts, Indigenous rights & liberation (Abya Yala, Americas), Nicaragua
Colonists Threaten Indigenous Population
Ask the Nicaraguan government to protect indigenous communities and complete demarcation and titling of indigenous land. Follow the steps below to act now! Despite, or perhaps because of, the Nicaraguan government’s progress in titling and demarcating indigenous land, tensions have risen between settler and indigenous communities, reaching the point of violence. In the South Atlantic…
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Jubilee Act Call In Day
This release was written by Jubilee USA. In the weeks since the earthquake that devastated Haiti, hundreds of thousands of people across the globe responded with individual generosity and with a call for justice – a call to drop Haiti’s debts and to ensure grant support instead of new loans. The message was so obvious…
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Join the Latin America Solidarity Coalition in Detroit!
Work with us on the US Social Forum (June 22-26, 2010) The Latin America Solidarity Coalition would like to invite Latin America grassroots solidarity organizations to participate in the US Social Forum scheduled for June 22-26, 2010 in Detroit. We also invite you to collaborate with like-minded organizations at the Social Forum in the following…
Action alerts, Colombia, Political prisoners
Legal Defense of Liliany Obando, Colombian Political Prisoner
We have received an urgent request for financial support regarding the legal defense of Liliany Obando, a Colombian labor unionist, human rights activist, independent filmmaker and political prisoner. We need to raise $1,000 as quickly as possible to cover expenses regarding the collection of evidence vital to her case, which goes back in session in…
Action alerts, Democracy, Honduras
Honduran Coup d’état, a ‘win’ for the U.S.?
This article was written by Tom Loudon of the Quixote Center. Today, Pepe Lobo will be inaugurated as the new President of Honduras in what many consider to be an institutionalization of the coup d’état which took place seven months ago. Lobo comes to the Presidency as a result of a highly disputed election process…
Action alerts, Political prisoners
Human Rights Advocates Given Maximum Federal Prison Sentences
Judge Finds SOA Watch Activists Guilty of Carrying Direct Action Protest Against the SOA/WHINSEC onto Fort Benning, Issues Arrest Warrant for Michael Walli for Refusing to Appear for the Trial. This press release was issued by School of the Americas Watch. On Monday, January 25, 2010, U.S. Magistrate G. Mallon Faircloth sentenced three human rights…
Action alerts, Haiti, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Haiti devastated by earthquake! Take action now!
Two members of the Alliance for Global Justice staff returned from a delegation to Haiti a few days before the earthquake hit. The people they met with and all the victims of the quake are in their thoughts as Haiti confronts this devastating crisis. In this action alert you will find: 1) Information about where…
Action alerts, Delegations & tours
New Delegations Provide Opportunities to Visit Latin America
If you are interested in visiting Latin America with a delegation, please click the link below to read more. There are a variety of upcoming trips that may be of interest. Group Trip to Nicaragua Participants are welcome to join a group trip to Nicaragua March 14-21, 2010. Purpose of the trip is to learn…
