It’s time to recognize and support Nicaragua’s achievements rather than undermine them with sanctions On June 8, 2023, U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced legislation that would extend the U.S. government’s authority to impose sanctions on Nicaragua through December 31, 2028! The bill is now in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, with…
Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
#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…
Human Rights in the U.S. Reports, Human Rights School, Labor, Maya Hernández, Solidarity with North American liberation, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Labor organizing in the U.S. in 2022: confronting the anti-union, anti-worker corporate agenda
By Maya Hernández (Program Coordinator) This past year, profit-over-people ideology and anti-union efforts were particularly prevalent in sectors that demanded the most labor. Millions of dollars went into campaigns to stop union organizing at the same time that several anti-worker policies passed into effect, painting a grim future for workers across the United States. The…
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…
#FreeAlexSaab, Alex Saab, Calls to action, Political prisoners, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism), U.S. sanctions, Venezuela
Urgent Action Alert: #FreeAlexSaab Feb. 16th
On June 12, 2020, the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab was seized by order of U.S. officials, during a refueling stop on a flight from Venezuela to Iran. He was imprisoned on Cabo Verde, a small island nation off the western coast of Africa, for trying to buy humanitarian supplies in legal international trade but in…
Border, Immigration, Latin America solidarity - general or not otherwise covered, Sanctions Kill, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism), Uncategorized, Webinar
Upcoming Webinar: Women’s Voices from Central America
Colombia, Fundraising, Labor, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism), Uncategorized
Union Label, Organic Coffee from Colombia – Get yours TODAY!
Wake up with a cup of Union Label, Organic Coffee and take a stand for peace and labor rights in Colombia! Coffee grown and produced by Fensuagro, Colombia’s National Unitary Federation of Farmers and Farm Workers Unions FENSUAGRO is Colombia’s largest federation of peasant farmers and farm workers unions. Its represents 50% family and cooperative…
Anti-War, Colombia, Democracy, Drug war, Labor, News, Political prisoners, TDTW, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism), Uncategorized
Five Demands for Peace in Colombia – Open Letter by International Human Rights Defenders
Join Noam Chomsky, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Adolfo Perez Ezquivel, Colombians for Peace founder Piedad Córdoba, and many international human rights and solidarity organizations in taking a stand for peace in Colombia. Endorse this sign-on letter and its five demands. You may also sign as an individual, along with your organizational affiliation (for identification purposes…