https://afgj.org/bolivia-updates

Bolivia Updates is for activists who want to know about resistance to the US-backed coup in Bolivia. We will publish the stories and videos directly from the front lines in Bolivia that the corporate press doesn’t want you to know – both the successes and failures of the popular movements’ efforts to restore their indigenous-led democracy.  Most of the posts will be in Spanish. A good translation program is DeepL at https://www.deepl.com/translator.

https://thegrayzone.com/2019/11/11/bolivia-coup-fascist-foreign-support-fernando-camacho/

Camacho hails from a family of corporate elites who have long profited from Bolivia’s plentiful natural gas reserves. And his family lost part of its wealth when Morales nationalized the country’s resources, in order to fund his vast social programs — which cut poverty by 42 percent and extreme poverty by 60 percent.

In the lead-up to the coup, Camacho met with leaders from right-wing governments in the region to discuss their plans to destabilize Morales. Two months before the putsch, he tweeted gratitude: “Thank you Colombia! Thank you Venezuela!” he exclaimed, tipping his hat to Juan Guaido’s coup operation. He also recognized the far-right government of Jair Bolsonaro, declaring, “Thank you Brazil!”

Camacho had spent years leading an overtly fascist separatist organization called the Unión Juvenil Cruceñista. The Grayzone edited the following clips from a promotional historical documentary that the group posted on its own social media accounts:

https://fighting-words.net/2019/11/04/demonstrations-escalate-in-haiti-demanding-the-resignation-of-washington-backed-regime/

By Abayomi Azikiwe

A new round of popular unrest in Haiti on October 27 has left two people dead and many others injured. On October 25 and 27, the embassies of France and Canada were firebombed by angry crowds. Since August the rising price of fuel sparked protests calling for economic relief and the immediate resignation of President Jovenal Moise.

Moise, who represents the Haitian Tet Kale party, is accused of corruption and failure to address the monumental social problems facing the Caribbean nation which is still the least developed in the Western Hemisphere.

During the events of October 27, those marching against the government were fired upon by an unidentified individual, fatally wounding one person. The crowd set upon the assailant and killed him in retaliation.

The current administration in Haiti has been under scrutiny since it came to power in February 2017 amid accusations of malfeasance. A nationwide rebellion in the early months of 2019 shook the foundations of the administration. Unrest during the final days of October represents the seventh straight week of renewed opposition activity. Over two million children have not been able to attend school due to the fuel shortages and demonstrations while the humanitarian situation inside the country is worsening.

Moise has appealed to the United States for material assistance. The U.S. appears to maintain its support for the government while calling for dialogue between the opposition forces and the current administration.In a radio broadcast on October 28, Moise told the listening audience that: “I am hooked on reforms. I want to talk about constitutional reform, for example. I want to talk about the reform of the energy sector, the digitization of the public administration. Today we are in an acute crisis, but we can take advantage of this crisis to make this crisis an opportunity. We need stability in the country and to find that stability, we have to attack the system….”

Join us on Saturday November 16 at 5pm at 5920 Second Ave., Detroit 48202 to learn about and discuss the endless US imperialist wars in the Middle East and North Africa region.

You’ll hear from speakers such as…

𝗔𝗯𝗮𝘆𝗼𝗺𝗶 𝗔𝘇𝗶𝗸𝗶𝘄𝗲: Editor of the Pan-African News Wire, https://panafricannews.blogspot.com/

𝗬𝘂𝘀𝘂𝗳 𝗠𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗵𝘄𝗮𝗿: Detroit-based Syrian activist

𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗱: Editor of Geopolitics Alert who recently returned from the UN Human Rights Council

𝘽𝘼𝘾𝙆𝙂𝙍𝙊𝙐𝙉𝘿

Despite false claims to pull out American troops from Syria and scale down involvement abroad, the Trump regime has continued down the same disastrous path as his imperialist predecessors.

𝙔𝙀𝙈𝙀𝙉

For five years, the Yemeni people have suffered the brunt of the most advanced weapons in the world on a daily basis in an aggression that’s killed or injured over 100k civilians.

The regimes in Washington, Riyadh, and Abu Dhabi continue wielding famine and disease as weapons, triggering a humanitarian catastrophe, while infringing on Yemen’s right to self-determination.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗬𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝘆?

𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙔𝘼 & 𝙉𝙊𝙍𝙏𝙃 𝘼𝙁𝙍𝙄𝘾𝘼

Libya, which once enjoyed the highest standard of living on the African continent, has descended into a failed state and dystopian nightmare at the hands of the Obama regime and Washington’s NATO allies.

Meanwhile, Algeria, Tunisia, and Egypt all face political uncertainty and sit in the crosshairs of US military expansion.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗨𝗦 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮?

𝙎𝙔𝙍𝙄𝘼

Syria, which successfully battled US/Saudi/UAE/Qatari/Israeli/Turkish-sponsored mercenaries for the better half of a decade, now faces a new front along its northern border.

Turkey recently began a new operation to occupy vast swaths of Syrian territory while working hand-in-hand with Washington to occupy oil fields. Meanwhile, some Arab states Seek to re-establish formal diplomatic relations with Damascus.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗾?

Learn about all of this and more on Saturday November 16th at this important discussion.

https://fighting-words.net/

Camp Douglas, WI

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 12, 2019

For more information, contact Joy First joyfirst5@gmail.com or 608-239-4327

Seven peace activists walked onto the base at Volk Field today, wearing black veils, carrying limp dolls and posters of children killed by drones, and reading a statement.  They were arrested by Juneau County officers, handcuffed and taken to the station in Mauston, where they were cited for trespassing and released.

The action was organized by the Wisconsin Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars.  This group of dedicated activists have been vigiling monthly at the gates of Volk Field since 2011.  This is the sixth action leading to arrests at the base.

Volk Field is an Air National Guard base that trains personnel to operate the RQ-7 Shadow Drone, which is an integral part of the United States drone program and used for reconnaissance, surveillance, and acquisition.  The drone program started under President Bush, got worse under President Obama, and worse still under President Trump.  Tens of thousands of people have been killed, including many children, with only an estimated 2% being people who were targeted.

Our government is using drones to kill people in over eight different countries in the Middle East and Africa.  Though the reasoning is to kill terrorists, the program actually has the opposite effect, and as loved ones are killed by drones, their friends and family can be recruited into what we call terrorist groups to retaliate.  Drone warfare is illegal by standards of our U.S. constitution and international law, and has been condemned by the United Nations, yet our country persists in this devastation.

Seven people, Bonnie Block, Joyce Ellwanger, Joy First, Bob Graf, Jim Murphy, Phil Runkel, and Brian Terrell, walked onto the base mourning the children who have died in attacks through drone warfare, while reading aloud the following statement.

Reading while walking onto the base at Volk Field on Nov. 12, 2019:

“We come in peace.

We come because we mourn the children who have died from attacks by U.S. military drones.  We remember these children, whose lives have been cut short while also remembering their mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, and grandparents who continue to mourn the deaths of these beautiful children.

We come because the United States is solely responsible for the deaths of many thousands of people from drone attacks, including thousands of children who have been killed by drones.

We come because our government covers it up, and it is impossible to really know how many innocent lives have been lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia and other countries in the Middle East and in Africa, yet the Journal for Investigative Journalism claims that between 8,000 and 12,000 people have been killed by U.S. drones.

We come because we are causing unimaginable grief to mothers and fathers, sons and daughters whose loved ones have been murdered by the US government.  We must remember that these are real people with names and families who love them.

We come because the personnel working with and training with the RQ-7 Shadow Drones at Volk Field are an integral part of and are complicit in the whole US drone warfare program.

We come because killing with drones is a violation of human rights and international law.  Drone attacks are clearly extrajudicial assassinations, going against the constitution and have been condemned by the United Nations.

We come because Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said “The Arc of the Moral Universe Is Long, but It Bends Towards Justice”, and we want to be a part of making the arc bend towards justice and call on you to be part of it also.

Peace Action WI will be supporting these peace activists when they go to court in January for the citations they were issued.

Peace Action of WI

http://www.peaceactionwi.org/

The Bolivians community in Argentina vigorously chanted “we will return, we will fight, we will win” | Photo: Noda

Next Court Hearing

Free Chrystul Kizer‎

This is a pre-trial hearing. The full trial starts in March. Please come out, get informed and build power behind Chrystul to get these unjust charges dropped!

WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH THE CASE:

The jury trial is scheduled from March 12-20th, 2020. Previous status hearings regarding evidence were decided in Chrystul’s favor, allowing her lawyers to review all the evidence they requested. This hearing will be a last check in to make sure the prosecutor’s office complied and Chrystul’s lawyers have what they need to proceed.

Emergency Rally! No Military Coup in Bolivia! (Stand for Peace)

12 NOON – 1:30 P.M., Corner of East Locust & Dr. MLK Dr., Milwaukee

We strongly condemn the military coup in Bolivia, and extends our solidarity to the Bolivian people who are struggling to defend the massive gains won under the leadership of President Evo Morales in the face of this counter-revolution. U.S. imperialism is clearly the sponsor of the coup and we are outraged at this crime against Bolivian sovereignty and democracy.

Come rally with us at the Stand for Peace Rally, which has been upheld on a weekly basis for many years by Peace Action Wisconsin, to condemn US intervention in the democratic affairs of a sovereign state. The battle in Bolivia and all of Latin America continues between the forces that want to empower the people and those that want to restore the power and wealth of the elite. People in the United States can play an important role in this intense struggle by pressuring our imperialist government to end its war on the people in Latin America and the Caribbean. U.S. hands Off Bolivia!

NYC Emergency Protest November 11, 2019