*español sigue al inglés Black Alliance for Peace, Casa Benjamin Linder and AFGJ, are excited to invite you to the Women in Nicaragua Report-back webinar! From January 7-16, 2023, 22 delegates traveled to Nicaragua to investigate the conditions and lives of Nicaraguan women. Join us to hear the findings of this effort from some of the participants, and…
The trial against Alex Saab is political rather than civil Interview with Mrs. Najat Zemmouri, vice president of the Tunisian League for Human Rights, who presented a file for the nomination of the Venezuelan diplomat, Alex Saab for the Nobel Peace Prize.
“A Nuclear Bomb would be better. At least with a Nuclear Bomb we die quickly. With the U.S. Sanctions we die every day.” – Alex Saab Members of the National Lawyers Guild and International Association of Democratic Lawyers met with Venezuelan special envoy and political prisoner Alex Saab this week in the Federal Detention Center-Miami.…
At least 60 protestors have been killed by police and military in Peru in the aftermath of the US supported coup that has plunged the country into martial law. Many more have been injured, thousands arrested, and there are even reports of forced disappearances. The Alliance for Global Justice’ Eduardo Garcia spoke with people on…
By James Patrick Jordan Send an email to the White House and to your Senator to urge that the White House withdraw, and that the Senate reject, the nomination of SouthComm’s Jean Elizabeth Manes as the next ambassador to Colombia. The ambassador to Colombia should be an ambassador for peace, not an agent of US…
Thursday, January 12, 2023 7pm Eastern and Colombia Time, 6pm Central, 5pm Mountain, and 4pm Pacific Register for the webinar The proposal of Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro for a Total Peace Plan is an exciting development that could bring an end to political violence that has left more than 200,000 persons known dead, another 90,000…
by Aminta Zea (from Lo Eterno), Leo Gimenes, Madeline McClure, and James Patrick Jordan The world is a difficult place right now, with so many anxieties and fears and threats and pandemics and coups and wars and missed opportunities as the planet plunges head strong towards eco-disaster… The crazy thing about it is that 2022…
While claiming to defend freedom around the world, the U.S. has hundreds of political prisoners – and the majority are people of color By James Patrick Jordan, Eduardo Garcia, Natalia Burdyńska Schuurman (Program Coordinators) Racism is still the driving force behind U.S. political imprisonment Political imprisonment in the United States exists primarily as a tool…
Racism is still the driving force behind U.S. political imprisonment By James Patrick Jordan, Eduardo Garcia, Natalia Burdyńska Schuurman (Program Coordinators) Originally published on Covert Action Magazine Political imprisonment in the United States exists primarily as a tool of racist repression. It’s aimed disproportionately at people of color as well as others engaged in anti-racist…
