Real solidarity with Bolivia’s Indigenous popular democracy requires us to do more than celebrate its revival. We must work to demilitarize U.S. foreign policy. By Natalia Burdyńska Schuurman (Program Coordinator) In October of 2020, the Movement Towards Socialism (acronymed MAS in Spanish) returned to power 11 months after the U.S.-backed far-right coup regime of Jeanine…
Indigenous rights & liberation (Abya Yala, Americas)
Calls to action, Colombia, Eco-solidarity, Indigenous rights & liberation (Abya Yala, Americas), Madeline McClure, Petition
Indigenous Land Grab on the Horizon: Act Now to Save Oak Flat!
By: Madeline McClure BHP and Rio Tinto, two of the world’s largest resource extraction companies, have earned themselves a solid reputation for obliterating native lands and communities throughout the world. Leaders in the international mining market, the British-Australian companies are globally condemned for their labor, environmental and human rights abuses. Today, they’re hard at work…
Alba countries, Democracy, Indigenous rights & liberation (Abya Yala, Americas), News
The Alliance for Global Justice Congratulates the Bolivian People
The Bolivian people said yes to democracy and no to U.S. imperialism October 18, 2020, marked the end of the US-backed coup against Evo Morales and the theft of democracy in Bolivia. Today, the victory of Luis Arce, the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS in Spanish) presidential candidate, marks the strong determination of the Bolivian people…
Anti-War, Democracy, Indigenous rights & liberation (Abya Yala, Americas)
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…
Colombia, Eco-solidarity, Indigenous rights & liberation (Abya Yala, Americas), James Patrick Jordan, Uncategorized
Death Squad threatens Wayuu Women’s Force in La Guajíra, Colombia
by James Patrick Jordan I recently visited the Department of La Guajira on behalf of the Alliance for Global Justice. I was with Raquel Mogollón who works with the organization Camino Común. While we were in La Guajira, we were asked to meet with members of the Fuerza de Mujeres Wayuú (FMW, Women’s Wayuú Force)…
Action alerts, Democracy, Eco-solidarity, Español, Indigenous rights & liberation (Abya Yala, Americas), James Patrick Jordan, News, Political prisoners, TDTW, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism), Uncategorized
Genocidio Cultural y los Asaltos contra el Río Yaqui
por James Patrick Jordan “Eso es un cuerpo de agua nombrado por el pueblo…. Han estado viviendo allá desde antes la llegada de los invasores. Para eso ser sacado deja el pueblo sin recursos. Es inmoral.” To read in English, click here Hace clic aquí para leer la declaración del Observatorio de Derechos Humanos del…
Democracy, Eco-solidarity, Indigenous rights & liberation (Abya Yala, Americas), James Patrick Jordan, News, Political prisoners, TDTW, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism), Uncategorized
Cultural Genocide and the Assaults on the Rio Yaqui
by James Patrick Jordan “This is a body of water named for the people themselves…. They’ve been living there since before the invaders showed up. For that to be taken away leaves the people high and dry. It’s immoral.” Para leer este artículo en español Read the People’s Human Rights Observatory Statement of Solidarity with…
Action alerts, Anti-War, Eco-solidarity, Español, Indigenous rights & liberation (Abya Yala, Americas), News, Political prisoners, TDTW, Uncategorized
LA VORACIDAD DEL CAPITALISMO NEOLIBERAL CONTRA LA VIDA COMUNITARIA DE LOS PUEBLOS
Declaración de Solidaridad por el Consejo de Defensa de los Derechos del Pueblo (CODEP) y el Observatorio de los Derechos Humanos de los Pueblos (ODHP) READ IN ENGLISH Hace CLIC para llamar para la libertad a Fidencio Aldama, Preso Político Yaqui Somos los hombres y mujeres que habitamos en el sur de México, principalmente pueblos…
Action alerts, Eco-solidarity, Español, Indigenous rights & liberation (Abya Yala, Americas), News, Political prisoners, TDTW, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism), Uncategorized
THE VORACITY OF NEOLIBERAL CAPITALISM AGAINST THE COMMUNITARIAN LIFE OF THE PEOPLES
Statement of Solidarity with the Yaqui People by the People’s Human Rights Observatory and CODEP (Comité de Defensa de los Derechos del Pueblo) PARA LEER EN ESPAÑOL Click here to call for the freedom of Fidencio Aldama Pérez, Yaqui political prisoner We are the men and women that inhabit the South of Mexico, primarily original…
Anti-racism, Audio-visual, Border, Drug war, Immigration, Indigenous rights & liberation (Abya Yala, Americas), Mexico, Uncategorized
No O’odham Word For Wall
TOHONO O’ODHAM NATION RELEASES VIDEO ON ITS OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED BORDER WALL “There’s No O’odham Word for Wall” Demonstrates Why a Fortified Wall Does Not Work