Dates: March 26 – April 2, 2019 After the fraudulent elections of 2017, in which Juan Orlando Hernández was illegally re-elected as president of Honduras, the world has seen thousands of people flee the country in massive caravans; an increase of political repression and violence. Conditions for political prisoners such as Edwin Espinal and…
The Alliance for Global Justice announces the: Food Sovereignty & Agroecology in Nicaragua Delegation Which we are co-sponsoring with Friends of the ATC January 3rd-13th, 2019 Since its founding in 1978, the Asociación de Trabajadores del Campo (ATC) has trained, organized, and fought for the rights of Nicaraguan farmworkers and small-scale producers. Today the ATC,…
We are working on a fall speaking tour by Steve Ellner on the hardship imposed on the Venezuelan people by US-Canadian Sanctions. He is available to speak in the East anytime now through mid-October. He will be on the West Coast the second half of October and early November. He will be in the Midwest…
by James Patrick Jordan …After many visits to Colombia, both as a delegation leader, and individually, I can say that I have never experienced such an intense trip as this one. We arrived in Cali, which was our base, just after an attack had occurred on a progressive legislator who, thankfully, survived. From Cali, each…
Download the Flyer Learn More About Each Delegation by Clicking on the Links Below: Human Rights Delegation to Honduras April 8-15, 2018 Peacemakers Delegation to Colombia with AfGJ May 19 – 29 Agrarian and Worker Struggle in Nicaragua June 18-28 Artists’ Delegation Nicaragua Aug 1-10
Join The Tour! April 5-19, 2018 Chicago – Denver – Tucson – Phoenix – LA – Oakland – Sacramento – San Francisco Transnational corporations know no borders, so, farming and working families must reach across borders to protect our interests and win our liberation together! This is why the Alliance for Global Justice is supporting…
Novelist Augusto Roa Bastos once described his native and insular Paraguay as “an island surrounded by land”. In August of 2017, AfGJ Board Member John Ocampo led this first-time AfGJ delegation to Paraguay, a little-known country to US solidarity activists, students, and Latin American Studies departments. Paraguay has the most unequal land distribution in the world and…
by James Patrick Jordan The dream of achieving a just and durable peace in Colombia may be taking a turn for the worst, becoming a nightmare of massacre and abuse, where hopes of democracy have come head to head against a march toward fascism. That is the sad reality. But it is not an inevitable…
Alliance for Global Justice and La Voz de los de Abajo Invite You to join us for an Urgent Political Prisoner / Human Rights Accompaniment Delegation to Honduras April 8-15, 2018 Since the November 2017 election, Honduras has been plunged into a political and human rights crisis caused by what Honduran human rights organizations are…
The Alliance for Global Justice and our partners in Colombia wish to give a heartfelt “thank you” to all who acted so quickly on behalf of Jhon Jairo Hernandez and Jorge Mario Bedoya. The two had been threatened by a right wing mob for their participation in a Leftist presidential campaign. We are happy to…
