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Concern for Liliany Obando in Midst of Worsening Threats Against Colombian Human Rights Defenders

March 21, 2012

by James Jordan The Alliance for Global Justice (AFGJ) has received alarming information from the Bogotá-based Lazos de Dignidad (Links of Dignity) concerning human rights defender, unionist and former political prisoner Liliany Obando.

Questions and Answers with Píedad Córdoba – Preguntas y Respuestas con Píedad Córdoba

December 27, 2011

Please CLICK HERE to access a video of a Question and Answer session with former Colombian Senator Píedad Córdoba, Coordinator of Colombians for Peace. This session took place following a breakfast meeting with the Alliance for Global Justice / National Lawyers Guild delegation to Colombia in May and June, 2011.

International Solidarity Address to the National Conference for the Liberty of the Political Prisoners in Bogotá, Colombia

December 27, 2011

by James Jordan, Alliance for Global Justice My name is James Jordan and I work for the Alliance for Global Justice and am a member of the Coordinating Committee of the National Network in Solidarity with the Political Prisoners (of Colombia). There is nothing we want more for the Colombian people than an end to…

The U.S. Double Standard on Elections in Latin America and the Caribbean

December 27, 2011

by Alexander Main and Daniel McCurdy (This article is reprinted from NACLA on Dec. 22, 2011 and is available at https://nacla.org/news/2011/12/22/us-double-standard-elections-latin-america-and-caribbean .)

An Occupied Consciousness: The Two Biggest Critiques of Occupy Wall Street

December 27, 2011

By Jamie Way, Alliance for Global Justice Many have complained for some time that the corporate press had failed to pay attention to the grassroots movement against corruption and profit over people. It would be hard to argue that is the case now. Occupy Wall Street has garnered a great deal of press, (even more…

War on Venezuela: Washington’s False Accusations Against The Chavez Government

December 27, 2011

By Eva Golinger (This article was originally published in Postcards from the Revolution at http://www.chavezcode.com/2011/12/war-on-venezuela-washingtons-false.html .) Ever since the US-supported coup attempt against President Hugo Chavez in Venezuela failed in April 2002, Washington has been pursuing a variety of strategies to remove the overwhelmingly popular South American head of state from power.

Big Shoulders in Chicago and Kabul

December 27, 2011

by Kathy Kelly, Co-Coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence This article first appeared in the Huffington Post at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathy-kelly/chicago-g8-meeting_b_1156106.html Kabul — NATO/G8 meetings are scheduled to take place from May 19-21 next year in Chicago. Plans are ramping up everywhere.

Colombia Offers Free Trade in Death-A Canadian Perspective

September 30, 2011

by Kevin Neish [Kevin is a Canadian human rights activist and unionist who went on an Alliance for Global Justice delegation to Colombia in 2009. This article is reprinted from Straight.Com – Vancouver’s Online News Source] The ink is barely dry on the Canada-Colombia free-trade deal, which Stephen Harper signed with great fanfare and promises…

No FTA Poster

September 6, 2011

Created by Raquel Mogollón

The “New Penitentiary Culture”: US Designs for Colombian Jails

September 10, 2010

How the USAID, Federal Bureau of Prisons and the School of the Americas Have Impacted Colombia’s Prison System By James Jordan Reprinted from The Narco News Bulletin September 9, 2010 Amid much talk of human rights and improved conditions for those deprived of liberty, in March of 2000, the US ambassador and Colombia’s Minister of Justice signed…