This declaration is released on the occasion of the inauguration of Ivan Duque, August 7, 2018, as President of Colombia, and in solidarity with the many demonstrations (more than 85 in 18 countries!) in Colombia and around the world demanding an end to political violence and that the peace accords be honored! FOR SPANISH, CLICK…
Colombia
Anti-War, Colombia, Español, Uncategorized
Paz por Colombia – Declaración de la Coalición Contra Bases Militares Extranjeras de Estados Unidos
Ocasionado por la toma de posesión por Iván Duque de la Presidencia de Colombia el 7 de agosto de 2018, y en solidaridad con las manifestaciones en Colombia y el mundo en favor de la paz y contra la violencia política. FOR ENGLISH, CLICK HERE La Coalición Contra Bases Militares Extranjeras de Estados Unidos declara…
Colombia, Uncategorized
UPDATED! 83 Colombia Solidarity Events in At Least 17 Countries – Find Yours!
NEW EVENTS ADDED! 83 COLOMBIA SOLIDARITY EVENTS IN AT LEAST 17 COUNTRIES! Colombia is bleeding and the peace accords are hanging on by a thread. But popular movements won’t give up, are growing, and will not be defeated. Ultra-right winger Ivan Duque takes possession of the presidency on August 7th. We as international solidarity activists…
Action alerts, Colombia, Uncategorized
Activist Kit for International Days for Peace in Colombia
Take part in the August Days for Peace in Colombia! For those organizing solidarity events, please send the date, time, and location of your event to [email protected] so we can publicize it for our lists. FOLLOWING IS AN ACTION KIT FOR YOUR LOCAL DAY FOR PEACE IN COLOMBIA! Fact Sheet on Colombia to hand out…
Colombia, Labor, Uncategorized
Fensuagro Unionists Murdered in Cauca, Colombia – Stop the US/Colombia Terror!
Genocide is happening in Colombia. There is no other way to put it. In just one terrible day, July 16, 2018, six social movement leaders were killed. Since the June 17 election of Ivan Duque as Colombia’s president, social movement leaders have been killed at the rate of more than one a day. Duque is…
Colombia, Español, Uncategorized
Llamada por Dia Internacional el 7 de Agosto por la Paz en Colombia, contra el Terror Estatal y Paramilitar
Queridos amigos en resistencia, Te escribimos porque estamos desesperadamente preocupados por nuestros camaradas en Colombia. Probablemente ya sepan que el año pasado fue el peor año en más de diez años por asesinatos de defensores de los derechos humanos, defensores del medio ambiente y líderes de la movilización popular. Bueno, ha empeorado. Estamos recibiendo mensajes…
Anti-War, Colombia, Uncategorized
Call for August 7 International Day for Peace in Colombia, against State and Paramilitary Terror
Dear friends in resistance, We are writing you because we are desperately concerned for our comrades in Colombia. You probably already know that last year was the worst year in well over ten years for murders of human rights defenders, eco-defenders, and popular mobilization leaders. Well, it has just gotten worse. We are getting messages…
Colombia, Fundraising, Labor, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism), Uncategorized
Union Label, Organic Coffee from Colombia – Get yours TODAY!
Wake up with a cup of Union Label, Organic Coffee and take a stand for peace and labor rights in Colombia! Coffee grown and produced by Fensuagro, Colombia’s National Unitary Federation of Farmers and Farm Workers Unions FENSUAGRO is Colombia’s largest federation of peasant farmers and farm workers unions. Its represents 50% family and cooperative…
Colombia, Delegations & tours, Democracy, Drug war, Eco-Solidarity, James Patrick Jordan, News, Uncategorized
Struggle and defiance at Colombia’s Feast of Pestilence
by James Patrick Jordan There is a scene in Arturo Alape’s novel, El Cadaver Insepulto (The Unburied Corpse) that sums up Colombia’s current reality. A small group of authorities have been called to enter the apartment of an elderly woman who has not been seen in the community for days. Her apartment is at the…
Anti-War, Colombia, Democracy, Drug war, Español, Labor, News, Political prisoners, TDTW, Uncategorized
Cinco Demandas por la Paz en Colombia – Carta Abierta por Defensores de Derechos Humanos Internacionales
Incluyen sus nombres y organizaciones con Noam Chomsky, Adolfo Pérez Ezquivel (ganador del Premio Nobel de la Paz), y Piedad Córdoba, vocera de Colombianas y Colombianos por la paz, y muchas organizaciones internacionales en defensa de los derechos humanos. Envía una carta a [email protected] para incluir su organización como aprobador esta carta y sus cinco…