Democracy

Federal Armed Forces Out of Our Cities! No Occupation of Our Streets!

AfGJ statement regarding the assault of federal armed forces on US cities En Español On Thursday, July 16, during a massive demonstration in defense of Black lives and to demand an end to police violence in Portland, the brutality of U.S. security forces escalated rampantly: a group of unidentified federal agents used unmarked vehicles to…

¡Fuerzas armadas federales fuera de nuestras ciudades! ¡Ninguna ocupación de nuestras calles!

Declaración de la Alianza por la Justicia Global sobre la ocupación de nuestras ciudades por fuerzas armadas federales In English El jueves 16 de julio, durante una manifestación masiva en defensa de las vidas de la comunidad negra en los EE.UU. y para exigir el fin de la violencia policial en Portland, Oregón, la brutalidad…

AFGJ STATEMENT AND BACKGROUND ON THE COUP IN BOLIVIA

EDIT: See live updates from on the ground in Bolivia HERE The Alliance for Global Justice condemns the US-backed, OAS-orchestrated military coup against the democratically elected government of Bolivia. We support the efforts of the Bolivian people to restore the constitutional order and return President Evo Morales to office. We call on the community of…

Urgent Message from the Embassy Protection Collective to US State Department

US State Department Venezuelan Foreign Ministry From: Embassy Protection Collective Re: Exiting the Venezuelan Embassy Date: May 13, 2019 This is the 34th day of our living in the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, DC. We are prepared to stay another 34 days, or however long is needed to resolve the embassy dispute in a peaceful…

NicaNotes: Dismissing the Truth Debunks Amnesty International’s Misleading Reports

By Chuck Kaufman On Tuesday, February 26, the Alliance for Global Justice and the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign Action Group (UK) released a report, Dismissing the Truth, that exhaustively rebuts two reports on human rights in Nicaragua in 2018 by Amnesty International. The Amnesty International reports accuse the democratically-elected government of Nicaragua of “a strategy of…

¿Qué está haciendo el Centro de Solidaridad de la AFL-CIO en Venezuela?: ¡Tenemos el derecho a saber!

por James Patrick Jordan traducido por Adrián Boutureira para leer en inglés… El Centro de Solidaridad (Solidarity Center) – la organización del sindicato AFL-CIO para actividades globales –  ha estado activo durante mucho tiempo en Venezuela, y no siempre con  impacto positivo. Exigimos que el Centro de Solidaridad abra sus cuentas y que nos informe…

What is the AFL-CIO’s Solidarity Center Doing in Venezuela: We Have a Right to Know!

by James Patrick Jordan en español… The Solidarity Center–the AFL-CIO’s organization for acting around the world–has long been active in Venezuela, and not usually for good effect.  We demand that the Solidarity Center open their books, and honestly report about their current operations in that country. We hope they are not supporting the current coup…