Sign and Share this Petition in Solidarity with the Venezuelan People! This is not a spontaneous wave of student protests, but a planned campaign organized by radical rightwing opposition leaders including Leopoldo Lopez and Maria Corina Machado. On January 23, Lopez and Machado launched their “La Salida” (“The Exit”) campaign with a press conference. As…
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Action alerts, Colombia, Democracy, Eco-Solidarity, Labor, Militarism, News, Political prisoners, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism), Uncategorized
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…
Colombia, Labor, Militarism, News, Political prisoners
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…
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Hubert “Huber” Ballesteros Detained by Colombian Authorities – Major Blow to Labor and Peasant Movements / USW Letter in Support of Ballesteros
YOUR ACTION NEEDED! We cannot stress enough how important this case is, and how vital is your solidarity. We have been asked, especially, that people make phone calls to the Colombian Embassy. The Alliance for Global Justice is urging you to take TWO actions. 1) Call the Colombian Embassy at: Tel: 202-387-8338 Fax: 202-232 8643…
Colombia, News, Political prisoners, Prison Imperialism, Uncategorized
Third Week of Hunger Strike by Colombia Prisoners-Show Your Solidarity
Click HERE to send an email to Colombian authorities in support of the prisoners’ demands! Prisoners in the Doña Juana Penitentiary in Colombia are halfway through the third week of a hunger strike to demand better conditions. Located in La Dorada, Caldas, the prison is one of the new jails built with US funding and…
News, Uncategorized, Venezuela
AFGJ mourns the loss of President Hugo Chavez
The Alliance for Global Justice mourns with the family of President Hugo Chavez Frias and people of Venezuela his untimely death. But in this time of tears we also celebrate the life of this great man whose passion for justice and equality marshaled the progressive movements in his country to eradicate illiteracy, abolish extreme poverty,…
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US participation in massacre of Moskito people!
On May 22 and 23 a delegation of human rights activists from the United States organized by Rights Action and Alliance for Global Justice visited the community of Ahuás in the Moskitia region of Honduras. The delegation witnessed an atmosphere of terror being generated amongst dire poverty in an area where the indigenous people are…
Delegations & tours, Democracy, Honduras, News
Rights Action / Alliance for Global Justice Honduras Delegation The Coup vs. Democracy: Struggle of the Popular Movements May 19-28, 2012
Since the June 2009 military coup, large landowners in the fertile Aguan Valley of Northern Honduras have used the military, police, and private security guards, to terrorize villages and expand their lucrative African palm plantations.
Colombia, James Patrick Jordan, News, Political prisoners
Victory! Colombian Political Prisoner Liliany Obando to Be Freed!
by James Jordan, Alliance for Global Justice National Co-Coordinator The International Network in Solidarity with the Political Prisoners (of which The Alliance for Global Justice is a co-founder) has just received the wonderful news that labor activist, human rights defender and Colombian Political Prisoner Liliany Obando will be released on bond tomorrow
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Occupy Solidarity Social Forum a Success
The Occupy Solidarity Social Forum was a great success due to Occupy Olympia, AFGJ and a number of wonderful activists from around the country. Listen to a short radio clip on Free Speech Radio News about the event or read about it in the Huffington Post.