The following alert was originally distributed by the New Priorities Network, of which AFGJ is a part. This week, the US Conference of Mayors passed a resolution calling for the federal government to change its spending priorities and redirect military spending to domestic priorities. The Mayor’s have had their say. Now have yours! Does the…
Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Action alerts, Colombia, Labor, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Colombia, South Korea and Panama Free Trade Deals Move Forward!
According to an article in the Washington Post yesterday, the package of three free trade deals is moving forward. The president of the Chamber of Commerce is even “optimistic” about having the agreements in place by July 1st. Currently, the Republicans are causing some delay over the “Trade Adjustment Assistance Program” meant to assist the…
Action alerts, Colombia, Labor, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Colombian Peasant Union Under Attack; White House Moves Forward on Colombian FTA
It is with deep concern that the Alliance for Global Justice reports the recent and arbitrary detention in Colombia of Jailer Gonzalez, President of the Association of Peasant Workers of Tolima (ASTRACATOL). ASTRACATOL is an affiliate of FENSUAGRO, the nation’s largest organization of peasant unions and associations. Gonzalez was detained by soldiers of the Colombian…
Action alerts, Colombia, Labor, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Act NOW to Stop US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement!
The White House announced on Wednesday, April 6th, that US and Colombian negotiators have reached agreement on all points regarding the pending Free Trade Agreement. With ample support from both parties in Congress, a vote is expected to come quickly. Outside Congress, the situation is the opposite: recent polls show over 60% opposition to new…
Action alerts, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Send IMF Profits to the Poor
Jubilee USA is currently gathering signatures for the petition below. Please sign up on their website. The International Monetary Fund completed the sale of 403.3 tonnes of gold on December 22, 2010. Given the historically high price of gold, the Fund has realized at least $3.5 billion more than it projected in 2008. In 2009,…
Action alerts, Militarism, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Let’s end the wars, cut the Pentagon, and fund our communities!
The Alliance for Global Justice has joined New Priorities and we think your group should too! New Priorities is a network of peace and economic justice organizations. We are helping build cross-constituency coalitions city by city. With budget crises stretching from our neighborhoods to Washington, we can start moving money from the war budget and…
Action alerts, Colombia, Labor, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Congress Moves Toward Passing Colombia, Panama & S. Korea Free Trade Agreements
“And I’ll also oppose the Colombia Free Trade Agreement if President Bush insists on sending it to Congress because the violence against unions in Colombia would make a mockery of the very labor protections that we have insisted be included in these kinds of agreements. So you can trust me when I say that whatever…
Action alerts, Colombia, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Congress is Coming Home, Tell Them We Won’t Stand for More-of-the-Same Free Trade!
The Alliance for Responsible Trade urges you to act now to stop NAFTA-like free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama! Last Friday, Representatives came home for their “in-district work week.” With rumors circulating that the South Korea Free Trade Agreement (the biggest agreement of its kind since NAFTA) will soon be brought to…
Action alerts, Alba countries, Drug war, Indigenous rights & liberation (Abya Yala, Americas), Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Indigenous Bolivians Oppose Continuing Criminalization of their Culture
The following alert (with some small modifications) was originally released by the Andean Information Network On January 26, coca growers and their constituents gathered in cities across Bolivia to hold peaceful demonstrations in support of Bolivia’s proposed amendment to the 1961 United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. The amendment seeks to decriminalize the traditional…
Action alerts, Colombia, Labor, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Colombian Vice President in DC Lobbying Unions & Congress to Support US-Col Free Trade Agreement
Colombian Vice President Angelino Garzon is in Washington DC lobbying for passage of the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. As a former unionist and progressive turned neoliberal, Garzon plans to meet with opponents of the FTA, including officials from the AFL-CIO, the Teamsters and the United Auto Workers, as well as with Sen. Sherrod Brown. Garzon…
