Join Roy Bourgeois on a delegation to Nicaragua Aug. 27-Sept. 5, 2012! Co-sponsored by SOA Watch and Nicaragua Network, we invite you to join this important delegation jointly organized by the largest and the oldest US Latin America solidarity groups.
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Colombia, James Patrick Jordan, Political prisoners, Uncategorized
Concern for Liliany Obando in Midst of Worsening Threats Against Colombian Human Rights Defenders
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.
Anti-War, Audio-visual, Colombia, Uncategorized
Questions and Answers with Píedad Córdoba – Preguntas y Respuestas con Píedad Córdoba
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.
Anti-War, Colombia, Democracy, James Patrick Jordan, Uncategorized
International Solidarity Address to the National Conference for the Liberty of the Political Prisoners in Bogotá, Colombia
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…
Alba countries, Democracy, Latin America solidarity - general or not otherwise covered, Uncategorized
The U.S. Double Standard on Elections in Latin America and the Caribbean
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 .)
Democracy, Jamie Way, Occupy Movement, Uncategorized
An Occupied Consciousness: The Two Biggest Critiques of Occupy Wall Street
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…
Democracy, Uncategorized, Venezuela
War on Venezuela: Washington’s False Accusations Against The Chavez Government
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.
Militarism, Uncategorized
Big Shoulders in Chicago and Kabul
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, News, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism), Uncategorized
Colombia Offers Free Trade in Death-A Canadian Perspective
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…
Audio-visual, Colombia, Cultural solidarity & struggle, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism), Uncategorized
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