A-Infos (en) PEOPLES' GLOBAL ACTION BUS TOUR!! to Build Resistance against Social, Cultural, and Political Genocide!

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 " Tour to Build Resistance against Social, Cultural, and Political 
Genocide! Plan Colombia/'War on Drugs' - An attack on people in Latin 
America and north america!"

> From: <oneworldnow@worldnet.att.net>
Plan Colombia/=91War on Drugs=92 - An attack on people in Latin America and
north america!

Washington DC -  May 16th 18th=20

Philadelphia, PA - May 19th =96 21st

New York City- May 22nd-24th,

Open Days Memorial Day weekend -  suggestions and requests welcome
Boston, MA - May 28th 30th, and Amherst MA June 1-3rd.

IF YOU WANT TO HELP WITH THE TOUR CONTACT oneworldnow@att.net OR CALL
727-896-8224

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WHAT THE TOUR WILL FOCUS ON
This organizing tour brings together speakers who represent some of the most
pro-active grass roots organizations in Latin America which have begun to
create non-violent alternatives to capitalism and speakers representing
Black, Latino, and working class organizations who are fighting against the
criminalization of poor communities and communities of color here in the US.


Discussion will focus on:

How the US government uses 'the war on drugs' to criminalize communities of
color and working class communities in the US, and how this is the same
philosophy being used in attacking the Colombian people.=20
The military and economic aspects of Plan Colombia and the relationship to
corporate and national interests.   How the military aspect of Plan Colombia
is the other "arm" of  "trade law" globalization.=20
How =93Plan Colombia=94 is the same 'arm of repression=92 that is being used in
communities of color, indigenous communities, and working class communities
in the US. =20
The relationship of corporate contractors now running "welfare to work
programs" and private prison systems in over ten states in the US and their
role as major military contractors providing the weapon systems (under US
government subsidies) for Plan Colombia.   
The use of genetically engineered defoliants in Colombia

Groups from Latin America Participating in the tour:

Proceso de Comunidades Negras: PCN =96 Colombia

ANUC-UR - Colombia - National Association of Peasants =96 Colombia

Organizacion   Femmina Popular O.F.P. - Colombia

Movimiento de la Juventud Kuna =96 Panama

Confederaci=F3n de Nacionalidades Ind=EDgenas del Ecuador (CONAIE - Ecuador

Come and help build this organizing tour!

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Help build for the joint Latin American and north american direct actions t=
o
=93stop Plan Colombia and to stop the criminalization of people in poor,
working class, and communities of color in north and Latin america!=94  In
every city where there is opposition to Plan Colombia and the
criminalization of communities of color and working class communities, ther=
e
will be direct actions exposing that the war on drugs is nothing but a war
on peoples movements.=20

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The PGA north american meeting in Amherst on June 1st =96 3rd will partly b=
e
an organizing meeting and will allow all those who want to build the tour
time and space to create a working group to coordinate the tour, and to
develop a long term strategy towards further organizing this movement.

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So what can you do?

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First!  If you know any groups who should be participating in helping to
organize the tour in the five cities that will be visited in May/June =96
please let us know by contacting us at oneworldnow@att.net.  Let us know th=
e
city, the group, an e-mail and phone number, and contact person.  We would
like to build these meetings in these five cities as broad as possible- bot=
h
to further develop the network and to bring the most diverse representation
of groups to the PGA meeting in Amherst, MA on June 1st =96 3rd.   At the
Amherst, MA meeting, a long-term strategy for developing a sustained global
action to stop Plan Colombia and to stop the criminalization of communities
of color and poor and working class communities in the Latin and north
america will be discussed.

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Secondly!   You can help organize for the Peoples=92 Global Action north
american meeting!  Your participation in the work groups at the PGA north
american meeting on developing strategies to stop Plan Colombia will be
instrumental in determining what cities the Fall organizing tour will visit=
.
Locations for the fall tour will be determined and finalized at the PGA
meeting in Amherst, MA based on an evaluation of the plenary work group as
to the ability of infrastructure and funding of all requesting locations.

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The list serve will act as a critical link in discussing planning of the
current tour and discussion of the PGA north american meeting in Amherst,
MA..   To join the list serve- e-mail us at pga-request@riseup.net  (please
include only the word =93subscribe=94 without quotes in body of the letter)=
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If you want to participate in decisions concerning the Fall PGA organizing
tour, please register for PGA north american meeting now - =20
napga@hotmail.com .           =20

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WE NEED MONEY =96 PLEASE HELP FINANCE THIS VERY IMPORTANT TOUR =96 CALL
727-896-8224

Short Bio of Participating Latin American Groups:

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Proceso de Comunidades Negras: PCN have played a key role in the creation o=
f
the Afro-American network and in its involvement in international processes
of coordinated resistance. The Black Communities Process (PCN) is one of th=
e
most important and creative autonomous movements of Colombia and Latin
America. The PCN=92s struggle has been based on the recognition of cultural=
,
ethnic (the right to their own identity) and collective territorial rights
and seeks to challenge Western modernization and development efforts for th=
e
vast rainforest region of the Colombian Pacific coast.

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The Colombian Pacific Coast is rich in natural resources (gold, timber,
biodiversity, water, fish, etc) and of interest to both legal and illicit
capitalist development. The Afrocolombian communities=92 collective land
rights are an obstacle to globalization. As a result, these communities hav=
e
been the targets of an intensified campaign of systematic violence and
terror leading to their massive forced displacement. Afro Colombian people
are the most affected among the 2 million forced internally displaced peopl=
e
in Colombia. As they leave behind their ancestral territories, these become
available for extraction and exploitation by global interests.

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The Black Peoples Process resists becoming symbols of an active and peacefu=
l
struggle facing a devastating process that has turned them into the main
victims of genocide. As of May 2000, military and paramilitary violence
against the Afro Colombian communities increased dramatically. Over 76 live=
s
have been lost from May to December 2000.

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ANUC-UR - Colombia - National Association of Peasants =96 ANUC-UR is an
independent rural organization affiliated with Via Campesina (as well as
with the Movemento Sem Terra in Brazil). In spite of the assassination of a
large number of its leaders, the peasants claim their rights by peaceful
means. At this difficult time they are faced with a gigantic battle against
agricultural reform being carried out by paramilitary groups and the
Convivir security cooperatives. The ANUC-UR has been the main support for
families forced into exile including those of Bellacruz, a property owned b=
y
the Ex-ambassador of Colombia in Brussels.=20

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Organizacion   Femmina Popular O.F.P.. Colombia =96 The OFP, Popular Women=
=92s
Organization is one of the most visible and exemplary women organizations i=
n
Colombia. Established in Barrancabermeja, home of the largest oil refinery
in Colombia and to the strongest popular social organizations and Unions in
the country, the town is the victim of the worse crimes against humanity in
Colombia. The May 1998 massacre in Barrancabermeja, one of many against
unarmed civilians by military and paramilitary forces, led to the Toronto
and Montreal tribunals where Canadian jurors heard evidence of military
involvement in this atrocities. The October 2000 Women=92s Path for Peace
rally took place in Barrancabermeja and was hosted by the OFP. This
organization has worked for justice and reciprocity from interpersonal to
collective, national and international relationships. Their leaders have le=
d
Unions, strikes, research projects, political projects, educational and
organizational national and international solidarity efforts. They have
fallen victims of state and paramilitary terror. Yet, they remain an exampl=
e
of strength and commitment against insurmountable obstacles.

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Movimiento de la Juventud Kuna; the youth movement of the Kuna people of
Panama, one of the first Latin American indigenous peoples to obtain
self-governance. . GOAL: To fortify the viability of the way of Kuna life.
2. GENERAL MISSION To equip Kuna Youth with the instruments necessary to
fulfill the goal. 3. OBJECTIVES ESPECIFICOS=20

=B7  To create and to foment in Kuna Youth the spirit of human solidarity
between the towns. =B7  To promote actually in theory and of educative
activities that contribute to the taking of individual conscience and
collective on the damages that cause the social problems. =B7  To take acti=
ve
part in the development from civic, cultural, social and moral the
well-being of the community. =B7  To provide a forum for the free and ample
discussion with all subject of public interest, except the partisan policy.
=B7  To promote to responsible people in the community and to stimulate the
efficiency and development of ethics elevated in the social life. =B7  To
organize and to execute compatible cultural and recreational activities to
the principles of the Movement of Kuna Youth. =B7  To promote, to organize,=
 to
program in activities the young people so that they become aware on the
damages that cause to the environmental contamination and the destruction o=
f
the ecosystem. =B7  To establish relations and interchanges of experience w=
ith
as much as international compatible national organisms.

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Confederaci=F3n de Nacionalidades Ind=EDgenas del Ecuador (CONAIE): the bac=
kbone
of indigenous organizing in Ecuador for decades; the main peasant movement
in Ecuador, strongly involved in the take-over of the Parliament in January
2000.  The CONAIE is an independent organization, does not depend on a
political party, nor on state, foreign or religious institutions. The CONAI=
E
responds to the historical necessity to fight by the rights of the
indigenous towns to construct a plurinacional state. The indigenous
nationalities we are towns that we have a same origin, a common history, ow=
n
languages, and that we are prevailed by own laws.=20

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The CONAIE supports the specific fights of the communities like the one to
equip with potable water and fight against governmental policies that
attempt against the indigenous towns. Thousands of natives we have risen
pacifically and with dignity, to make listen to our voices.    =20

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PGA web page=20
http://www.agp.org

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IF YOU WANT TO HELP ORGANIZE THE TOUR CONTACT  oneworldnow@att.net

OR CALL 727-896-8224


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