Compiled by Peace Action’s Move the Money Working Group We need to find ways to connect the current Congressional crisis with the ongoing struggle to change national spending priorities: Move the Money from wars and weapons to fund jobs, human services and diplomacy. Two immediate actions we can take: 1. Public education: Letters to the…
This six minute video is a production of the Alliance for Global Justice and Pan Left. It features leaders of the Peasant Workers Association of Tolima (Astracatol), all of whom have since been arrested as a part of the recent government crackdown on Colombia’s labor, agrarian and popular movements. Many AfGJ supporters will recognize the…
Interview and Video by Chelli Stanley and Will Wickham. Isabel Garcia is co-founder of the Derechos Humanos Coalition.
by Bruce Wilkinson Bank of America is bad for America! Since the 2008 Great Recession was orchestrated by the ‘too big to fail’ Wall Street banks, citizens have stepped forward as the true leaders who reject the too big to fail premise. Too big to fail is too big to exist. On #F29 OWS Shut…
In the Periodical Literature: Reviews of Essays from the Journals Midge Quandt Latin America Goes Global “Latin America in the New Global Capitalism,” by William I. Robinson, from NACLA: Report on the Americas 45, No. 2 (Summer 2012): 3-18. In a recent article, William Robinson, a University of California professor, assesses the transition in Latin…
Charlotte, NC: Bank of America had its shareholders meeting at their headquarters and for the first time in a generation a major protest poured onto the streets in Charlotte, NC. There was repression and arrests leading to and during the protests, whose details, soon to be described, show a potential reaction for the Democratic National…
Organizers are converging on Charlotte, NC, known as Occupy Wall Street South, for a showdown with Bank of America (BoA) at their shareholders meeting. BoA has constricted Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx into declaring the protest an “extraordinary event.” Thanks for recognizing the extraordinary efforts of the organizers of the protest, but no thanks for the…
by Bruce Wilkinson, AfGJ Grassroots Development Coordinator “What is the nature of the process by which organizations, institutions and societies transform themselves?” Donald Schon contemplated the question of how we learn and adapt to change in an increasingly unstable society during the upheavals that frame the late 1960s and early 1970s. Now Occupy Wall Street,…
The week we have all been fighting to avoid is finally upon us. Early this week, President Obama sent the three pending free trade bills to Congress for their approval. The free trade bills with Korea, Panama and Colombia are to be considered under “fast track” voting. Yesterday, the AFLCIO held a national call-in day…
The week we have all dreaded and struggled against is upon us! Today, President Obama sent the three pending free trade bills over to Congress for their consideration. Although many labor and solidarity activists (along with the vast majority of American citizens that were polled) have voiced their disapproval of the free trade deals with…
