Colombia Solidarity Campaign

Sunday, 05 July 2009

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Colombia Solidarity Campaign is affiliated to the European Network of Friendship and Solidarity with Colombia, which has eleven affiliates in Spain and ten from other countries.

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6 MARCH COLOMBIA DAY OF ACTION

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Remember the victims of para-militarism, para-politics and the crimes of the State

FOR THE DISAPPEARED! FOR THE DISPLACED! FOR THE MASSACRED! FOR THE EXECUTED!

Bristol Latin America Forum

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10am - 6pm Saturday the 1st of March 2008

Latin America is in a crucial stage of transition. Right now, history is unfolding before our eyes with dynamic movements changing the face of the continent. The Bristol Latin American Forum, which is now in its third consecutive year, invites you to explore these current issues in a stimulating political and cultural event

The forum will be webcast live from here on Saturday between about 11am and 6pm

Urgent Actions
On 12 February a brown envelope was left outside the home of José Domingo Florez in Bucaramanga, north of Colombia. It contained the following death threat against Coca-Cola workers and leaders of SINALTRAINAL trade union:
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Victims organize homage to the victims of paramilitarism, ‘para-política’ and state crimes

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A Humanitarian Agreement is Urgently Needed to Respect Life and Dignity

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Statement on 4 Feb Demonstrations against the FARC from the Colombia Solidarity Campaign.

Social movements warn that 4 February demonstrations will polarise Colombia and “prolong the internal war in our country, and close off the possibility that the actors involved will humanise the armed conflict”.

Pronouncement of Social Organisations on 4 February

Declaration on the March of February 4 by the Polo Democratico Alternativo

Areas of Work
Trade unionists from UNISON and Hammersmith Trades Council joined samba musicians, Iranian refugees and students from Sussex university on Colombia Solidarity Campaign’s emergency protest at Coca-Cola’s London Headquarters on 20 December.
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COCA-COLA WORKERS RECEIVE IMMINENT DEATH THREAT

Urgent Actions

Nelson Prez, Luis Eduardo Garcia, Jose Domingo Flores

In the last fortnight, three Coca-Cola workers in Bucaramanga, Colombia have been told that before the end of December they will be killed and buried in a mass grave. The threat demands that the union cease all protest against Coca-Cola. Join us in emergency action to defend their lives!

The men – Luis Eduardo, Jose Domingo and Nelson Perez – belong to SINALTRAINAL, the trade union representing Coca-Cola workers in Colombia. Since 1994, nine Coca-Cola workers have been murdered by paramilitary death squads in response to the union’s resistance.

Death threats, 2nd November 2007

Urgent Actions
Today, 2 November at approximately 11 am, comrade LUIS EDUARDO GARCIA and JORGE CONTRERAS BENIAN carried out a workshop in the Universidad Pontificia on the theme of ‘Water Campaigns: A Right for All’ and against the policies of Coca-Cola.
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Indymedia Colombia

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Rebelion. Colombia

Periódico El Turbión -

New Report on Hydrocarburos and Indigenous People

Impacts of oil & gas industry megaproject on Colombia‘s indigenous territories

Amnesty International Report 2008 - Colombia

Amnesty International Report 2008 - Colombia

Territorio pacificado

Watch online - Territorio pacificado
A film about the peace community San José de Apartadó

Until the final stone (Hasta la última piedra)

Watch online - Until the final stone
The documentary tells the history of a community of peasant farmers in Colombia, accosted by the bullets of the armed groups, who resist categorically, the pressure of violence.

Lucha!

Watch online Lucha!

Lucha is a documentary about the students and the struggle for human rights in Colombia. Through the eyes of 5 students, the film explores what it means to be a refugee in one’s own country.

Mark Thomas on Coca Cola

Watch online Dispatches: Mark Thomas on Coca Cola

Political activist, comedian and journalist Mark Thomas travels to South America, India and the US to investigate the way in which the drink's suppliers operate, and uncovers evidence which could tarnish the reputation of the successful brand.

Plan Colombia - Cashing In on the Drug War Failure

Watch online - Plan Colombia
A 20-year "war on drugs" in Colombia has been paid for by the U.S. taxpayers. Still more and more drugs and narco-dollars are entering the U.S. every year. Is it a mere failure by Washington? Or is it a smokescreen to secure Colombia's oil & natural resources?

Empire in the Andes- the War Against the Poor

Watch online - Empire in the Andes
The documentary takes a critical look at the strategies and effects of US foreign and economic policy in Latin America, especially in Colombia and Ecuador.

The Red Dance (El Baile Rojo)

Watch online - The Red Dance (El Baile Rojo)
A documentary about a political party in Colombia called the Patriotic Union (la Union Patriotica). About 4000 of its members where killed in a genocide managed by politicians, paramilitaries and militaries in a plan cynically called "the red dance".

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