When the Bolivarian Revolution is under attack, what do we do? Stand up fight back! Please sign and share this petition!
Militarism, Uncategorized, Venezuela
Venezuela Solidarity Petition
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Nicaragua New Bulletin: March 25, 2014
March 25, 2014 This weekly news bulletin is the successor to the Nicaragua News Service and Nicaragua Network Hotline. This publication may be reproduced in whole or in part. Please credit the Nicaragua Network. Stage set for election of high officials to expired offices Nicaragua makes progress toward Millennium Development Goals Banana workers again rebuffed…
Action alerts, Colombia, Democracy, Eco-Solidarity, Labor, Militarism, News, Political prisoners, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism), Uncategorized
Coffee Workers Being Released–Just Peace Coffee Brigade CANCELED
Just Peace Coffee Brigade CANCELED — Dolores Detainees are being released in time for coffee harvest! The Alliance for Global Justice, working with the Colombian human rights group, Lazos de Dignidad, and the Tolima Association of Peasant Workers (Astracatol), has been invited to organize a coffee picking brigade to Dolores, Tolima, a community threatened by…
Eco-Solidarity, TDTW, Uncategorized
Earth Day to May Day!
Find out and start planning for 10 days Tearing Down the Walls to solving climate chaos! http://globalclimateconvergence.org/ Sign up to be on the call! February 11th, 8pm EST/ 5pm PST. Click here! Global Climate Convergence PEOPLE PLANET PEACE OVER PROFIT 10 Days to Change Course Earth Day to May Day 2014 Mother Earth Day to…
Democracy, Labor, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism), Uncategorized
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Is a Horrible Rip-off and a Direct Threat to Democracy Itself
(This information was compiled or written by Glen Anderson of Olympia Fellowship Of Reconciliation. Originally published on the “Global Economics” part of the website, www.olympiafor.org. Watch Olympia FOR’s November 2013 TV program on this topic.) By Glen Anderson TPP’s “Fast Track” has been introduced in Congress to prevent serious debate and prevent any amendments whatsoever.…
Alba countries, Democracy, Latin America solidarity - general or not otherwise covered, Midge Quandt, Nicaragua, Uncategorized, Venezuela
Book Review: New Institutions for Participatory Democracy in Latin America: Voice and Consequence,
New Institutions for Participatory Democracy in Latin America: Voice and Consequence, Eds. Maxwell A. Cameron, Eric Hershberg and Kenneth E. Sharpe, New York, 2012, 263 pages. Review by Midge Quandt This book consists of a group of essays about participatory democracy in Latin America. Participatory democracy is direct citizen participation in the political arena;…
Chuck Kaufman, Democracy, Español, Honduras, Uncategorized
Observadores electorales internacionales, Garantizando elecciones limpias o blanqueando fraude?
En inglés: http://upsidedownworld.org/main/honduras-archives-46/4601-international-election-monitors-in-honduras-do-they-ensure-clean-elections-or-whitewash-fraud Miles de millones de electrones ya se han gastado en escribir sobre las elecciones presidenciales de Honduras del 24 de noviembre de 2013. Como observador electoral y líder de una delegación de 55 monitores organizada por la Alianza por la Justicia Global (Alliance for Global Justice-AfGJ) y el Marin Task Force on the…
Immigration, Political prisoners, TDTW, Uncategorized
Act for Migrant Day Justice!
Tear Down the Walls! Support the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR) on International Migrants Day Join the Migrant Day ‘Tweet Storm’ Tomorrow Tomorrow, December 18, International Migrants’ Day will be celebrated around the world. Please join us in organizing activities to call for Justice and Dignity for ALL migrants in the U.S. and…
Chuck Kaufman, Democracy, Honduras, Uncategorized
Ensuring Clean Elections or Whitewashing Fraud?
International Election Monitors in Honduras: Do They Ensure Clean Elections or Whitewash Fraud? http://upsidedownworld.org/main/honduras-archives-46/4601-international-election-monitors-in-honduras-do-they-ensure-clean-elections-or-whitewash-fraud Written by Chuck Kaufman Early on the morning of Sunday, December 1, people started gathering at the National Pedagogic University in Tegucigalpa with homemade signs to speak out against stealing of the presidential elections. This one reads “Stop the Fraud.” Photo…
Labor, Militarism, TDTW, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism), Uncategorized
US Labor Against the War Workshop
From a War Economy to a Peace Economy:The Challenge of Economic Conversion Millions of workers in the U.S. are employed by the military-industrial-security complex. What are the steps we must take to move the country from a war and military-dependent economy to a sustainable demilitarized economy? How do we engage those whose jobs and incomes…
