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Colombia Action Network: Shut Down the School of the Americas!
Activists from the Coalition to March on the RNC to Stop the War, the Twin Cities Anti-War Committee and the Colombia Action Network are organizing a workshop to discuss the importance of a massive anti-war march on the first day of the Republican National Convention (September 1, 2008). This workshop will include Q&A and discussion about the demonstration and other events at the RNC. All those interested in taking action against the Republican agenda of war and repression are encouraged to attend. (For more information check out protestrnc2008.org)
Son of Colombian COCA-COLA Union Leader Kidnapped and Tortured. - Urgent Action Required!
At about 4pm on 27th September 2007, ANDRES DAMIAN FLOREZ
RODRIGUEZ (son of JOSE DOMINGO FLOREZ, a worker at a Coca-Cola bottli ng plant and a leader of the trade union SINALTRAINAL) was returning from college to his home at No 204-102, 38th Avenue in the Andes barrio of Floridablanca in Santander when he was accosted by three individuals from a black van, they were carrying arms, communications radios and were wearing balaclavas. The three men took Andres in the van by force, threw him on the vehicle floor and started hitting him.
Free Ricardo Palmera! End US Intervention in Colombia!
The Bush Administration is starting a new trial against Colombian revolutionary Ricardo Palmera on August 20th. The Colombia Action Network calls for its supporters to join the National Committee to Free Ricardo Palmera's picket at the D.C. Federal Court Building to demand Palmera's immediate release. Palmera's supporters plan to picket the courts prior to jury selection.
US Office on Colombia Rally
Please join the U.S. Office on Colombia, Witness for Peace, the Washington Office on Latin America , Amnesty International and many more as we call on Congress to create a new policy on Colombia and as we commemorate those killed in the San Jose de Apartado massacre.
Colombia Policy: NOW is the time to Act!
Greetings for the new year! We at LAWG are excited about the prospects of what the new Congress could mean for U.S. policy in Colombia. We have included a brief analysis of the political scene and the changes we can expect to see this year. Working together, we know that we can create change, and the first step is to target the new representatives and senators. We need your help to educate new members of Congress about Colombia, and make sure that they're sensitive to the many human rights, labor and drug policy concerns that we have! Below we ask you to meet with your representatives and senators if they are new to Congress.
