For immediate release Thursday, October 10, 2024 Contact: media@afgj.org Congressman Jason Smith, Chair of the Ways & Means Committee, Speaker of the House of Representative Mike Johnson, and others within Republican leadership attempt to silence the Alliance for Global Justice (AFGJ) and other organizations that oppose Israel’s genocidal attack on Palestine This attack is an…
An Alliance for Global Justice delegation met with Venezuela’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs for North America Carlos Ron in Caracas, in the days preceding the July 28 presidential election. We discussed Venezuela’s electoral process, U.S. unilateral coercive measures on Venezuela and diplomatic relations between Venezuela and the United States. We thank Pacifica Foundation TV…
Democrats demand more war; Republicans demand a border war first – someone must stand for peace. Take action now! Democrats demand more war; Republicans demand a border war first – someone must stand for peace. Take action now! President Joe Biden met with congressional leaders today in a desperate attempt to gain passage of a…
Labor Unions and Peace in Colombia / El Sindicalismo y la Paz en Colombia Presentado en español con interpretación en inglés Presented in Spanish, with English interpretation Miercoles 24 de mayo de 2023. 2:00 pm hora de Colombia. Wednesday, May 24, 2023 Noon Pacific Time, 1pm Mountain, 2pm Central, and 3pm Eastern Register today! Colombia’s…
By James Patrick Jordan Send an email to the White House and to your Senator to urge that the White House withdraw, and that the Senate reject, the nomination of SouthComm’s Jean Elizabeth Manes as the next ambassador to Colombia. The ambassador to Colombia should be an ambassador for peace, not an agent of US…
(This is Part 1. Part 2 will be interviews with veterans of the FARC-EP who are signatories to the 2016 peace accord) By James Patrick Jordan En Español Be sure and watch AFGJ’s livestream coverage as results come in from the June 19, 2022 Election Day in Colombia, starting at 4:30pm Eastern Time until…
by James Patrick Jordan (originally published in LookLeft) Colombia and numbers have their own special relationship. On one of my first visits there, I consulted a map and estimated the place I wanted to go was only around 300 kilometers away. I did not consider the two Andean corridors we would cross, nor the big…
SEND AN EMAIL TO COLOMBIAN AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF THE MINGA AND NATIONAL STRIKE! DEMAND THAT THEIR RIGHTS BE RESPECTED TO DEMONSTRATE FREE OF REPRESSION BY THE PUBLIC FORCES! The people of Colombia are coming together yet again to demand an end to the right-wing political violence and repression that is ravaging the country. Under…
Peace in Colombia is threatened by the highest number of politically motivated murders in seven years, with more than one victim every three days. And while the FARC-EP has met every agreement, including complete disarmament, the government is dragging its feet and failing to meet its obligations in several key areas. Following is a declaration…
