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…
Human Rights and Labor lawyer, Dan Kovalik, and Alliance for Globall Justice National Co-Coordinator, James Jordan, are leading a delegation to the Departments of Cauca, Valle de Cauca, and Nariño this May 19-29, 2018. This is the region most affected by political violence that threatens Colombia’s new peace. We will be present for the historic…
JUNE 18- 28, 2018 Honor the History of Worker Struggles for Land and Dignity in Nicaragua! Download a Flyer Nicaragua’s Rural Workers’ Association, or Asociación de Trabajadores del Campo (ATC), was founded in 1978 by landless farmworkers who, inspired by liberation theology, decided to change their lives and defend their rights in the midst of…
A National Strike for Peace in Colombia has been called in Colombia to demand steps to protect peace accords that are in danger of failure. The strike was called at the end of a particularly bloody October, with 23 activists killed in 23 days. The death toll includes 11 peaceful protesters attacked on October 5…
