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Comment by Joe Balkis on January 20, 2013 at 13:57

Join March for Immigrant Rights on Inauguration Day "Not One More Deportation!"
Monday, Jan. 21, 11 am Meet at Daley Plaza (Directions) Info: 773-463-0311
Latino Union of Chicago is sponsoring a march for a moratorium on deportations the day that President Obama is inaugurated to his second term. The facebook page for the event is here.
ANSWER Chicago is supporting the march and calls on all of its supporters to take to the streets on Monday to demand an end to the record number of deportations of the Obama administration.
"No More Raids! No More Deportations! Keep our Families Together! Full Rights for All Immigrants Now!"

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ANSWER Chicago http://www.chicagoanswer.net 773-463-0311

Comment by peter waterman on July 19, 2012 at 9:57

Seria importante tener contacto con esta red nueva. Desafordiadmente no aparace tener un sitio web propio. Pero se puede encontrarla en el web. Yo queria tener, si posible, contacto con alguien de la red quien habla ingles (para razones obvios).

Red Europea de sindicatos alternativos y de base
Confederazione Unitaria di
Base - CUB Italia
Union Syndicale Solidaires
Solidaires - Francia
Intersindical Alternativa de
Catalunya IAC - Cataluña
Confederación General del
Trabajo CGT – Estado Español
Confederazione Italiana di
Base UNICOBAS - Italia
Fédération SUD Vaud
SUD - Vaud Suiza
Confederación Intersindical
Estado Español
Unione Sindicale Italiana
USI - Italia
Transnational Information
Exchange TIE - Alemania
Confédération Nationale du
Travail CNT - Francia

Comment by Iww Montréal on May 3, 2012 at 22:58

Aqui se puede ver una video para la liberacion de Laura Gomez, Secretaria regional de la CGT que fue arestada con accusaciones sobre los fuegos en los bancos durante la huelga del 29 de marso, pero no tienen pruebas  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmJ-wrIZJRI&feature=youtu.be

Comment by Joe Balkis on February 20, 2012 at 18:10

The U.S./Cuba Labor Exchange conferences in Tijuana, Mexico focus on
theses themes specifically related to workers. Please welcome Cuban
Ambassador Bolanos at this excellent and informative forum! For more
information on the Tijuana Conferences, bookmark:
laborexchange.blogspot.com

Forum on ALBA:

Latin America and the Continental Integration of the Peoples
The achievements of ALBA-TCP (alba-tcp.org) and the integration of
the continental social movements

Thursday, March *22* and Friday, March 23

5:00-8:00pm DePaul University

Schmitt Academic Center (SAC) Room *154**

*2320 N. Kenmore, Chicago

Thursday, March 22:

Conference on the Social Movements of the ALBA-TCP Nations
*Luther Castillo*, Spokesperson for the Honduran People’s Front
forNational Resistance; co-coordinator of Cuba’s Latin American
School of Medicine's international team of physicians working in Haiti
after the earthquake
Rummie Quintero, LGBT activist, Venezuela
José Aguilar, Free Software Movement, Venezuela
Amenothep Zambrano, Executive Secretary of ALBA-TCP
Jose Pertierra, represents Venezuelan government in the case to
extradite Luis Posada Carriles
*

Friday, March **23*:

Conference with Diplomats of the ALBA-TCP Nations
Francisco Campbell Hooker, Nicaragua Ambassador in Washington
Jorge Bolaños Suárez, Chief of the Cuban Interests Section in
Washington
*Angelo Rivero,* Presiding Officer of the Embassy of Venezuela in
Washington
*Freddy Bersatti Tudela*, Presiding Officer of the Embassy of the
Plurinational State of Bolivia in Washington
*Amenothep Zambrano,* Executive Secretary of ALBA-TCP

Organized by: DePaul University, General Consulate of Venezuela in
Chicago,
Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban 5, La Voz de los de Abajo.

For more information: Jesús Rodríguez Espinoza
a href="http://us.mc1123.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ven.chicago@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ven.chicago@gmail.com <mailto:ven.chicago@gmail.com>
>; Stan Smith, uscubachi@yahoo.com <mailto:uscubachi@yahoo.com>
, 773-376-7521

* *

What is ALBA?

The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America - Trade
Treaty of the People (ALBA-TCP) presently consists of Venezuela, Cuba,
Bolivia, Ecuador, Dominica, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Antigua and
Barbuda, and Nicaragua.

“ALBA’s fight is for a second true independence for Latin
America and Caribbean; to free ourselves from poverty and illiteracy
and achieve development for our people,” explains Amenothep
Zambrano, Executive Secretary of ALBA.
ALBA is a trade agreement that mutually benefits all parties based
on the strengths and weaknesses of each of the members. It builds
Latin American unity and solidarity through mutual economic
development, fair trade, joint development projects and South-South
coordination. This is a radical break neo-colonial history based upon
imperial exploitation, the fiction of a free market, and domination by
the United States.

Why was ALBA created?

ALBA was created as a direct response to the attempt by the United
States to impose the Free Trade Area of the Americas treaty on the
entire region of Latin America and the Caribbean. Implementation of
the FTAA would have imposed intensified neo-liberal economic policies,
increasing crushing levels of poverty, unemployment and
foreign-imposed debt.

Hugo Chávez and Fidel Castro formally created ALBA on Dec. 14,
2004, at the celebration of the 180th anniversary of the victory of
Ayacucho, the day Simón Bolívar’s army won independence from Spain
The need for alliances such as ALBA is demonstrated by the more than
50-year-long war waged by the United States against Cuba, the 2002
failed U.S.-coup attempt against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the
2009 U.S. coup against the democratically-elected pro-ALBA president
of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, the 7 new U.S. military bases in Colombia,
and the failed U.S. coups in Bolivia and Ecuador.ALBA countries have
recently condemned foreign intervention in Libya and Syria, and have
recently strengthened their ties with Iran.

What Has ALBA Accomplished?

ALBA initiatives include: the ALBA Bank, funding the different
development projects in their countries, working towards independence
from the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other
exploiting global institutions; the creation of 12 public companies to
strengthen national economies in agriculture, infrastructure,
telecommunications, industrial supplies and cement production;
PetroCaribe, which greatly increases access to energy resources; and a
diverse array of health and education programs.

ALBA’s social achievements include the elimination of poverty for
11 million people in only five years, through free universal
education, food programs, and health programs. Unemployment has
dropped to 8.7%, lower than in the U.S. Literacy rates have risen from
84% to 96%; now Bolivia and Nicaragua join Cuba and Venezuela in being
free of illiteracy. Infant mortality rates have been reduced by 32%;
life expectancy increased to 73 years. 1,899.808 people have had their
vision restored or improved through Mision Milagro. 2,294,666
handicapped persons have received health care service for their
problems. Hundreds of their countries students are enrolled in
ALBA’s Latin American School of Medicine to develop still more
critically-needed medical workers.

The leading official of the Venezuela Embassy recently noted that
U.S. media routinely demonizes ALBA and its programs as threats to its
own system. He disputed that, saying that ALBA and its programs are
“not threats but opportunities taken by Latin American and Caribbean
countries to develop their own people with their own resources….We
have changed and we aren’t going back. If U.S. representatives
understand this, we will be able to go forward, if not, we will defend
what we have created!”

Comment by Joe Balkis on July 7, 2011 at 16:58

At a time of high unemployment and economic downturn across the country, we do not need more trade agreements that will take away jobs and only benefit multinational corporations. However, the three pending trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia, and Panama could be submitted to Congress for a vote very soon. These agreements are modeled after NAFTA, and we all know the consequences of NAFTA – job loss and larger trade deficits. In fact, NAFTA-style trade agreements have resulted in nearly two million jobs lost in the U.S. Rather than continuing along the lines of failed trade agreements like NAFTA, we need a new trade policy framework that will create jobs in the U.S.

According to the Economic Policy Institute, if enacted, the South Korea free trade agreement would cost the U.S. 159,000 jobs over seven years. It would also give South Korean investors new rights to challenge U.S. laws, regulations, and even court decisions in international tribunals that circumvent the U.S. judicial system. The agreement also poses national security concerns.

We also should not be considering trade agreements with Panama or Colombia at this time. Panama is a known tax-haven for multinational corporations, and the agreement, like the one with South Korea, would give foreign investors more power to challenge U.S. laws. And why would we enter into a trade deal with Colombia, a country with a disturbing history of violence against union activists? Nearly 2,680 men and women have been murdered in Colombia over the last 25 years for trying to exercise their right to organize in the workplace, and in only 6% of the cases have the murders been prosecuted.

Please email your Representative and Senators in Congress today and ask them to oppose the three pending trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia, and Panama. We need fair trade, not free trade! To send an email to your members of Congress, click here.


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Comment by Joe Balkis on July 1, 2011 at 15:31

Jose Hugo Yanini, a Colombian Sodexo worker and union steward, was threatened last week after returning home from negotiations between his union SINALTRAINAL and Sodexo. The anonymous caller said, “Tell that man that he should be careful with his tongue or we will cut it out.” SINALTRAINAL and its partners are gravely concerned for the safety of Yanini and his colleagues.
The threat is sadly consistent with Colombia’s long history of anti-union violence – more than 2,800 union activists have been killed since 1986. Twenty of those slain activists belonged to SINALTRAINAL, and the union’s top leaders have been threatened as recently as February.
There is no indication that Sodexo had any involvement, but we are deeply concerned about this situation and are calling on Sodexo and Colombian authorities to take immediate steps to investigate last week’s threat and take action to protect Yanini and his colleagues. You can help.
Take action today by calling on Sodexo to protect workers from threats and intimidation. Let them know you’re watching.
Click here to send a letter to Sodexo. We'll also send a copy of your letter to the relevant Colombian authorities.
Thank you for your support,
The Clean Up Sodexo Team

CLEAN UP SODEXO

1800 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036

Comment by Alexes Albert Barillas Zuniga on June 22, 2011 at 14:48

Migrant workers rally for human rights on Father’s Day http://ning.it/iErt9t @AWA_ATA @UFCWCanada

Comment by Joe Balkis on June 14, 2011 at 19:00

National Committee To Free The Cuban Five
IMPORTANT: To forward this message, use the "forward" link at bottom of page.

Emergency alert!
The City of Hialeah in Miami-Dade County
is "honoring" terrorist Posada Carriles
Tonight, Tue., June 14, at 7 pm

Call the city immediately to protest:
call (305) 883-5800
or email: mayorchernandez@hialeahfl.gov



Sisters and brothers:

It has come to our attention that Carlos Hernandez, the mayor of Hialeah, a city in Miami-Dade County, is planning to "honor" the terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, and give him the keys to the city, tonight, June 14, during the City Council meeting.

We urge everyone who receives this email and is able to, to call Hernandez's office or email him (see contact information above) to demand that he cancel his plans to honor this terrorist.

This is a deep insult to the families of the 73 victims who died on the Cuban airliner on Oct. 6, 1976, when they were bombed in mid-flight, in a terrorist act widely attributed to Posada Carriles.

Despite overwhelming evidence linking Posada to the crime, the U.S. government refuses to honor the extradition request of Venezuela since 2005, when Posada entered the United States illegally and secretly.

The U.S. government also has more than enough evidence to charge Posada with the hotel bombings in Havana in 1997, one of which killed an Italian tourist, Fabio Di Celmo. Posada himself boasted of his role in orchestrating the bombings.

The special treatment that Miami officials shamelessly give to anti-Cuba terrorists is proof once again, that the Cuban Five anti-terrorists -- unjustly imprisoned now for 13 years -- could never receive a fair trial in Miami.

The National Committee to Free the Cuban Five is urging all who receive this email to flood Hialeah's lines with your protest call and emails!
Stop harboring the terrorist Posada--Justice Now!



After you contact the city of Hialeah, please email us at: info@freethefive.org to let us know you responded. Thank you for your support.
Contact us: info@freethefive.org
Or call: 415-821-6545
Web: http://www.freethefive.org Free the Cuban Five Now!
Allow the families' visits!
Grant entry visas to
Adriana Pérez and Olga Salanueva!




Forward email





National Committee To Free The Cuban Five | 2489 Mission St. #24 | San Francisco | CA | 94110



visit our website if you have trouble reading this email


www.cispes.org | 202.521.2510 donate




ACTION ALERT June 14, 2011

Student Anti-Mining Activist Disappeared:
Tell the Attorney General and the Minister of Public Security to Open an Investigation TODAY!
"Two years after the kidnapping and murder of anti-mining activist Marcelo Rivera, those responsible for his death continue to do as they please while prosecutors and the police continue with false assumptions and inadequate investigations.”

–Communiqué from the Environmental Committee of Cabañas for the Defense of Water and Culture (CAC)

As a result of this impunity, another case of violence has arisen - the disappearance of Juan Francisco Duran Ayala. Thirty year-old Juan Francisco is a member of the CAC and was last seen over a week ago in the city of Ilobasco, Cabañas, putting up flyers and banners against mining and the Canadian mining company Pacific Rim as part of a CAC campaign. The CAC reports that the mayor of Ilobasco, Eliseo Castellano ordered members of the municipal police to remove the banners and intimidate the activists hanging them.
Juan Francisco´s father Benjamin Ayala Flores is the Coordinator of the FMLN war veterans association. He lives in Ilobasco and his dream is to see his son graduate with a degree in languages from the Technological University, where Juan Francisco has been studying for over three years.
Join the CAC and the family of Juan Francisco in calling on the Attorney General’s Office and the Civilian National Police (PNC) to conduct a thorough and exhaustive investigation into all the cases of violence towards community leaders in Cabañas and to specifically set up a task force to investigate the disappearance of Juan Francisco. The CAC demands that the investigations look for ties between this case of violence and local mayors José Ignacio Bautista, Edgar Bonilla and Eliseo Castellano as well as any ties to the mining company Pacific Rim.
TAKE ACTION!

1. If you speak Spanish, please also call Salvadoran Attorney General Romeo Barahona at 011-503- 2230-6350 (see sample script below).

2. Email the Attorney General Romeo Barahona and Minister of Justice and Security Manuel Melgar to demand a full investigation and protection for the victims.

Call Script for Attorney General Barahona(direct number for his assistant, Héctor Burgos: 011-503-2230-6350)
Buenos (días/tardes),
Mi nombre es _______ y llamo para expresar mi preocupación sobre la desaparición de Juan Francisco Duran Ayala y la violencia contra líderes sociales en Cabañas. 

Urge una investigación profunda sobre la desaparición del Señor Duran Ayala con un equipo especializado, y así también es necesario re-abrir los casos de Marcelo Rivera, Dora Alicia Sorto y Ramiro Rivera para investigar vínculos entre estos caso, los asesinatos de Darwin Serrano y Gerardo Abrego León, las nuevas amenazas contra el personal de Radio Victoria y la desaparición del Señor Duran Ayala.

El hecho de que la violencia y amenazas anteriores quedaron en impunidad ha permitido que surgieran los nuevos hechos de violencia. Pido que el Fiscal General tome las medidas necesarias para asegurar justicia y protección para las y los afectados.
Gracias.









CISPES - Committee In Solidarity with the People of El Salvador


CISPES National Office | 202.521.2510 | 1525 Newton St. NW, Washington DC 20010 | cispes@cispes.org | www.cispes.org

Comment by Alexes Albert Barillas Zuniga on June 14, 2011 at 16:38

Guatemala: Workers Dismissed for Exercising Right to Organize Read full story here: http://ning.it/lE0spH

Comment by Joe Balkis on June 3, 2011 at 20:33

On the 5th of June Let's Raise Our Voices for the Cuban 5
REMEMBER!

THIS 5TH OF JUNE, (or Monday if you want) MAKE A CALL, OR SEND A FAX, OR AN E-MAIL, OR A TELEGRAM to the WHITE HOUSE to demand President Obama free the Cuban 5 imprisoned in the United States for defending their homeland. Ask all your friends to do the same.

Let's continue to demand President Obama to make use of the rights conferred upon him by the US Constitution, as a lawyer, as a father, as a son, as a husband, and as a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, to END THIS COLOSSAL INJUSTICE AND TO FREE THE 5 NOW!!!

FORWARD THIS INFORMATION TO A FRIEND SO HE OR SHE CAN JOIN THIS CAMPAIGN

LET'S BREAK THE WALL OF SILENCE BY ORGANIZING ALL TYPES OF ACTIVITIES EVERY MONTH UNTIL THE FIVE RETURN TO THEIR HOMELAND AND THEIR FAMILIES.
TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE WHITE HOUSE
By phone: 202-456-1111
If calling from outside the United States, dial first the International Area Code
+ 1 (US country code) followed by 202-456-1111

By Fax: 202-456-2461
If fax is sent from outside the United States, dial first the International Area
Code + 1 (US country code) followed by 202-456-2461

To send an electronic message write to: HTTP://WWW.WHITEHOUSE.GOV/CONTACT

To send a telegram

President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20500
EE.UU.

ALSO this month, Gerardo Hernandez and Ramon Labañino will be spending their birthdays once again behind bars, far away from their love ones. Geardo's birthday is on June 4th and Ramon on June 9th.

If you wish to send them messages please write to the following addresses;

Gerardo Herandez #58739-004
USP Victorville P.O. Box 5300
Adelanto, CA 92301

To write to Ramon, on the envelop write the following:
Luis Medina #58734-004
FCI Jesup 2680, 301 South
Jesup, GA 31599

International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban 5
To learn more about the Cuban 5 visit:
www.thecuban5.org

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