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Colombia Fact Sheet

by Alice Loaiza, California Chapter of the Marcha Patriótica WHY THE US WON’T SUPPORT PEACE IN COLOMBIA 1. The US has never supported peace in Colombia starting with Plan Lazo and the counterinsurgency team sent to Colombia by the US  to crush Marquetalia and the intervention of Brigadier   General Yarborough who visited Colombia in…

Tear Down the Walls Mexico Delegation, March 10-20, 2017: While Trump demands Mexico build us a border wall, the US is Building Prison Walls in Mexico—What’s going on?

The United States is building walls and militarizing both the US-Mexico border and Mexico’s southern border. The US is also building prison walls throughout Mexico and militarizing police as living walls to repress and reign in popular movements. When Mexican police fire on striking teachers and normal school students, they’re using weapons made in the…

Carta Abierta a Fensuagro, la Marcha Patriótica y el Pueblo Colombiano

In English Queridas hermanos y camaradas: Es con una tristeza profunda que les escribimos para ofrecer nuestras condolencias por las víctimas de los recientes ataques contra sus organizaciones y contra todo el proceso de paz. Hemos sabido que 72 defensores de derechos laborales y humanos, activistas por la paz, dirigentes indígenas y ambientalistas han sido…

An Open Letter to Fensuagro, the Marcha Patriótica and All the Colombian People

En español Dear Sisters, Brothers, Friends and Comrades, It is with deep sorrow that we write to express our condolences for the recent assaults against your organizations and against the entire process for peace. We have learned that 72 human and labor rights defenders, peace activists, indigenous leaders and environmentalists were assassinated in 2016 alone.…

Declaración de la Alianza por la Justicia Global sobre los Ataques contra el Proceso de Paz en Colombia

Denuncia de la Alianza por la Justicia Global sobre el Asesinato de Cecilia Coicue y la Represión contra los Campesinos y Campesinas de Colombia In English Nosotros de la Alianza por la Justicia Global (Alliance for Global Justice) de los Estados Unidos expresamos nuestra tristeza y enojo profundo al saber del asesinato de Cecilia Coicue…

Emergency Delegation: Steelworkers, US Activists Urged to Accompany Colombian Voters in October Peace Referendum

Join the STAND WITH PEACE accompaniment delegation or Learn More! Click here to download a flier and help us spread the word! One of Colombia’s most targeted labor organizations has asked the United Steelworkers to send union members to accompany voters in the country’s October 2nd peace plebiscite. If the “yes” vote wins this election,…

Alliance for Global Justice Statement on the End of the War in Colombia

The Alliance for Global Justice (AfGJ) congratulates the Colombian people in their achievement of an end to more than 52 years of civil war. We want to salute the popular movements that have brought a government entrenched in war and repression to the table to talk peace. Even more, we want to thank the popular…

Urgent Call for Solidarity with Oaxaca’s Teachers Union

The Alliance for Global Justice denounces the brutal repression on June 19, 2016 against striking teachers in Oaxaca, Mexico that has left 12 teachers and students dead. They were killed by federal, state and local police who fired on unarmed, nonviolent demonstrators. According to a report by Telesur, the dead include 10 in Nochixtlan, one…

REPORT ON COLOMBIAN FARM WORKERS TOUR OF THE UNITED STATES

by Nidia Quintero, General Secretary of Fensuagro, The National Unitary Federation of Agricultural Workers Unions During the days of April 1-9, 2016, a tour was organized in certain cities of the United States by our companions in the Alliance for Global Justice, with whom we have had a solidarity agreement of support for human rights…