“Here I sit painfully far from Greece, struggling to keep abreast of my compatriots’ tumultuous mobilization against the euro-zone’s neoliberal onslaught—and what lands on my desk? An inspiringly readable volume (215 pp) edited by Cliff DuRand and Steve Martinot: Recreating Democracy in A Globalized State (Clarity Press, 2012). Authored by the two American editors and…
Democracy
Bruce Wilkinson, Democracy, Occupy Movement, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism), Uncategorized
AfGJ and the Occupy Solidarity Social Forum–Reflection and Analysis
by Bruce Wilkinson, AfGJ Grassroots Development Coordinator “What is the nature of the process by which organizations, institutions and societies transform themselves?” Donald Schon contemplated the question of how we learn and adapt to change in an increasingly unstable society during the upheavals that frame the late 1960s and early 1970s. Now Occupy Wall Street,…
Delegations & tours, Democracy, Nicaragua, Uncategorized
Nicaragua, the “threat of the good example” delegation with Roy Bourgeois
Join Roy Bourgeois on a delegation to Nicaragua Aug. 27-Sept. 5, 2012! Co-sponsored by SOA Watch and Nicaragua Network, we invite you to join this important delegation jointly organized by the largest and the oldest US Latin America solidarity groups.
Delegations & tours, Democracy, Honduras, News
Rights Action / Alliance for Global Justice Honduras Delegation The Coup vs. Democracy: Struggle of the Popular Movements May 19-28, 2012
Since the June 2009 military coup, large landowners in the fertile Aguan Valley of Northern Honduras have used the military, police, and private security guards, to terrorize villages and expand their lucrative African palm plantations.
Action alerts, Alba countries, Democracy
Bolivia & Venezuela Delegations
Experience first-hand the change sweeping through Latin America in the areas of food sovereignty, indigenous resistance, climate justice, and human rights through a trip to Bolivia or Venezuela this summer. (Sponsored by the Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle of NY.) Delegation to Bolivia: Food Sovereignty, Indigenous Resistance, and Climate Justice We will be celebrating indigenous resistance…
Action alerts, Democracy, Honduras
Honduras Delegation – Coup vs. Democracy
Rights Action / Alliance for Global Justice Honduras Delegation May 19-28, 2012 Since the June 2009 military coup, large landowners in the fertile Aguan Valley of Northern Honduras have used the military, police, and private security guards, to terrorize villages and expand their lucrative African palm plantations. Canadian and US transnational corporations are pushing mining…
Anti-War, Colombia, Democracy, James Patrick Jordan, Uncategorized
International Solidarity Address to the National Conference for the Liberty of the Political Prisoners in Bogotá, Colombia
by James Jordan, Alliance for Global Justice My name is James Jordan and I work for the Alliance for Global Justice and am a member of the Coordinating Committee of the National Network in Solidarity with the Political Prisoners (of Colombia). There is nothing we want more for the Colombian people than an end to…
Alba countries, Democracy, Latin America solidarity - general or not otherwise covered, Uncategorized
The U.S. Double Standard on Elections in Latin America and the Caribbean
by Alexander Main and Daniel McCurdy (This article is reprinted from NACLA on Dec. 22, 2011 and is available at https://nacla.org/news/2011/12/22/us-double-standard-elections-latin-america-and-caribbean .)
Democracy, Jamie Way, Occupy Movement, Uncategorized
An Occupied Consciousness: The Two Biggest Critiques of Occupy Wall Street
By Jamie Way, Alliance for Global Justice Many have complained for some time that the corporate press had failed to pay attention to the grassroots movement against corruption and profit over people. It would be hard to argue that is the case now. Occupy Wall Street has garnered a great deal of press, (even more…
Democracy, Uncategorized, Venezuela
War on Venezuela: Washington’s False Accusations Against The Chavez Government
By Eva Golinger (This article was originally published in Postcards from the Revolution at http://www.chavezcode.com/2011/12/war-on-venezuela-washingtons-false.html .) Ever since the US-supported coup attempt against President Hugo Chavez in Venezuela failed in April 2002, Washington has been pursuing a variety of strategies to remove the overwhelmingly popular South American head of state from power.
