by James Jordan The popular movement for a political solution in Colombia has taken a big step forward with the recent National Encounter for the Land and Peace. The August 12-15th gathering in Barrancabermeja was attended by more than 20,000 persons, bringing together peasant, indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities,
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Eco-Solidarity, Honduras, News
Honduras Accompaniment and Food Sovereignty Delegation
Date: January 6-15, 2012 Sponsored by: Alliance for Global Justice Since the June 2009 military coup, large landowners in the fertile Aguan Valley of Northern Honduras have used the military, police, and private security guards, to terrorize villages and expand their lucrative African palm plantations.
Eco-Solidarity, Latin America solidarity - general or not otherwise covered, Militarism, News
Costa Rica Bans Depleted Uranium Weapons
By Carol Marujo (Dr. Marujo, a US citizen living in Costa Rica, is a freelance writer, a peace activist and a member of the Friends Peace Center and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.) Costa Rica became the world’s second country to ban depleted uranium weapons on June 9, 2011. President Laura Chinchilla…
Action alerts, Anti-War, Militarism
Congress is voting TODAY on the war in Afghanistan! Call NOW!
1) Call now and urge your Representative to vote for the Lee, McGovern-Jones, and Garamendi amendments to the Defense Authorization Act. (See details at the end of this message.) You can call toll-free, 1-888-231-9276, thanks to the Friends Committee on National Legislation.