Labor

One of Many Saturdays in Prison – Colombia

by Camilo Insuasty-Obando (Para leer el original en español, haga clic aquí) Camilo is an independent journalist and the son of Colombian political prisoner Liliany (Lily) Obando.  When he wrote this article, Lily had been released from her jail cell at Buen Pastor Women’s Penitentiary and was finishing the remaining months of her sentence in…

Statement of Solidarity with People of Cajamarca, Peru – Free Goyo!

Alliance for Global Justice Statement on the Detention of Gregorio “Goyo” Santos, President of the Region of Cajamarca, Peru Click Here for more information about AfGJ’s December Delegation to Peru The Alliance for Global Justice (AfGJ) condemns the preventive incarceration of Gregorio “Goyo” Santos Guerrero, President of the Region of Cajamarca, Peru (analogous to a…

Four Agricultural Workers and Unionists Murdered in Nariño, Colombia

by James Jordan, Alliance for Global Justice Send an Email to Colombian Authorities to Demand Justice and Safety for the People of Sucumbíos Send and Email to the White House and State Department to Demand the US End Its Support for War and Repression in Colombia [Scroll to the end of this article to read…

Colombian Unionists Endure Mass Arrests, Bombings in April

TAKE ACTION! The Alliance for Global Justice is very concerned about the April 17, 2014 detention of 17 agricultural workers and union members from the municipality of Leiva in the Colombian department of Nariño. This is one of a series of high profile arrests and mass detentions of union and peasant leaders that have occurred…

United Steelworkers Letter Condemns April 2014 Repression of Colombian Unions

CLICK HERE to send email to the Colombian government and US State Department on behalf of ASTRACAN and SINTRAEMCALI   To: Juan Manuel Santos Calderón Presidente de la República Carrera 8 No. 7 -26 Palacio de Nariño Bogotá, Colombia Dear President Santos: We are writing on behalf of the 850,000 members of the USW in…

Coffee Workers Being Released–Just Peace Coffee Brigade CANCELED

Just Peace Coffee Brigade CANCELED — Dolores Detainees are being released in time for coffee harvest! The Alliance for Global Justice, working with the Colombian human rights group, Lazos de Dignidad, and the Tolima Association of Peasant Workers (Astracatol), has been invited to organize a coffee picking brigade to Dolores, Tolima, a community threatened by…

Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Is a Horrible Rip-off and a Direct Threat to Democracy Itself

(This information was compiled or written by Glen Anderson of Olympia Fellowship Of Reconciliation. Originally published on the “Global Economics” part of the website, www.olympiafor.org. Watch Olympia FOR’s November 2013 TV program on this topic.) By Glen Anderson TPP’s “Fast Track” has been introduced in Congress to prevent serious debate and prevent any amendments whatsoever.…

Political prisoners, killings mount in Colombia as peace momentum slows

Jailing of Francisco Toloza – In context By W. T. Whitney Jr. 2014 had barely begun. Already assassins had killed activist rapper Gerson Martínez, community leader Giovanny Leiton, the latter’s life partner, and unionist Ever Luis Marin Rolong. A police projectile thrown at Sintraelecol union president Óscar Arturo Orozco gravely injured his left eye. He…

US Labor Against the War Workshop

From a War Economy to a Peace Economy:The Challenge of Economic Conversion Millions of workers in the U.S. are employed by the military-industrial-security complex. What are the steps we must take to move the country from a war and military-dependent economy to a sustainable demilitarized economy? How do we engage those whose jobs and incomes…

Brutal Repression of National Strike in Colombia-Santos Declares Militarization of Bogotá

by James Jordan SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM TO SEE WHAT ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE! Colombian Armed Forces have brutally attacked members of the “Paro Agrario” National Farmers and Popular Strike, with at least four to five persons dead and reports of hundreds wounded. Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos, dismissing strikers as vandals, has ordered…