Links

U.S. Activist Groups:

Anti-War Committee (antiwarcommittee.org)
Based in Minneapolis/St Paul, the Anti-War Committee (AWC) is a grassroots activist group that organizes in opposition to U.S. intervention in Iraq, Palestine, and Colombia. The AWC is a founding member of the Colombia Action Network.

Campaign for Justice at Coca-Cola (cokewatch.org)
The Steelworkers have supported the beverage workers’ union, SINALTRAINAL, by organizing for a national boycott of all Coca-Cola products and by filing lawsuits in U.S. Courts on behalf of union and the people of Colombia.

Committee to Free Lori Berenson (freelorig.org)

The Committee to Free Lori Berenson, a project of the Committee for Inter-American Human Rights, was formed in order to defend the basic human rights that Lori has been wrongfully denied while she was defending the rights of others. Our goal is to pressure the United States, and Peruvian governments to act to secure Lori's release from her wrongful incarceration, and to spread the word about the human rights abuses that still occur in Perú.

Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (cispes.org)
CISPES has a long history of Latin American solidarity organizing and does a lot of organizing around free trade issues.

Community Action for Justice in the Americas (caja.org)
This is a grassroots organization in Missula, MT which has lead anti-Coke organizing and Colombia solidarity organizing on campus and in the community. They have participated in the CAN days of national action.

Corporate Campaign - Killer Coke (killercoke.org)
The corporate campaign has a long history of union solidarity work – including the famous Hormel Strike in Austin, MN in the 1980s. They have developed a campaign which targets campuses and unions to support SINALTRAINAL’s call for a boycott for all Coca-Cola made products.

Global Exchange (globalexchange.org)

Global Exchange is an international human rights organization dedicated to promoting environmental, political and social justice. Since our founding in 1988, we have increased the US public's global awareness while building partnerships worldwide.

Global Exchange has worked in Latin America on several diverse issues including human rights campaigns in Brazil, Cuba, Colombia and Mexico; Economic Rights campaigns against policies and agreements damaging to local populations such as the WTO, IMF, World Bank, NAFTA and now the FTAA. We raise public awareness about these issues through educational action campaigns, speaking tours and grassroots advocacy in the United States. In addition, through our Reality Tours, we have taken thousands of US citizens to Cuba, Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Brazil, Argentina, and Venezuela to see for themselves the realities of Latin America and grassroots led struggles.

Global Exchange is committed to supporting the struggles for environmental, social and economic justice in Latin America, as the rest of the world.

International Action Center (iacenter.org)
Information, Activism, and Resistance to U.S. Militarism, War, and Corporate Greed. IAC has sent several delegations to Colombia and the IAC website has a Colombia page.

International ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) (internationalanswer.org)
ANSWER has organized several national demonstrations in Washington DC, and their website has information and activist resources for resisting U.S. militarism, war, and corporate greed, linking with struggles against national oppression and exploitation within the United States.

Latin America Solidarity Coalition (lasolidarity.org)
The Latin America Solidarity Coalition (LASC) is an association of national and local US-based grassroots Latin America and Caribbean solidarity groups. LASC’s goal is to serve as a sustainable point of political convergence to help build a truly progressive Latin America solidarity movement.

March on the RNC and Stop the War (marchonrnc.org)
The Coalition in the Twin Cities organizing the anti-war march on September 1, 2008 at the Republican National Convention. The demands are troops out of Iraq now, money for human needs not for war, say no to the Republican agenda, and demand peace, justice and equality! The Colombia Action Network is a part of this coalition.

Mexico Solidarity Network (mexicosolidarity.org)

The Mexico Solidarity Network is a coalition of organizations struggling for democracy, economic justice and human rights on both sides of the US-Mexico border.

The program of the Network also reflects our commitment to developing effective bi-national strategies within civil society to confront common problems. Our program increases links between Mexican and US-based civil society; increases educational opportunities so that people on both sides of the border can better understand their common problems and can develop effective strategies; and increases opportunities for strategic, effective activism that will impact bi-national policies.

National Committee to Free Ricardo Palmera (freericardopalmera.org)
Ricardo Palmera a key leader of Colombia’s largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), was handed over to U.S. custody on December 31, 2004. Palmera is now sitting in a U.S. jail awaiting trial in Federal Court. The National Committee to Free Ricardo Palmera campaigns for Palmera's democratic rights and freedom.

Protest RNC 2008 (protestrnc2008.org)
This is an activist network in the Twin Cities of groups organizing events for September 1-4. 2008 at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, MN.

United Steel Workers of America (uswa.org)
USWA is a national trade union in the U.S. which has shown considerable solidarity with the movements for peace and justice in Colombia.

United Students Against Sweatshops (studentsagainstsweatshops.org)