Latin America Solidarity Coalition

2013 Mobilizations, Speaking Tours and Delegations to Latin America:

Jan. 22 – Jan. 31: National Days of Action for Venezuela
February 3-13: Speaking tour with Salvadoran Labor Movement leaders
February 9-16: U.S./Mexico Border Delegation
February 9-18: Delegation to Panama
March: Federal trail against Nashua Chantal
March 16-23: Delegation to Honduras
March 17-26: Delegation to El Salvador
March 22 – April 1: Delegation to Colombia
April 7-10: Days of Action in Washington, DC
April 17-23: Delegation to Paraguay
May 1: May Day 2013 national actions for immigrant rights!
May 19-27: U.S./Mexico Border Delegation
July 7-14: Delegation to Chiapas and Zapatista Territory
August 24 – September 7: US tour by Colombia’s Fensuagro agricultural union, sponsored by the Alliance for Global Justice. For information contact james@afgj.org , 202-544-9355, ext. 3.
September 6-14: Delegation to Chile
October 14: March on the U.S. Southern Command, Miami, Florida
October 28 – November 3: Tear Down the Walls Global Justice Week and National Gathering, Tucson, Arizona
November: Justice for Migrants Now – Shut Down the Stewart Detention Center, Lumpkin, Georgia
November 22-24: Convergence to Close the SOA and to Resist U.S. Militarization, Ft. Benning, Georgia
November 24: Honduras Election Monitoring Delegation

U.S. intervention in the Americas continues and it’ll take all of us to push back, and to create the culture of justice and peace. The backbone of the Latin America Solidarity movement is made of small groups of people in many different places working locally. These groups organize carpools and caravans to national mobilizations, coordinate local legislative work, conduct outreach campaigns to educate their local communities about the issues and more. If you are looking for a way to deepen your involvement in this struggle in 2013, connecting with or starting a local group in your area is a good way to begin.

We have a lot to learn from our brothers and sisters in Latin America and the Caribbean who have been fighting oppression for the past 510 years. To do so, we must come to grips with our own privilege and recognize how it shapes our assumptions about struggle, organizing and the future. Learn first hand about organizing efforts throughout the Western Hemisphere, and about the reality of U.S. foreign policy towards Latin America. Join one of the delegations, form new friendships, lay the groundwork for further victories, spark creative ideas that help peace-making efforts of both sides of the border. Groups of the Latin America Solidarity Coalition offer delegations to Colombia, Chiapas, Chile, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay and to the U.S./Mexico border in 2013.

The Latin America Solidarity Coalition has endorsed the November Vigil to Close the SOA and Resist Militarization from November 18-20, 2011 at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia. We are calling on solidarity activists to converge at the gates of Fort Benning to speak out against oppressive U.S. foreign policy.
Click here for more information about the vigil, workshops, nonviolent direct action and more.

Join us on October 8-9, 2011 in South Florida and at the gates of the U.S. Southern Command outside of Miami, Florida.

Click here to pledge your support for the mobilization.

For over 200 years the United States, with its military, has been interfering in the internal affairs of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. We want that to end! So on Invasion Day (Columbus) Weekend we will hold a series of events and actions centering around the U.S Southern Command in Doral Florida, just to the west of Miami Florida.

We are inviting groups and organizations to co-sponsor and participate in this national event. This weekend of education, entertainment, and protest, with groups from all over the country, grew out of last April’s conference on Latin America that was held in Washington DC.

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From SOA Watch

On Sunday, April 10, hundreds marched to the White House, where 27 human rights activists were arrested when they staged a die-in on the White House sidewalk to call attention to thousands of Latin Americans who were murdered by graduates of the U.S. Army School of the Americas. The march to close the SOA and to resist militarization included torture survivors, union workers, educators and students from across the Americas. Marchers carried banners, flags and large puppets, including a 14-foot tall Mother of the Disappeared with them to the White House. Check out the photos of the march to the White House and the Nonviolent Direct Action by Ted Majdosz and by Linda Panetta.

LASC Anti-Militarism Conference at a Glance

Below is the full conference schedule including plenary speakers and workshops. Some workshop titles may change. Visit www.lasolidarity.org before the conference to see any last minute changes.