Dear friend, I knew about Chuck Kaufman years before meeting him, and I learned about the Nicaragua Network and the Alliance for Global Justice well before getting involved. Back in the 80s and 90s, I suddenly lost my job because of anti-war activities. I was a minimum-wage worker, so the blow was pretty hard. A…
Saint Louis XVI is the Human Rights Coordinator of the Haitian-Venezuelan organization National Front of Sister Nations and lawyer specializing in international human rights law and geopolitics. He discusses the root causes of Haiti’s instability today and its sustained resistance, from its overthrow of French imperial rule to its struggles against imperialist aggression and interventionism,…
Venezuelanalysis: President Maduro Recognizes Aaron Bushnell Sacrifice, Calls For Stop to Gaza Genocide Maduro paid tribute to Aaron Bushnell, the US airman who immolated himself outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, to bring attention to the genocide against the Palestinian people. In his final words, Bushnell called for stopping the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Maduro…
By Dan Kovalik (originally on Huffington Post) The U.S. media, echoing the sentiments of the U.S. government, is openly encouraging violent regime change in Venezuela. An emblematic story from yesterday was aired in what is considered a “liberal” media source, National Public Radio (NPR). In short, this piece featured claims of Venezuela at the precipice…
February 17, 2014: Nearly a year ago, March 5, 2013, delegations of world leaders, dignitaries and millions of Venezuelans went to pay their respects at the funeral of President Hugo Chavez. The Bolivarian Process, since 1999, has brought greater equality and happiness to Venezuelans and true solidarity and inspiration to people and nations under…
by Chuck Kaufman With a victory margin of almost 10% amounting to a lead of 1.3 million votes, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was re-elected to a third term yesterday; a term that will expire in 2019. The margin of Chavez’ victory, coupled with challenger Henrique Capriles’ acknowledgment of defeat, appeared to mute claims of fraud…
Why does that matter to me? The 1% hates Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and will do anything to get rid of him. Why do they hate him?
These Talking Points provide a guide that you can use for letters to the editor, opinion pieces, contacts with elected officials and discussions with friends, family and co-workers about Venezuela. Your solidarity with Venezuela is very important! Be sure and send copies of your letters to bruce@afgj.org .
by James Jordan With elections in Venezuela less than three weeks away, the Alliance for Global Justice is deeply concerned about the possibilities for US interference in the country’s electoral affairs. Our biggest concern has to do with the possibilities of an orchestrated effort to destabilize or overthrow Venezuela’s
by Bruce Wilkinson, AfGJ Grassroots Coordinator The former US Ambassador to Venezuela, Patrick Duddy, wrote a paper this week describing a range of military, financial and diplomatic measures for the US to take against the Chavez government after the Venezuelan elections on October 7th. Missing from the paper was the measure that makes the most…
