Pope Benedict’s first visit to Washington, DC, although cordial, highlights the sharp differences between Catholic social teaching and the foreign and social policy of the Bush Administration. While the Pope was arriving in D.C., car bombs in Iraq laced the streets with flying shards of death, and the President continues to brandish the wounded U.S. military and threatened Iran. read more
Dear Member of Congress,
On the occasion of the 4th Leaders Summit of the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), to be held in New Orleans on April 21-22, we take this opportunity to call on all members of Congress to educate themselves on the SPP, which was never brought to Congress for debate or vote. Our concerns include the opaque and undemocratic nature of the SPP, its definition of "prosperity" as the expansion of a failed trade model, and its definition of "security" as the expansion of military force and the restricting of civil liberties.
This is from the Jubilee USA Network Legislation To Expand Debt Cancellation to Poor Countries, Reform IMF/World Bank Lending Practices Passes House Financial Services Committee Full House of Representatives Expected to Consider Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation Next Week
April 21 – 23, 2008 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Coming together for our communities Linking the Gulf Coast struggle to the fight for the survival of communities in Mexico, Canada, & the rest of the United Statesread more
Address by Elizabeth Garcia Carillo for Ecumenical Advocacy Days March, 2008 As part of our advocacy efforts to stop the U.S. Free Trade Agreement with Colombia, ART hosted Elizabeth Garcia Carillo for a week of visits to key members of Congress in order to speak about the impact of the FTA on indigenous, Afro-Colombian and displaced populations. Elizabeth represents the Confederation of Tryona Peoples, and is a lawyer for the Process for Black Communities, an umbrella organization of Afro -Colombian communities and organizations.
President Bush is threatening to force a vote on the Free Trade Agreement over the objection of Congressional leadership!. Most recently, the Administration has said that it will be introduced immediately after the March recess. read more
Any sustainable future in Haiti requires a re-energized rural economy. This article provides some excellent background on the destruction of Haiti’s aricultural economy and student demands to change course.
Miskito communities in Waspam are working hard to build homes from salvaged lumber before the next rains set in. See our full report.
The people of Colombia are facing a pivotal moment. The Bush and Uribe Administrations and U.S. corporate power have launched an all out campaign to whitewash the human rights situation in Colombia in order to push a Free Trade Agreement between our countries. The U.S.
