Oakland, CA, Feb. 9, 2019: U.S. Hands Off Venezuela Rally
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Millions Pour In To Streets In Venezuela to Support President Maduro, Oppose U.S. Orchestrated Coup
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Venezuela strongly condemns decision by EU to support Guaido
500 Public Figures Sign Letter Supporting Peace in Venezuela
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The letter will be presented at the first meeting of the International Contact Group on Venezuela.
Some 500 luminaries from 27 Latin American and European countries were signatories to a letter of support for the initiative to promote a negotiated solution and dialogue for peace in Venezuela. The document will be sent to Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), both of whom will attend the inaugural meeting of the ‘International Contact Group on Venezuela’ in Montevideo, Uruguay, on Feb. 7.
The letter was reportedly also signed by Dilma Rousseff, former president of Brazil; Estela de Carlotto, president of Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo; Angela Maria Robledo, former candidate for the vice presidency of Colombia; Leonardo Boff, theologian from Brazil; Dimitrios Papadimoulis, vice president of the European parliament; Adriana Salvatierra, president of the Chamber of the Senate of Bolivia; Joao Pedro Stedile, leader of Brazil’s Landless Movement; Gleisi Hoffmann, president of the Brazilian Workers’ Party; Arantxa Izurdiaga Osinaga, member of the parliament of Navarre; Bill Bowring, president of the European Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights; Daniel Caggiani, president of the Mercosur parliament; and parliamentarians Camila Vallejo from Chile and Irene Montero of Spain.
“We are concerned that peace, stability, cooperation and integration in our region are under threat, as a result of external harassment and interference in Venezuelan political life,” the letter states, adding that “while some actors are betting on the war and intervention, other governments are pushing with much effort the call for dialogue and negotiation as legitimate ways of international law to solve conflicts.”
Ministers from Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Uruguay, Germany, Spain, France, Holland, Italy, Portugal, United Kingdom and Sweden will participate in the meeting, which will be co-chaired by President Vazquez and Federica Mogherini, the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
Most of the participants of the summit, whose rank is ministerial, will arrive and leave Uruguay during Thursday, which will speed up the organization of the event and security protocols. Vazquez and Mogherini will offer a 30-minute press conference after the meeting has ended.
“From our spaces and roles we accompany and adhere to the initiatives of dialogue and political negotiations aimed at peace in the region and the world, and we support the holding of the next summit on Venezuela to be held in Montevideo,” the letter concludes.
Mexico, Uruguay and CARICOM countries, who have taken a non-interventionist approach, established the “Montevideo Mechanism”: a four phase process to settle Venezuela’s crisis through diplomatic channels and negotiations. For this purpose skilled negotiators have been selected.
NYC, Feb. 13, 2019: National Lawyers Guild International Committee, U.S. Interventions in Latin America
U.S. Interventions in Latin America
National Lawyers Guild International Committee
320 W 37th Street, NYC, 6:30-9 P.M.
On February 13th, the International Committee of the National Lawyers Guild will host a forum on U.S. Imperialism in Latin America with a focus on recent events in Venezuela and ongoing intervention in Honduras, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, Cuba and elsewhere. Join us as we gather to share analysis and strengthen our strategies for opposing all forms of U.S. imperialism – in the Americas and around the globe.
Speakers:
Rev. Luis Barrios
Natasha Lycia Bannan
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Moderated by Suzanne Adely
Madison, March 6-7, 2019: Madison Abortion Defense Counter-protest Against 40 Days for Life
Counter-protest Against 40 Days for Life
3706 Orin Rd., Madison, March 6 12 A.M. to March 7 12 A.M.
Vigil for Life, Madison’s local branch of 40 Days for Life, is launching their campaign on March 6th. 40 Days for Life is a religiously-based anti-choice that campaigns against abortion. Their campaigns last for 40 days, during which groups of anti-choice activists descend upon abortion clinics and protest outside of them. These people do so with the express purpose of taking the space away from patients and their ultimate desire is to close these clinics for good. As abortion rights activists and members of the Madison community, we need to reclaim the space outside of OUR clinics and fight for our right to bodily autonomy.
Come join Madison Abortion Defense in counter-protesting these anti-choicers and showing them that Madison is a pro-choice town! Bring yourself and a friend.
More details to follow. Check the event page for updates! Madison Abortion Defense
FREE LEONARD PELTIER!
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…. Leonard was about 14 years old at the time. With his father, he attended meetings on the reservation to discuss the government’s decision to terminate Turtle Mountain. He recalls one Ojibwa lady, a cousin, who stood up angrily and asked in a loud, emotional, tear-filled voice, “Where are our warriors? Why don’t they stand up and fight for their starving people?”
“That sent electric vibrations from my scalp all the way down my spine to the soles of my feet,” Peltier says. “It was like a revelation to me—that there was actually something worthwhile you could do with your life, something more important than living your own selfish little life day by day. Yes, there was something more important than your poor miserable self: your People. You could actually stand up and fight for them… and as I would come to see in later years, all Indian people, all Indigenous People, all human beings of good heart. I vowed right then and there that I would become a warrior and that I’d always work to help my people. It’s a vow I’ve done my best to keep….”
Contribute to the Free Mumia Educational Campaign
Solidarity With Charter School Educators On Strike in Chicago!
We’re back on picket lines this morning Feb. 6, and at 20 W. Kinzie at 1 p.m., picketing CICS co-founder CW Henderson for insider dealing that has given the company control of over half of stockpiled $36 million in public funds..money that CICS refuses to put into our classrooms.
PICKET LOCATIONS (Please spread the word, bring hand and toe warmers and hot coffee/tea, extra gloves etc. to the picket lines)
Madison, Feb. 9, 2019: U.S.: Hands Off Venezuela! Money For People’s Needs Not War!
Stand For Peace! Dr. MLK and North Avenues, Milwaukee, January 26, 2019
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Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019 12 NOON, State Capitol Steps, Madison
The revival of “Yankee imperialism” at its worst must immediately be brought to a halt. People here in the U.S. must once again come together to counter Washington’s aggression, overt and covert, in Venezuela and elsewhere in Latin America — the necessary precondition for peace, true democracy, and security. Join in opposition and voice demands for an end to US intervention and violations of Venezuela’s national sovereignty.
JOIN US! Bing signs, banners, your friends and comrades!
-U.S. Hands Off Venezuela!
-NO to a “Regime Change” Coup!
-NO to sanctions, oil embargo and economic warfare!
-NO to military intervention by the U.S. and its regional proxies!
<Yankee Go Home> Feb. 2, 2019, in Caracas (Venezuela) the people took to the streets to defend the Bolivarian Revolution against the Venezuelan oligarchy, U.S. imperialism, and the toadies of the Lima Group led by Canada.
