HSA BULLETIN July 14, 2008
HEMISPHERIC SOCIAL ALLIANCEwww.asc-hsa.org 1. National Strike in Peru 2. Mobilization around the G8 Summit.
Please Call your Senators and Urge them to Co-sponsor the Jubilee Act
Please call your Senator(s) today and urge them to co-sponsor the Jubilee Act if they have not already. Adding more Senators as co-sponsors will help build political momentum for passage.If your Senators have both co-sponsored (this is true if you live in Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, New York, Connecticut, or Oregon), you can still help. Please call to thank them and urge them to do what they can to ensure the bill passes the full Senate. You can see a full list of co-sponsors here read more
ART-RECALCA Statement on McCain's visit to Colombia
Joint Statement of the Alliance for Responsible Trade (U.S.) and RECALCA (Colombia)
Relaunching of National Campaign "Sin Maíz no hay País"! (Without Corn there is No Country).
Call to the second phase of the National Campaign Sin Maíz no hay País campaign.
HSA Bulletin June 23, 2008
HEMISPHERIC SOCIAL ALLIANCEALIANZA SOCIAL CONTINENTAL http://www.asc-hsa.org
The Future of Mexico´s Oil: Social action to stop the energy grab!
In Mexico, as in the U.S. and Canada, citizens and democrats wish to "close the revolving door between the executive branch and K street (corporate) lobbying …". Mexicans are currently mobilizing to stop the deeply un-democratic practice of lobbyists [writing] national policies [i] From Barack Obama’s Blueprint for ChangeMexico is in the middle of one
Letter from Evo Morales regarding proposed new European Union Immigration policies
Regarding "The Return Directive" Until the end of the Second World War, Europe was a continent of emigrants. Tens of millions of Europeans came to the Americas to colonize, escape hunger, financial crisis, wars, European totalitarianisms and the persecutions of ethnic minorities. Today, I am following with deep concern the approval process of the
ASC-HSA Bulletin June 13, 2008
1) Bolivia: Evo Morales’ Letter, on E.U. immigration policies. 2) Brazil: Social movements protest big business and Lula’s neo-liberal politics 3) The FAO Summit in Roma was a complete failure 4) Argentina: Two looks at the conflict between the government and the "ruralistas" 5) Ecuador: Open letter in support of the Debt Audit Commission __________________________________________________________________ read more
HSA Bulletin June 6, 2008
1) The new referendums in Bolivia were marked by a high level of abstention 2) Peru’s proposal about Decision 486 will be voted on June 21st 3) Ecuador: An audit of the external debt continues 4) Mexico: Food for Mexico’s campesinos: Hunger doesn’t wait 5) Central America: U.S. objectives move forward in Plan Puebla Panama and the Mérida initiative 6) Colombia: Government represses indigenous social mobilization with lethal weaponsread more
Trade As If People and Earth Matter: A Working Document on Alternatives
International trade can be one engine of economic progress for developing countries.But the United States and developing countries alike need fair and just trade agreements that are genuinely shaped to meet the goals of sustainable development and poverty reduction.