Latin America Solidarity Coalition

La Lucha Continúa…

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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.

Why Does the U.S. Have a Military Base in Cuba?

hendrik — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:00:58 +0000

January 11, 2013 marks the 11th anniversary of the arrival of the first transfers of detainees to the U.S. detention centre in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Protests are taking place in Washington, DC, at the headquarters of the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), and throughout the world.

Latin America Solidarity Coalition Calls for Closing Guantánamo and Returning it to Cuba

The Latin America Solidarity Coalition (LASC) demands that occupied Guantánamo, including its prison torture center, be shut down. Guantánamo is occupied against the will of the Cuban people, is used as a military base against Cuba and other Caribbean countries. LASC calls for shutting down not just the Guantánamo prison camp, but also demands the shutting down of the entire illegal Guantánamo US military base, and its return to Cuba.

How Occupied Guantánamo Came to Be

The U.S. invaded Cuba in 1898 to take advantage of the collapse of Spanish colonial rule there, and to thwart the victory of the Cuban national liberation struggle. The U.S. intervention in Cuba’s War of Independence – our history textbooks named it “the Spanish-American war,” – called the first imperialist war of pillage, ended with the surrender of Spain in 1898. The United States grabbed its first overseas colonies, Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Guam. Cuba remained as a “special territory” from which the Americans were to withdraw after its “appeasement.”

The US occupation government, headed by General Leonard Wood, summoned a constituent assembly to draw up a constitution for Cuba. The U.S. then imposed the Platt Amendment as a condition for the withdrawal of the US military from the island.

Clause 3 of the Amendment gave the U.S. the right to intervene for the “preservation” of Cuba’s “independence” in order to maintain a pro-US neo-colonial government. Clause 7 forced Cuba to cede part of its territory for the establishment of naval bases and coaling stations. General Wood wrote to President Theodore Roosevelt, “There is, of course, little or no independence left Cuba under the Platt Amendment….With the control which we have over Cuba…we shall soon practically control the sugar trade of the world… and we shall have in time one of the richest and most desirable possessions in the world.”

Thus, in 1902, began Occupied Guantánamo and neocolonial Cuba. Guantanamo is the oldest US overseas navy base. According to the conditions imposed by the U.S., this occupation continues until both the U.S. and Cuba agree to end it.

The U.S. government paid $4,085 (at today’s prices) as rent per year, $340 a month, less than what we pay for a studio apartment. U.S. Occupied Guantánamo is 117.6 square kilometers of which 49.4 kilometers is land, the rest being water and swamp. This is 35 times the size of New York’s Central Park.

Cuba has refused to accept the checks since the triumph of the Revolution in 1959. Cuba has repeatedly demanded the U.S. end its occupation.

Occupied Guantánamo as a Base for U.S. Intervention

In 1917, 1919 and 1922, Marines from Guantánamo intervened in Cuba to “protect” U.S. economic interests in response to the revolt by the Partido Independiente de Color (Colored Independence Party), the Chambelona uprising and that of the liberals against the Menocal government.

During the 1956-58 liberation war Occupied Guantánamo supplied the Batista dictatorship’s air force with weaponry, with which it indiscriminately bombed and fired on campesinos and civilians in the liberated zones.

The base served as a launching point for U.S. troops invading other countries, such as Haiti in 1915 and 1994, and the Dominican Republic in 1918.

After the revolutionary triumph in January 1959, the base became a refuge for the old regime’s murderers and torturers, and has been used for aggression against Cuba: infiltration by agents; aid to counterrevolutionary bands; a center of electronic espionage, and a base for ships and planes enabling a naval blockade to be imposed on the island.

The Occupied Guantánamo military base has been a center of provocations and violations against Cuba. According to official figures, from 1962 to August 1992, more than 13,000 such incidents have been registered, including the killing of two Cubans Border Guards, and two civilians, one tortured to death.

Occupied Guantanamo Prison and Torture Center

The most recent ugly episode in the base’s history is its prison and torture center. The world has been shaken by the images of chained men being subjected to extreme degradation and force fed after hunger strikes to protest the inhuman conditions and indefinite detention without trial in the prison.

WikiLeaks revealed that 60% of the prisoners taken to that prison had no links whatsoever with Al-Qaeda or the Taliban. WikiLeaks documents released the secret military files of 759 of 779 prisoners who have passed through the prison, 170 of whom are still confined there.

Cuba has stated that the atrocities being committed on the U.S. base, and the use of this illegally occupied Cuban territory as a prison, are in violation of international law and international humanitarian law. They also violate the Coal and Naval Stations Agreement signed in Cuba in February 1903. According to Article II of that agreement, the US government committed itself to doing everything necessary to ensure that those locations should be exclusively used as coal or naval stations and for no other objective.

November 2011: Converge on Fort Benning, Georgia

hendrik — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:55:41 +0000

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.

October 2011: March on the U.S. Southern Command

hendrik — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:49:39 +0000

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.

People from all over the Americas know the role the U.S. Southern Command has played in the U.S. intervention, militarism, and economic domination of the region. It is time to show the U.S. Government and the military that people in the United States will no longer tolerate a boot to the neck foreign policy towards Latin America and the Caribbean. From Free Trade agreements to immigration, U.S. policy has had a devastating effect on the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean. This must end!

The weekend of October 8-10, Invasion Day (Columbus Day), we will gather in South Florida to demand an end to repressive U.S. polices!

Our demands include:
an end to U.S. militarization of Latin America & the Caribbean (close all U.S. bases and deactivate the 4th fleet),
stop the criminalization of immigrants and people of color,
close the SOA/WHINSEC,
and abolish the economic embargo of Cuba.

“They… brought us parrots and balls of cotton and spears and many other things, which they exchanged for glass beads and hawk’s bells. They willingly traded everything they owned… They were well-built, with good bodies and handsome features… They do not bear arms, and do not know them, for I showed them a sword, they took it by the edge and cut themselves out of ignorance. They have no iron. Their spears are made of cane… They would make fine servants… With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want.” (From Howard Zinn’s, People’s History Of The United States; a log entry by Christopher Columbus, on his first encounter with the native peoples of this hemisphere.)

Click here for more information

Videos of the Saturday LASC 5 plenary

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Video of LASC 5 opening conference

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LASC anti-militarization conference wraps up with raucous march to the White House

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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 Schedule

admin — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:39:57 +0000

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.

Conference Schedule

Friday, April 8

3-5pm Special delegate reception hosted by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (RSVP required to Chuck@AFGJ.org)

6-9pm Opening Plenary, American University Ward Circle Bldg.

Live Music! Son Jarocho music from Cosita Seria and alternative acoustic music from Colleen Kattau

Opening Plenary, moderated by Professor Adrienne Pine, American University. Featuring:

Chuck Kaufman is National Co-Coordinator of the Alliance for Global Justice.

Perla de la Rosa is an activist in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.

Jesús Emilio Tuberquia is a co-founder and the legal representative of the Peace Community of

San José de Apartadó, Colombia.

Gerardo Torres is responsible for relations with the people of the United States and Canada for

the National Front of Popular Resistance of Honduras.

Pierre Labossiere is co-founder of the Haiti Action Committee.

Saturday, April 9

8:30-10am, Registration, tabling American University Ward Circle Bldg.

10-11am Welcome Plenary featuring Hector Aristizábal

11-12:30pm Workshops 1

1. From SouthCom to San Diego’s Naval Port: Being part of the Larger Movement Against Militarization, Ray Del Papa (SOA Watch) and Susana Pimiento (FOR)

2. When Threats and Economic Blackmail Fail, US Sponsored Coups Follow: Gerardo Torres, Pierre Lebossiere, Lisa Sullivan, (FNRP, Haiti Action Committee, and SOAW)

3. Film: “Why We Come” Sponsored by the Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas (MITF)

4. Cuban Sovereignty and the struggle to free the Cuban Five: Banbose Shango, Nalda Vigezzi, Juan Jacomino and Alicia Jrapko, International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban 5 and the National Network on Cuba

5. The School of the Americas and the Movement to Shut it Down!, Hendrik Voss, SOA Watch

6. Community Building as Resistance and an Alternative to Neoliberalism: Luz Rivera, Comité Nacional Urbano Campesino (Mexico) and Tony Nelson, Mexico Solidarity Network

7. Confronting Media Disinformation: Greg Wilpert, Mike Fox, Alex Main, James Suggett, (Venezuelanalysis.com, CEPR)

8. Climate At The Crossroads: US/allied Militarism and Survival on Planet Earth: Beth Adams, MSW

9. Costa Rica: How Militarization Threatens the Tradition of Peace: Roberto Zamora, human rights attorney and Nicole Sault, Centro de Amigos Para la Paz

10. Women Organizing for Survival and Against Militarization: Invest in Caring Not Killing: Margaret Prescod, Nancy Carroll and Phoebe Jones, Global Women’s Strike

11. FBI Repression from Latin America to Your Front Door: Committee to Stop FBI Repression

12. Spies and Guns for Hire / A U.S. Shadow Military: The Increased Role of Blackwater and Other Mercenary Companies in U.S. Foreign Policy: Dan Kenney

12:30-1:30pm Lunch

1:30-3:00pm Workshops 2

1. Militarization and Counter-Militarization of the American Education System: Anthony Ramirez, Jesse Graves, and Melissa Kissoon, Ya-Ya Network (Youth Activists-Youth Allies)

2. U.S. Trade Union Solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, Cuba and Venezuela: Dan Kovalik (United Steelworkers), Sam Weinstein (Utility Workers Union of America), Carl Gentile (American Federation of Government Employees)

3. Making Space for Peace: Protective Accompaniment as a Means of Confronting Militarization in Latin America: Emily Nelson and Katherine Hughes-Fraitekh, Peace Brigades International

4. Activist Education: Deconstructing Militarism & Training to Build Our Movement: Jamie Way and Becca Polk, AFGJ and SOA Watch

5. ALBA: A Major Reason for the Increase in US Militarization in Latin America Lisa Sullivan (SOA Watch-Venezuela), Charlie Hardy, author

6. Honduras: The Popular Struggle for Democracy: Gerardo Torres (Frente Nacional de Resistencia Popular, Honduras)

7. FILM: “Return to El Salvador” and Q&A with Emily Headrick and Coe Burchfield, staff, Jamie Moffett Media Design

8. FILM: “The Day Diplomacy Died” and the Covert U.S. War Against Cuba with Bernie Dwyer, director of ‘Mission Against Terror: Case of the Cuban 5,” and speaker from the Cuban Interests Section (TBA)

9. “Secure Communities” – Secure for Whom?!: What the Program means and what to do about it!: Diana Bohn, City of Berkeley CA, Peace & Justice Commission; Mackenzie Baris, DC Jobs with Justice.

10. From Fear to Understanding: How can we better address Fear in our communities?: Dave Kane, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, Philip E. Wheaton, Liberation Theologian and Latin America historian

11. Art and Community-building: Responding to the Crisis in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, with Perla de la Rosa, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez and Telón de Arena; Susanna Duncan, co-organizer of the first Fandango Fronterizo Chihuahua

12. Haiti’s Grassroots resisting Military and Non-Profit Occupation: Pierre Labossiere, Haiti Action Committee; Margaret Prescod, Women of Color in the Global Women’s Strike; James Jordan, Alliance for Global Justice

3:00-3:15 pm Break/Music

3:15-4:45 pm Workshops 3

1. Research for Anti-Militarism Campaigns: John Lindsay-Poland, Fellowship Of Reconciliation

2. Grassroots Congressional Lobbying to Close the SOA and Resist Militarization, Alison Snow, SOA Watch

3. Serving God in a Culture of Militarism: E. Daniel Riehl

4. Using Human Rights Law in International Solidarity Work: Laura Raymond, Anjana Samant, Laura Carey, Tamara Brown, Center for Constitutional Rights and Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti

5. FILM, “We Must Kill the Bandits” by Kevin Pina about UN Occupation of Haiti

6. Refuseniks and Prisoners of Empire: Who Are They Putting in Jail? Phoebe Jones, Camilo Matos, Eric Gjertsen, Stan Smith, James Jordan and Hellen Jacard (Alliance for Global Justice, Boricua Human Rights Network, Global Women’s Strike, Payday)

7. FILM: “Ending U.S. Sponsored Torture Forever,” produced by the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, Rev. Richard Killmer, National Religious Campaign Against Torture; Nicole Sault, Centro de Amigos Para la Paz, Costa Rica

8. Bring Our War $$ Home: Joan Stallard, CODEPINK DC

9. The Drug War and the Merida Initiative – Laura Carlsen, Americas Program and Daniel Brito Drug Policy Alliance

10. FILM, “Quien Dijo Miedo,” a Katia Lara film, presented by Gerardo Torres, FNRP

11. ¡Mesoamerica Resiste!, Bilingual storyshare with the Beehive Collective and Olmeca, community organizer from Los Angeles

12. Adios Uribe: Jeremy John and Charity Ryerson, Adios Uribe Coalition

4:45-5:00: Break

5:00-6:30 Plenary. Moderated by Alexis Stoumbelis, Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador. Featuring:

Mark Weisbrot is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

Margaret Prescod is author of “Black Women Bringing it All Back Home” and hosts “Sojourner

Truth” on Pacifica Radio’s KPFK.

Dan Kovalik is the Senior Assistant General Counsel to United Steelworkers.

John Lindsay-Poland is Research and Advocacy Director of the national interfaith organization

Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR).

8-11:30pm Concert at St. Stephens Church (1525 Newton St. NW Washington, DC 20010. Metro; Columbia Heights). Featuring powerful acoustic music from Colleen Kattau, Los Angeles hip hop from Olmeca, and social justice-inspired salsa from local Salvadoran band, Nueva Cosecha.

Sunday, April 10

9-10am Registration, coffee & tabling

10-11:30am: Workshops 4

1. How to build a strategic, grassroots campaign against US militarism: CISPES

2. Organizing Against the Repression of Q’eqchi’ Communities in Guatemala: Palmer Legare, Guatemala Solidarity Project

3. Changing the Security Discourse; Moving the Money From the Pentagon to the People: Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation/New Priorities Network, Blasé Bonpane, Office of the Americas, Judith LeBlanc, Peace Action/New Priorities Network

4. Language Justice: Building multilingual movements to confront militarization: Josh Diamond and Roberto Tijerina, Wayside Center for Popular Education

5. Using Multimedia in Anti-Militarization/Solidarity Work: Michael Fox, Silvia Leindecker, NACLA, Estreito Medios Productions

6. Youth, Student & Academia Strategy Caucus: Jamie Way, Bruce Wilkinson

7. Women’s Strategy Caucus: Barbara Larcom

8. Labor Strategy Caucus: Dan Kovalik, Stan Smith, Sam Weinstein and Carl Gentile

9. Veterans Strategy Caucus: Helen Jaccard and others

10. Environmental Strategy Caucus: James Jordan

11. Faith-based Strategy Caucus: Daniel Riehl, Dave Kane

11:30-1pm Closing Plenary, moderated by Emily Nelson, Peace Brigades International. Featuring:

Simón Sedillo is a community rights defense organizer in Mexico and film maker.

Laura Carlsen is the director of the Americas Program of the Center for International Policy,

based in Mexico City.

Lisa Sullivan is the SOA Watch Latin America Coordinator.

2:45pm SOA Watch White House Action gather at Dupont Circle for a creative, festive march to White House!

Monday, April 11

8:30-10am Orientation for SOAW White House action – Lobby Day

Place: Parish Hall, Lutheran Church of the Reformation

212 East Capitol Street

Washington, DC 20003

PUPPET BUILDING, PAGEANT AND PARADE

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The Puppet Underground has joined the LASC in support of the demonstrations, conference, and the birth of a world without militarism. Together with the DC51 street arts collective they’re working to build the “art-tillery” for the conference and actions, as well as coordinate the beautiful and transformational pageant that’s rising up (with the help of bamboo, stilts, spirits, song) over the streets of DC on april 10.

here’s the build schedule…. we’d love for you to drop in when you can!

ART BUILDS:
wed Apr 6th, 6-10pm Art Build at DC 51 warehouse**
thur Apr 7th, 6-10pm Art Build at DC 51 warehouse
fri Apr 8th, 6-10pm Art Build at DC 51 warehouse
sat Apr 9th, 6-10pm Art Build at DC 51 warehouse
Rehearsals TBD

**DC 51 Warehouse is located in Adams Morgan, in the alley past J&N Autobody at 1731 Kalorama Road NW. Look for the sheet metal doors. If you have trouble finding us, call Ken at 202-640-8213

ACTION, PAGEANT & PARADE:
fri Apr 8th, 10am Operation Disarmageddon action (gather at the Pentagon mall)
sun Apr 10th, 1pm at Dupont Circle Pageant rehearsal leading into 2:45pm pageant performance and parade to the white house!

Because some of these times and locations may be subject to change, please let us know which builds and actions you will come to: janellevyn@gmail.com or Ken at 202-640-8213

any time or talent you or friends can offer is greatly appreciated!

special wishlist:
- if you play an instrument or know of other musicians, come join the band!
- we need lots of black fabric and sewing talents
- driving time/volunteer time to harvest bamboo, donated hotel sheets, or furniture store cardboard would also be wonderful (pickup soon at crystal city hotel, bamboo this weekend, and furniture stores on wednesdays and thursdays)

LASC5: Education and Strategy Conference to Build a Stronger Movement to End US Militarism and the Militarization of Latin America

hendrik — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 15:08:14 +0000

Latin America Solidarity Coalition– April 8-10, 2011, Washington, DC

NEW! Check out the conference schedule!

(aqui para información en español)
info about our venue, American University

Register now to attend an informative and exciting conference to build a larger movement to end US militarism and the militarization of US relations with Latin America and the world. Join Latin America solidarity activists, people of faith, academics, youth and students, anti-war and immigration activists, labor, women, and all sectors which are working to build a better world.

The United States is at a crossroads. Down one road lies permanent war, a stagnant economy and loss of liberty. Down the other lies a new world of cooperation, prosperity and freedom. This conference is all about how we can work together to travel on the road to a new and better world.

Please join us for a weekend of plenaries and workshops to educate and inspire each other and to plan actions, strategies, and organizing tools to build a greater movement to overcome US militarism.

We recognize that US militarism affects both the entire world and everything about our daily lives. If you are working to end US wars, morally stand in favor of peace, are in solidarity with the oppressed, are working to end racism and the criminalization of immigrants, stand solidly in favor of our First Amendment freedoms, or are working to create new economic models that defend the interests of workers and farmers over those of corporations and bankers – then you should attend this conference to build a strong and unified movement against US militarism.

Some topics covered by this conference will include: US military bases, military spending, immigration and border militarization, coups, war profiteers, privatization of war, closing the School of the Americas, foreign military and police aid, growing our skills in media, research, and other organizing, counter recruitment and support for active duty resisters, US relations with Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia, Haiti, Mexico, Honduras, etc., organizing within sectors to resist militarism, cross movement organizing, domestic costs of militarism, direct action, and much more.

LASC 5 is in Conjunction with School of the Americas Watch Days of Action (April 4-11, 2011). We recommend that you plan your trip to participate in SOA Watch’s activities before and after the conference.

Participate in SOA Watch’s Days of Action including lobbying and direct action to shut down the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, better known as the School of the Americas. Agitate for closing US military bases in Latin America and for an end to US militarization throughout the Americas and the world. Click HERE to register.

Endorsing organizations:

8th Day Center – Chicago
African Awareness
All African Peoples Revolutionary Party (GC)
Alliance for Global Justice
American University Anthropology Department
American University’s Nuclear Studies Institute
AU CASJ
AU CLASE
AU Peace Alliance
AU Society for ethics, peace and global affairs
AU Solidarity
AU Students for Justice in Palestine
Baltimore-Washington Area Peace Council
Bay Area Latin America Solidarity Coalition (BALASC).
Beehive Collective
Bend-Condega Friendship Project
Bring Our War $$ Home
Buddhist Peace Fellowship
Campaign for Labor Rights
Casa Baltimore/Limay
Center for Constitutional Rights
Center for International Policy Americas Program
Chiapas Support Committee
Chicago Religous Leadership Network on Latin America (CRLN)
Christian Peacemaker Teams Colombia
Code Pink
Colombia Action Network
Colombia Human Rights Committee
Colombia Support Network
Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador
Committee to Stop FBI Repression
Community Action and Social Justice Coalition of American University
Continental Campaign Against Foreign Military Bases
DeKalb Interfaith Network for Peace and Justice
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Foreign Policy in Focus
Fox Valley Citizens for Peace & Justice (IL)
Free the Cuban Five – Chicago
Freedom Road Socialist Organization
FRIENDS OF THE THIRD WORLD, INC
Global Exchange
Global Women’s Strike
Guatemala Human Rights Commission
Haiti Action Committee
Hilton Head (SC) for Peace
Honduras Solidarity Network
Hondureños por la Democracia
INTERCONNECT www.interconn.org
International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban Five
Kwame Ture Institute and Library
La Voz de los de Abajo – Chicago
Marin Task Force on the Americas
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns
Media Island International
Mexico Solidarity Network
Military Law Task Force of the National Lawyers Guild
NACLA
National Network on Cuba
National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth
Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA)
Nicaragua Center for Community Action
Nicaragua Network
Nicaragua Solidarity Cmte – Nicaragua Fair Trade Resource
No Private Armies
Office of the Americas
Pan-African Roots
Pax Christi USA
Portland Central America Solidarity Committee (PCASC)
Proyecto Hondureño–MA
Rights Action
Rochester (NY) Committee on Latin America
SOA Watch
St. Louis Inter-Faith Committee on Latin America
Students for a Democratic Society
Tikkun
US Labor Education in the Americas Project (USLEAP)
US-El Salvador Sister Cities
Veterans for Peace
Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice
Witness for Peace
Women of Color in the Global Women’s Strike
Ya Ya Network