upcoming lecture at UA- "Why the U.S. Government Sponsors War and Repression in Colombia"

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"Why the U.S. Government Sponsors War and Repression in Colombia"

An Evening with James Jordan, National Coordinator of Campaign for Labor Rights

 

	Thursday, November 19, 2009
	5:00pm - 6:30 pm
	313 Anderson Society Room in the Ferguson Student Center
	University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

Please join the Tuscaloosa chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in welcoming James Jordan, from Tuscon, AZ, to speak on the U.S.-funded war in Colombia.  James traveled on a delegation to Colombia in August, and saw firsthand the effects of Plan Colombia, the campaigns of terror against human rights activists, union members, journalists, and members of the political opposition, and the growing opposition to  U.S. military bases in Colombia.

James has been involved in Latin American solidarity organizing for over twenty years. During the 80's, he was a staff member at the Casa Maria Catholic Worker House and was a volunteer for the Sanctuary Movement, a modern-day underground railroad that helped relocate political refugees from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Colombia who were targeted due to US policies in the region. He was the Emergency Response Coordinator for the Venezuela Solidarity Network before taking his current position as National Coordinator for the Alliance for Global Justice's (AGL) Campaign for Labor Rights (CLR) in August of 2008.

This August, CLR, along with Colombia Action Network (CAN), lead a delegation to Colombia. The delegation was hosted by FENSUAGRO, Colombia's largest union of farmers and farm workers and, during their stay, met with Colombian farmers, Afro-Colombian refugees, sugar cane workers, cooperative members, families of political prisoners and those who have lost family members or are threatened by war.

Admission is free; Donations are tax deductible and will go to the Campaign for Labor Rights (CLR).

For more information about the event, please contact Chapin Gray at 251.605.7780 or at chapi...@gmail.com.