Solidarity

With courage, they walk into that dark night


By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com

Over
the years I've had the bounty of meeting many incredibly brave people.
People who face off with the military in Chiapas and look down the
barrels of AK47s. People who step softly and assuredly into prison time
and time again to expose the US reign of terror and torture. People who  read more »

Join the IFCO/Pastors for Peace Caravan to Honduras! April 2010

The
Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO)/Pastors for
Peace is organizing an historic solidarity and humanitarian aid caravan
to Honduras. It will be in support of communities and grassroots
organizations that are addressing issues of health and poverty.

En
route to delivering urgently needed material aid, the caravan will
visit cities throughout the US and Canada to inform about projects of  read more »

Haiti Relief

Dear friend of IFCO/Pastors for Peace,

In response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti, IFCO/Pastors for
Peace is supporting Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees (HWHR), Lakou
New  York, and Movement of Dominican Haitian Women (MUDHA) in rapidly
delivering humanitarian aid to the people of Haiti.  read more »

REMEMBER WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IMPERIALISM???

Haitians aren't living in hell just due to bad luck. It's called imperialism, stupid.

The following is from True/Slant.

US debt policies left Haiti vulnerable to catastrophe

Haitians protest against the cost of living on...

Haitians protest against the cost of living in Port-Au-Prince in 2008. Image by AFP/Getty Images via Daylife

The same message is resonating from all corners of the Internet: Poor Haiti. That little, miserable island just can’t catch a break, can it? Yes, thousands are feared dead, and the pictures coming in from Haiti are heartbreaking, but no one can be blamed for an earthquake.  read more »

The Pictures of War You Aren’t Supposed to See

by Chris Hedges  read more »

Gaza Freedom March: One Year after the Massacre

12/30/2009 - 19:00
12/30/2009 - 21:00
Etc/GMT-8

 

Traditions Cafe

300 5th Avenue SW, Olympia

December 30th, 7pm  read more »

"Honduran Elections": A Parody on Democracy - Laura Carlsen | December 7, 2009

Please Check the Americas Program website for urgent fundraising appeal. -Rick

Available in translation: "Elecciones en Honduras", una parodia de democracia

Americas Program, Center for International Policy (CIP)  read more »

URGENT: need for temporary and long term Spanish speaking foster parents for unaccompanied immigrant children.

I need your help getting the word out about a presentation
next Monday, December 14th, 7pm at Radio Ranch, 3102 8th Ave. NE,
Olympia.
Rosalinda Ramos from Catholic Community Services International Foster
Care will
talk about the urgent need for temporary and long term Spanish speaking
foster
parents for unaccompanied immigrant children. Please pass on this
information! More information scotts@scattercreek.com

 Thanks,
Scott

ESPAÑOL:  read more »

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