Update from James Jordan, National Co-coordinator of the Alliance for Global Justice in Colombia for the referendum vote on October 2ndby James Patrick Jordan (Follow the LIVE BLOG on October 2nd for on the ground reporting from AfGJ’s International Accompaniment delegation.) Today I feel like I am completing a circle–a circle of peace. This is…
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Declaración de la Alianza por la Justicia Global sobre los Ataques contra el Proceso de Paz en Colombia
Denuncia de la Alianza por la Justicia Global sobre el Asesinato de Cecilia Coicue y la Represión contra los Campesinos y Campesinas de Colombia In English Nosotros de la Alianza por la Justicia Global (Alliance for Global Justice) de los Estados Unidos expresamos nuestra tristeza y enojo profundo al saber del asesinato de Cecilia Coicue…
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AfGJ Denounces Attacks on Peace Process in Colombia
The Alliance for Global Justice Denounces the Murder of Cecilia Coicue and the Continued Repression Against FENSUAGRO and All Rural Workers of Colombia Leer en Español The Alliance for Global Justice (AfGJ) expresses our profound sadness and anger after learning of the murder of Cecilia Coicue in the village of Cominera, Municipality of Corinto, Cauca,…
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AfGJ Statement of Solidarity with Standing Rock Sioux Pipeline Protest
Alliance for Global Justice (AfGJ) formally denounces the further construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline and is in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux and the Native American coalition on the ground in North Dakota. The effort to resist this pipeline is yet another example of the continual struggle against US colonization and its destructive…
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Emergency Delegation: Steelworkers, US Activists Urged to Accompany Colombian Voters in October Peace Referendum
Join the STAND WITH PEACE accompaniment delegation or Learn More! Click here to download a flier and help us spread the word! One of Colombia’s most targeted labor organizations has asked the United Steelworkers to send union members to accompany voters in the country’s October 2nd peace plebiscite. If the “yes” vote wins this election,…
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Political Turmoil on the Right Gives a Pretext for the US to Question Upcoming Election
Last week the 16 members of the National Assembly loyal to veteran politician and banker Eduardo Montealegre, including Montealegre himself, were removed from the legislature and replaced by representatives who are members of the Independent Liberal Party (PLI). This move is bound to be blamed on President Daniel Ortega and the Sandinistas and used by…
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Alliance for Global Justice Statement on the End of the War in Colombia
The Alliance for Global Justice (AfGJ) congratulates the Colombian people in their achievement of an end to more than 52 years of civil war. We want to salute the popular movements that have brought a government entrenched in war and repression to the table to talk peace. Even more, we want to thank the popular…
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Urgent Call for Solidarity with Oaxaca’s Teachers Union
The Alliance for Global Justice denounces the brutal repression on June 19, 2016 against striking teachers in Oaxaca, Mexico that has left 12 teachers and students dead. They were killed by federal, state and local police who fired on unarmed, nonviolent demonstrators. According to a report by Telesur, the dead include 10 in Nochixtlan, one…
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Visiting Cuba
by James Jordan I got to visit Cuba before Pres. Obama did. There was not nearly the fanfare, but I can say I experienced some moments of warmth that may have even exceeded what the president encountered. I visited Cuba twice in 2015 for about five weeks in all. I was there in each case…
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Wave of Right-Wing Violence Threatens Peace for Colombia
by James Jordan Amid expectations of a successful completion of peace negotiations this month, Colombia has experienced a wave of paramilitary and military assaults. These have occurred while the leader of Colombia’s far right, ex-president Álvaro Uribe, has called for an April 2nd march against the negotiations. As extremists prepare to protest legally, their ideological…
