The Alliance for Global Justice delegation investigating the charter cities initiative concluded that this project will likely lead to a loss of sovereignty, an exacerbation of inequality, and environmental degradation. Read the full report here.
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Action alerts, Eco-Solidarity, Indigenous rights & liberation (Abya Yala, Americas), News, Political prisoners, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism), Uncategorized
AfGJ Statement in Solidarity with Mario Luna and the Yaqui Nation in Mexico
The Alliance for Global Justice is very concerned about the arrest of Mario Luna, Secretary of the Yaqui nation’s traditional authorities in the town of Vicam in the state of Sonora, Mexico. We are convinced that Luna has been arrested because of his activities in defense of the Yaqui people’s water rights and the Rio…
Delegations & tours, Honduras, Uncategorized
Honduras Delegation: Contrasting Models of Development
Community-led Development vs Top-down Development Sponsored by Alliance for Global Justice and Task Force on the Americas November 8-16, 2014 As the current Honduran government imposes ruthless neoliberal measures supported by the US government including large-scale mining and other natural resource extraction projects, communities organize their own spaces and solutions in direct resistance to this economic…
Action alerts, Delegations & tours, Democracy, Eco-Solidarity, Español, Labor, Militarism, News, TDTW, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism), Uncategorized
¡Estamos a favor de la Tierra, contra el Imperio!
Declaración de la campaña, ‘”Por la Tierra, Contra el Imperio” de la Alianza para la Justicia Global (AFGJ, por su siglas en inglés- www.afgj.org) Traduccion por Adrian Boutureira Sansberro Para leer en inglés, hace clic aquí Firme la Promesa a Resistir por la Tierra, Contra el Imperio La Tierra se está muriendo. La Tierra no…
Delegations & tours, Eco-Solidarity, Militarism, News, TDTW, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism), Uncategorized, Venezuela
Join the “For Earth, Against Empire” Campaign
Sign the FOR EARTH, AGAINST EMPIRE Pledge of Resistance! Click here to read and share the “Stop the Wars, Stop the Warming” statement and learn more about the People’s Climate March, this September in New York! Learn about AfGJ’s Peru Delegation for the December UN Climate Summit Versión en español Earth is dying. Earth is…
Action alerts, Colombia, Labor, News, Political prisoners, Uncategorized
One of Many Saturdays in Prison – Colombia
by Camilo Insuasty-Obando (Para leer el original en español, haga clic aquí) Camilo is an independent journalist and the son of Colombian political prisoner Liliany (Lily) Obando. When he wrote this article, Lily had been released from her jail cell at Buen Pastor Women’s Penitentiary and was finishing the remaining months of her sentence in…
Action alerts, Anti-War, Fundraising, Humanitarian Aid, Militarism, Uncategorized
Help the People of Gaza!
The Alliance for Global Justice is launching “Friends of the Palestine Red Crescent Society” a project intended to fundraise for medical and humanitarian aid to Palestine from the United States. Please visit the web site at: http://friendsprcs.org/ We formed Friends of the Palestine Red Crescent Society because of our anguish at witnessing the humanitarian crisis…
Democracy, Drug war, Honduras, Immigration, Militarism, Nicaragua, Uncategorized, Venezuela
Nicaragua Vive! 35 years since the triumph of the Sandinista Revolution
By Chuck Kaufman, National Co-Coordinator, Nicaragua Network/Alliance for Global Justice July 19, 2014 marks the 35th anniversary of the Triumph of the Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua. On that day, the Sandinista troops led by the nine commanders of the Sandinista Front for National Liberation (FSLN), entered the capital city of Managua where they were greeted by…
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Honduras Solidarity Groups Demand Justice for Child Refugees from Central America – Sign the Petition!
[Alliance for Global Justice endorses the Honduras Solidarity Network statement on child refugees as our own. We are a member organization of the HSN and helped to draft the statement.] Sign the HSN Petition to Obama! The Honduras Solidarity Network, a network of over 30 US solidarity organizations, and Department 19, a network of Hondurans…
Action alerts, Democracy, Eco-Solidarity, Labor, News, Peru, Political prisoners, Uncategorized
Statement of Solidarity with People of Cajamarca, Peru – Free Goyo!
Alliance for Global Justice Statement on the Detention of Gregorio “Goyo” Santos, President of the Region of Cajamarca, Peru Click Here for more information about AfGJ’s December Delegation to Peru The Alliance for Global Justice (AfGJ) condemns the preventive incarceration of Gregorio “Goyo” Santos Guerrero, President of the Region of Cajamarca, Peru (analogous to a…
