While claiming to defend freedom around the world, the U.S. has hundreds of political prisoners – and the majority are people of color By James Patrick Jordan, Eduardo Garcia, Natalia Burdyńska Schuurman (Program Coordinators) Racism is still the driving force behind U.S. political imprisonment Political imprisonment in the United States exists primarily as a tool…
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The Movement for Liberation Needs Your Support!
Our collective provides people’s movements with the tools and resources needed for true liberatory change. Our work is broader and further reaching than it ever has been before, and we need your support! by James Jordan The victory of the popular movements in Colombia that brought President Gustavo Petro and Vice President Francia Marquez is…
Cultural solidarity & struggle, Human Rights School, Indigenous rights & liberation (Abya Yala, Americas), Political prisoners, Solidarity with North American liberation, Uncategorized
ACTION TOOLKIT: Indigenous Peoples Day 2021
SCROLL DOWN TO TAKE ACTION Alliance for Global Justice acknowledges that we stand on land that is stolen, land that is exploited. We occupy the land that is the rightful home of Indigenous people. We condemn the theft, the exploitation and the oppression that arose from settler colonialism by Europeans. We recognize the ancient and…
Anti-War, Colombia, Democracy, Drug war, Eco-solidarity, Labor, News, TDTW, Uncategorized
People’s Human Rights Observatory Declaration of Support for Peace in Colombia
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…
Anti-War, Colombia, Democracy, Drug war, Eco-solidarity, Labor, News, TDTW, Uncategorized
“We resist death, we want to live!” An appeal to US workers from Colombian rural workers
Colombia’s largest federation of rural workers’ unions calls for solidarity with Colombian workers and social movements in their struggle for a just and durable peace. Enemies of peace in Colombia are waging a campaign of violence against farming, indigenous, and Afro-Colombian communities, killing their leaders and displacing people from their homes. Call to International Solidarity…
Anti-War, Colombia, Democracy, Militarism, News, Political prisoners, Prison Imperialism, TDTW, Uncategorized
The Guantanamo of Colombia: Pressure Mounts to Shut Down Notorious US-Funded Prison
Originally published in Upside Down World Written by John Ocampo Friday, 29 January 2016 14:29 SIGN THE PETITION TO CLOSE LA TRAMACÚA, COLOMBIA’S US FUNDED TORTURE PRISON! The campaign to shut down Colombia’s infamous Establecimiento Penitenciario y Carcelario de Alta y Mediana Seguridad de Valledupar “La Tramacua” prison, located in the country’s sweltering Caribbean region and…
Anti-War, Audio-visual, Colombia, Delegations & tours, Democracy, Drug war, Eco-solidarity, James Patrick Jordan, Labor, News, Political prisoners, TDTW, Uncategorized
Message from Hubert Ballesteros, Colombian unionist and political prisoner, to North American labor and solidarity activists
Originally published in Fight Back! News Versión en español The following message is a response to a series of questions posed to Hubert Ballesteros by James Jordan of the Alliance for Global Justice. Ballesteros was arrested while negotiating for the National Agrarian Strike of 2013 and charged with Rebellion. He was also serving on the…
Audio-visual, Colombia, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism), Uncategorized
Colombian Unionists Speak Out about Repression in Tolima
This six minute video is a production of the Alliance for Global Justice and Pan Left. It features leaders of the Peasant Workers Association of Tolima (Astracatol), all of whom have since been arrested as a part of the recent government crackdown on Colombia’s labor, agrarian and popular movements. Many AfGJ supporters will recognize the…
Action alerts, Militarism
Stop FBI National Call-In Day: Tuesday, March 8, 2011
The following alert was originally circulated by the Committee to Stop FBI Repression. The Grand Jury is still on its witch-hunt and the FBI is still harassing activists. This must stop. Please make these calls: 1. Call U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald at 312-353-5300. Then dial 0 (zero) for operator and ask to leave a message…