tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-345980782009-10-13T06:59:52.218-04:00See our <a href="http://home.comcast.net/%7Enscolombia/">home page</a>. <br> (Our <a href="http://nscolombia.tripod.com/nscolombia/">old blog on tripod.com</a> is still active, but it is now also appended to the archives of this blog.)Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05086775098186331122noreply@blogger.comBlogger167125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34598078.post-73263963715934990702009-05-05T13:57:00.000-04:002009-05-05T13:58:26.356-04:00

DETAINED: THE NEW BEDFORD IMMIGRATION RAID DETENIDO: LA REDADA DE NEW BEDFORD Documental y discusión con Alexandra Piñeros Shields, Irish Immigration Center Mariela Alvarez, Centro Presente Viernes 15 de mayo, 6 pm Family and Children’s Service of Greater Lynn 111 North Common St. On March 6, 2007, US Immigration officials raided a New Bedford, MA factory that makes vests and

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Witness for Peace delegations provide experiential understanding of the effects U.S. policies, corporate practices and global economic trends place on the people of Latin America and the Andean region. Delegates stay with families, share meals

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Note:  Sen. Robledo has been a strong voice in the Colombian Senate in support of workers' rights and especially for the rights of workers and communities affected by multinational mines.  We are privileged to have him here in Lynn.Avi -----------Discussion with Progressive Colombian Senator Jorge Robledo Friday, March 20th, 2009 6:30 . 8:30 pm112 Exchange St in Lynn, MARSVP to the North Shore

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from AviUpcoming events: Guatemala, Colombia, and moreThe next few weeks are packed with exciting Latin-America-related events. Here's information about just a few of them:Friday, March 13, 6 pm. Family and Children Service of Greater Lynn, Inc.111 North Common St., LynnSipakapa No Se Vende/Sipakapa Is Not for Sale (2005, 55 min.) GUATEMALADirector: Álvaro Revenga In Spanish and Sipakapense

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End Chemical Spraying in the Amazon Today!Fumigation is inhumane, ineffective and environmentally destructive.Click here to stop it nowDear Supporter,This morning we will travel from Bogotá to San José del Guaviare, in the Amazon basin, to document the devastating impact of recent anti-drug chemical spraying there. We will prepare a report and a short video to present to the Obama administration

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National Day of Action for ColombiaApril 20, 2009Get involved today!Help us make April 20th a success!Dear Supporter,Colombia has just surpassed Sudan as having the worst internal displacement crisis in the world.Over 4 million Colombians have been violently forced from theirhomes. While the war responsible for this crisis has raged fordecades, the pace of displacement has intensified in recent

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The Salem Film Festival is bringing some incredible films to Salem from Feb. 27-March 3. See www.salemfilmfest.com for the whole schedule. But I'd like to particularly draw your attention to two special films/events. On Friday, Feb. 27, Brazilian filmmaker Denise Zmekhol will present clips and discussion on her film, "Children of the Amazon," from 11-12:15 in the Martin Luther King Room,

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I'd like to invite you all to attend the Salem Film Festival. See below for a description of all of the films, and follow the links or go to www.salemfilmfest.com for more information. Many of the filmmakers will be in attendance to discuss their works. I also want to let you know about a SPECIAL EVENT at Salem State. Brazilian filmmaker Denise Zmekhov, who made "Children of the Amazon"

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[sent by: Joanne Ranney]New England Region Crisis in Colombia:Days of Prayer and Action

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[sent by Marguerite G. Rosenthal, Ph.D.]---------- Forwarded message ----------From: "Winston Vaughan, Environment Massachusetts Field Organizer"Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:03:49 -0600Subject: That's not a green job! Hi Marguerite, This is not the type of "green job" I want to create through President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan. Click here to take action or read on to get

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From – Avi ChomskyOur friends Freddy Lozano and Jairo Quiroz of Sintracarbon, the union at the Cerrejon mine, are in Davos at the counter-World Economic Forum meetings, where they received the Public Eye Positive Award from Greenpeace and the Berne Declaration. The award goes to "the most courageous employees for their exemplary engagement in their company." For more information, see below

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(from Avi)------------Witness for Peace DelegationAppalachia and Colombia:THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE COALMay 28, 2009 - June 06, 2009Almost half of the electricity in the United States comes from burning coal. This delegation takes participants to two regions devastated by coal mining, in Kentucky and northern Colombia.Appalachia: May 28-31We start in Kentucky, with a Mountain Witness Tour sponsored

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(suggested by Avi)-----------JANUARY 15, 2009, 9:11 A.M. ETCoal Industry Digs Itself Out of a Hole in the CapitolSupport From EPA, Energy Nominees Signals Obama Team Headed Toward Center on Matter of Fossil Fuels and Carbon EmissionsArticleInteractive GraphicsCommentsmore in Politics » By STEPHEN POWER and SIOBHAN HUGHESWASHINGTON-- Big Coal is on a roll in the nation's capital, winning early

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(from Avi) --Garry's book includes a section on Colombia's coal region and our campaign over the past few years------------AviHi,A Bodyin a HoleExcerpt from Beyond Bogotá: Diary of a Drug War Journalist in Colombia (Beacon Press, 2009)In August 2006, independent journalist Garry Leech was detained by FARC guerrillas and held at gunpoint for eleven hours on a farm in La Macarena National Park in

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http://www.salemnews.com/archivesearch/local_story_008233036.htmlLetter: Salem helped win compensation for coal mine's neighbors January 09, 2009 05:24 am—To the editor: Many people in Salem, including Mayor Driscoll and the Salem City Council, as well as members of HealthLink, have lent their support to the small Colombian village of Tabaco, violently displaced in 2001 by the Cerrejon coal mine

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(sentby -- AviChomsky) ----------FromRichardSolly, a Colombian solidarity activist in London, U.K. Reflection on the December 2008 agreement between Cerrejon Coal andthe Tabaco Relocation Committee by Richard Solly The signing of an agreement between Cerrejon Coal and the TabacoRelocation Committee is historic and truly welcome. According toArmando Perez, the Committee's legal adviser, the

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This is truly a historic moment. Avi------------------- PRESS RELEASEBogotá, December 15th, 2008 Cerrejón and the Tabaco Relocation Committee reached a final agreement We are pleased to announce that on 12th December, 2008, Cerrejón and the Tabaco Relocation Committee (TRC) reached a final agreement, which brings outstanding resettlement issues to a close. In 2001-2002, the company’s land

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[from Avi Chomsky ] --The Sintracarbon union at the Cerrejon mine is about to enter into collective bargaining negotiations with the company.  As in the 2006 bargaining round, the union is including a strong demand regarding the rights of the communities in the area.  Below, in English (my translation) and Spanish, is the language they have included regarding communities: NEW ARTICLE 15. 

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(sent by Avi Chomsky )-------Colombians view plantBy Grant WelkerHerald News Staff ReporterPosted Nov 24, 2008 @ 10:39 PMSomerset —They have toiled for more than 20 years to get the coal out of ground of their sprawling Colombian open pit mines, but had never seen until Monday where all that material — valuable enough to be controlled by paramilitary groups and dangerous enough to injure or

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(for more info, email Avi Chomsky)---------THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE COALCOLOMBIAN UNION LEADERSSPEAK AT ENCUENTRO 5, CHINATOWNCoal provides almost 50% of the electricity produced in the United States. Much of that coal—including what's burned at the Salem and Brayton Point plants in Massachusetts—comes from two giant, multinational mines in Colombia.In Colombia, some of the most powerless

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(from Avi Chomsky) --From the Birmingham News. These are the folks who will be in Salem/Boston next week.----------------Activists protest Drummond Co.'s employment practices, protectionof union workersFriday, November 21, 2008ROY L. WILLIAMSNews staff writerA group of Colombian union workers and peace activists on Thursday afternoon staged a protest in Linn Park against Drummond Co., accusing

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COLOMBIAN UNION LEADERSSPEAK AT SALEM STATE Coal provides almost 50% of the electricity produced in the United States. Much of that coal—including what’s burned at the Salem and Brayton Point plants in Massachusetts—comes from two giant, multinational mines in Colombia. In Colombia, some of the most powerless people-indigenous people with no resources, no electricity, no

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Coal carves a place in the future of global energy/Los Angeles Times Email Picture El Cerrejon THE SOURCE: At Colombia’s El Cerrejon mine, a fleet of electric shovels runs around the clock to extract the coal that helps meet energy demands in Chile, the Netherlands and elsewhere. As the price of oil and natural gas soars, many customers are looking to coal as an alternative fuel. That

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from Avi Chomsky:See details below. Drummond workers are asking for our support. Please contact to Garry Drummond (email, address, and phone below) with a copy to the union, asking the Company to negotiate fairly and in good faith with the union.Avi Drummond Co., Inc.P.O. Box 10246Birmingham, Alabama 35202 Phone: (205) 945-6300 info@drummondco.com Please send a copy to:

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