by James Patrick Jordan Killings of Colombian social leaders and peace process participants have skyrocketed over the past month to a rate of over one victim per day. As if to underscore the point in blood, on January 21, 2020, two persons were killed, two wounded, and 70 persons displaced in Tarazá, in Colombia’s Bajo…
By James Patrick Jordan by James Patrick Jordan The lack of coverage in the United States of the national strike in Colombia is unbelievable. What little coverage it does receive has been misleading, at best. Colombia is the U.S. government’s closest ally in Latin America. It is held out as a model of democracy,…
Cuba Three Keys to the Political Party Fidel Built Three key concepts, that sustain the essential political instrument that is our Party, are unity, providing an example, and sacrifice, as confirmed by notable historians, philosophers, writers, and journalists. Back to Fidel Three years after his death, it is important to review the many ways…
Report from James Jordan, with interview of Lorena Ochoa from Lazos de Dignidad Colombia’s machinery of repression started kicking in even though the National Strike for peace, justice, and human rights was still a day away. My partner, Raquel Mogollón, and I arrived in Bogotá at 3am on Wednesday November 20, 2019. After a much…
Tuesday, October 29th at 8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT REGISTER NOW: https://tinyurl.com/OctoberVenezuelaWebinar We will be hearing from members of the Embassy Protection Collective who spent 37 days in the Venezuela Embassy in DC defending it from take over by pro-coup actors and attempting to prevent an escalation of US aggression in Venezuela.They now face up to a…
Join this historic delegation to Colombia sponsored by US Labor Against the War (USLAW) and the Alliance for Global Justice (AfGJ), November 24 – December 4, 2019 Come with USLAW and AfGJ to learn about labor conditions on the third anniversary of the peace accords. We will develop and release a report on Workers and Peace…
On September 27, 2019, the Coalition for Peace in Colombia and the People’s Human Rights Observatory (Observatorio de los Derechos Humanos de los Pueblos) are calling for a Day of Actions for Peace in Colombia. We will formally kick off our new campaign to promote the People’s Travel Advisory on Colombia. We will deliver documents…
by James Patrick Jordan Back in 2015, I went with leaders of the Fensuagro agricultural workers federation to observe a series of consultations in the coffee growing areas of the Department of Tolima. These consultations were to ask rural communities about what their hopes were for the pending Peace Accord, and what kinds of…
By Chuck Kaufman This week NicaNotes returns to serializing portions of the electronic book that Alliance for Global Justice published this year, with A Lot of help from our friends. Live from Nicaragua: Uprising or Coup? is the true story of the failed US-funded 2018 coup in Nicaragua. You can download the book in pdf…
Is responsible travel to Colombia even possible given the levels of repression that occur there daily? Our answer to that question is a resounding YES!!! In fact, the Alliance for Global Justice is partnering with US Labor Against the War (USLAW) to take a union solidarity delegation to Colombia November 24-December 4, 2019. If you’d…
