“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. Yet, when it comes to the effects of climate change, there has been nothing but chronic injustice and the corrosion of human rights.” (Mary Robinson) By Camille Landry (Program Coordinator) The most fundamental human right is the right to live. This includes the…
Militarism
#FreeAlexSaab, Alba countries, Anti-racism, Anti-War, Colombia, Cuba, Cultural solidarity & struggle, End sanctions on Venezuela, Haiti, Honduras, Militarism, Nicaragua, Political prisoners, Prison Imperialism, Puerto Rico, Respect for Democracy, Solidarity with North American liberation, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism), U.S. sanctions, Uncategorized, Workers' Summit of the Americas
TODAY! Workers’ Summit of the Americas 2022 (Day 2)
About The Workers’ Summit of the Americas is a workers’ conference that calls for the programmatic unity of the working class and social movements to create a permanent forum for solidarity and the linking of anti-imperialist, anti-colonial and anti-patriarchal struggles in the American continent. The Summit will be held in Tijuana, Mexico to counteract the Summit…
#FreeAlexSaab, Alba countries, Anti-War, Cultural solidarity & struggle, End sanctions on Venezuela, Haiti, Honduras, Immigration, Indigenous rights & liberation (Abya Yala, Americas), Latin America solidarity - general or not otherwise covered, Militarism, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Solidarity with North American liberation, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism), U.S. sanctions, Workers' Summit of the Americas
TODAY! Workers’ Summit of the Americas 2022 (Day 1)
About The Workers’ Summit of the Americas is a workers’ conference that calls for the programmatic unity of the working class and social movements to create a permanent forum for solidarity and the linking of anti-imperialist, anti-colonial and anti-patriarchal struggles in the American continent. The Summit will be held in Tijuana, Mexico to counteract the Summit…
Alba countries, Anti-War, Cuba, Cultural solidarity & struggle, End sanctions on Venezuela, Human Rights in the U.S. Reports, Human Rights School, International solidarity - not Americas, Margaret Kimberley, Militarism, Nicaragua, Respect for Democracy, Sanctions Kill, Solidarity with North American liberation, Special reports, publications & broadcasts, U.S. sanctions, Venezuela
Conclusion by Margaret Kimberley (Human Rights in the United States: 2022 Report)
By Margaret Kimberley (Executive Editor and Senior Columnist, Black Agenda Report) The words human rights are used quite frequently but conditions around the world prove that they are rarely taken seriously. The United States, which claims to be a protector of human rights, has more people imprisoned, some two million, than any other country on…
Alba countries, Anti-War, International solidarity - not Americas, Latin America solidarity - general or not otherwise covered, Militarism, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism), U.S. sanctions
What does the Ukraine conflict mean for Latin America & the Global South? Information guide
The roots of the war in Ukraine lie in decades of NATO expansion that seeks to extend U.S. hegemony over the entire world. This is imperialism, pure and simple. We see the expansion of fascism in Ukraine, the United States, the UK, and many parts of the European Union. The ugly alliance between fascism and…
Anti-War, Border, James Patrick Jordan, Militarism, Police militarization, Political prisoners, Prison Imperialism, Solidarity with North American liberation, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism), Uncategorized
Security, Empire and Life in the USA
by James Patrick Jordan Originally published in Catalán by the magazine Revistat, and in English, by CovertAction Quarterly The word “security” conjures a couple of distinctly different and conflicting images. One is of human beings living in safe, viable, and sustainable communities, where individuals can freely develop their full potential, not hindered by threat and…
Anti-War, Latin America solidarity - general or not otherwise covered, Militarism, Uncategorized
AFGJ POSITION ON UKRAINE
Alliance for Global Justice decries the hostilities in Ukraine that endanger the people of that region and the entire world. Humanity must grow beyond its violent tendencies and substitute true justice for warfare. The roots of the war in Ukraine lie in decades of NATO expansion that seeks to extend US hegemony over the entire…
Anti-racism, Militarism, Police militarization, Political prisoners, Prison Imperialism, Solidarity with North American liberation, Uncategorized
A Year in Review: Racism, Repression and Fightback in the U.S. [EBOOK]
One year ago, George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police. What followed was the eruption of the largest uprising against racism and state violence in modern U.S. history. Against the backdrop of a devastating pandemic, economic recession and climate crisis disproportionately impacting Black, Indigenous and Latine people of color in the United States, an eruption…
Action alerts, Anti-racism, Calls to action, Cultural solidarity & struggle, Democracy, Haiti, Militarism, Petition, Police militarization, Political prisoners
Solidarity with the People of Haiti! End US and UN support of Haitian dictator Jovenel Moïse!
On Sunday, Haitians to the streets in massive numbers as they did the week before after U.S.-backed dictator Jovenel Moïse refused to leave office on February 7, the end of his four-year term established by an illegal election. One of the main calls from the mobilizations of hundreds of thousands in the streets of Port-au-Prince…
Cultural solidarity & struggle, Democracy, Indigenous rights & liberation (Abya Yala, Americas), Militarism, Natalia Burdyńska-Schuurman, Uncategorized
Looking back, looking ahead: lessons from the November 2019 U.S.-backed coup in Bolivia
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…