Nasim Chatha (AfGJ Prison Imperialism Coordinator) for Truthout : Leer en español aqui. The new federal penitentiary in Santa Barbara, Honduras, occupies a strip of land between a highway and cloudy, forested hills. “El Pozo,” or The Pit, as it’s known, is surrounded by barbed wire and has two additional checkpoints beyond the first gate.…
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Honduras, Uncategorized
Healing from the Trauma of Torture
By Carol Marujo The gang of criminals herded the family of ten into the home to watch as they forced the grandmother to kneel on the floor and shot a bullet into her head. The illegitimate government of Honduras used gangs to terrorize the people who resisted after the 2009 military coup d’état. Not surprisingly,…
Delegations & tours, Honduras, Nicaragua, Uncategorized
Delegation Report: Honduras & Nicaragua: Compare & Contrast
Action alerts, Democracy, Honduras, Uncategorized
Urgent: Calls needed to stop violent repression in Honduras
REPRESSION AGAINST COPINH RIGHT NOW! Alert from the Honduras Solidarity Network In this very moment (2pm CST October 20th, 2016), in response to the mass march led by the Civil Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), the Honduran militarized “Tigres” police force (supported by financing from the United States) has unleashed…
Action alerts, Eco-Solidarity, Honduras, News, Uncategorized
June 15th- Join the Global Day of Action for Justice for Berta!
Participate in the Online Action! STILL NO JUSTICE FOR BERTA CÁCERES! In solidarity with the call to action by the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) for June 15, 2016, the Honduras Solidarity Network of North America (HSN) is organizing an electronic action to support COPINH and the Honduran people at…
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Register for AfGJ’s National Call: What’s Going on In Honduras & the Importance of International Solidarity and Human Right accompaniment
Thurs, May 26 4:30pm PT / 7:30pm ET Register Here Ever since a popular president was overthrown by a US supported military coup the majority working and farming population of Honduras have been under severe attack by the oligarchy controlled Honduran Government, and their military and paramilitary thugs. This worsening horror is taking place under…
Delegations & tours, Eco-Solidarity, Honduras, Humanitarian Aid, Uncategorized
Berta Cáceres: Indigenous leader one more victim of US-approved coup in Honduras
The Alliance for Global Justice is outraged that almost seven years after the Obama White House and Clinton State Department supported a military coup in Honduras to oust its democratically elected president Manuel Zelaya, Hondurans continue to be killed for political reasons. This time it is our friend and indefatigable indigenous rights and environmental activist,…
Delegations & tours, Honduras, Uncategorized
Help Save Lives – Support Honduras Solidarity Network
If it were not for the Honduras Solidarity Network (US & Canada), Honduras would be an even more dangerous place to be a union organizer, a peasant cooperative member, an indigenous activist, a student demonstrator, an LGBT organizer, an investigative journalist, or a human rights worker. It is the courageous people of Honduras,…
Delegations & tours, Honduras, Uncategorized
Webinar on Honduras and Solidarity: Sign up now!
Repression and Resistance–Violence and Migration–Imperialism and Solidarity The Honduras Solidarity Network in North America invites you to participate in an educational webinar and conversation about solidarity with Honduras and the role of the US and multinational corporations in the region. January 17, 2016 Register Now In June 2009 a military coup overthrew an elected government…
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If We Want to Save the World – An Internationalist Declaration
The same imperialism that has caused so much damage to the Global South today continues expanding and threatening the whole planet. Consequently, the struggle for climate justice has converted into a struggle for the liberation of all workers, peasants, indigenous and ecosystems. The struggle against Empire is a struggle to save life on Earth. (Originally…