This week’s guest blog is from the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign in the United Kingdom. Nicaragua Network has worked closely with the NSC for many years and even shared a staff person in Nicaragua for a few years in the 1990s. We find that our political analysis is almost always in synch. On 6 November, Nicaraguans…
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Anti-War, Colombia, Delegations & tours, Labor, News, Uncategorized
LIVE BLOG: Yes to the Plebiscite, Yes to Peace!
Follow on October 2nd for updates from AfGJ’s international accompaniment delegation on the ground for the Colombia Peace Accord Vote. The Alliance for Global Justice is in Colombia for the historic signing of the Peace Accords and for the referendum vote on October 2. The delegation will be in four areas of the country to…
NicaNotes Newsletter, Uncategorized
The World Changes, But Not US Foreign Policy
Special thanks to Informe Pastran for pulling together a number of sources about the efforts of Cuban gusanos in the US Congress to impose sanctions on Nicaragua and to report the State Department and USAID responses which are just about as bad. The quotes I use below were first made in English then translated into…
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Upcoming Venezuela Webinar! The Economic and Foreign Policy Aspects of the Current Crisis
Register Now for AfGJ’s monthly webinar on Venezuela! Sept. 27, 2016 featuring Alex Main! Register Now for AfGJ’s September Venezuela Webinar Featuring Alex Main! When? Tuesday, September 27th, 2016 8:30-9:30 PM ET Alexander Main is the Senior Associate for International Policy at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. In his work at CEPR, Alexander focuses…
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Under Arpaio
Interview and video by Chelli Stanley and Will Wickham. Joe Arpaio was convicted of criminal contempt in July 2017 for defying a federal court’s demand to stop detaining immigrants without sufficient grounds. In a lawsuit, he had been accused of racially profiling Latinos and detaining them on the suspicion that they were in the country…
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National Assembly President and Long-time FSLN Leader René Núñez Dies After Long Illness
A Guest Blog by Katherine Hoyt Former Nicaragua Network/AfGJ National Co-Coordinator Kathy Hoyt contributes an obituary lamenting the loss Sandinista National Assembly President and revolutionary, Rene Nuñez. The Nicaragua Network is saddened by the loss of Nuñez and sends our condolences to his family and the people of Nicaragua. Last week’s NicaNotes guest blog on…
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AfGJ Denounces Attacks on Peace Process in Colombia
The Alliance for Global Justice Denounces the Murder of Cecilia Coicue and the Continued Repression Against FENSUAGRO and All Rural Workers of Colombia Leer en Español The Alliance for Global Justice (AfGJ) expresses our profound sadness and anger after learning of the murder of Cecilia Coicue in the village of Cominera, Municipality of Corinto, Cauca,…
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Brigadistas & Volunteers – The Same But Different?
Editor’s Note: The author of this guest blog, raises some interesting questions about the motivations of North American volunteers in Nicaragua from the 1980s and now. The speculations and questions he raises ring true to me, but I realize I am also of that 1980s generation and my first trip there was to pick coffee.…
Democracy, Eco-Solidarity, Indigenous rights & liberation (Abya Yala, Americas), News, Uncategorized
AfGJ Statement of Solidarity with Standing Rock Sioux Pipeline Protest
Alliance for Global Justice (AfGJ) formally denounces the further construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline and is in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux and the Native American coalition on the ground in North Dakota. The effort to resist this pipeline is yet another example of the continual struggle against US colonization and its destructive…
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Emergency Delegation: Steelworkers, US Activists Urged to Accompany Colombian Voters in October Peace Referendum
Join the STAND WITH PEACE accompaniment delegation or Learn More! Click here to download a flier and help us spread the word! One of Colombia’s most targeted labor organizations has asked the United Steelworkers to send union members to accompany voters in the country’s October 2nd peace plebiscite. If the “yes” vote wins this election,…
