The Latin American Solidarity Network (LASNET) present:

'A report from the Borderlands of Mexico and the US'

Thursday March 4, 7PM
Northcote Uniting Church
251 High St.
Northcote

Mexico-US Border, "the laboratory of the future?" a quote from Charles Bowden.

Award-winning radio documentary producer, LASNET co-founder, Colm McNaughton will talk and show photographs about his recent experiences in the borderlands of Mexico and the United States.

Colm recently returned from a four month visit to Guatemala and Mexico where, among other things he was making two radio documentaries for the 360 program which is part of Radio National ABC.

Chile 20 years after the so called “Chilean Democracy”

Chilean People facing new challenges under pro-Pinochet rightwing government

DIRECTOR PENNY GLASS FROM CHILE COMMUNITY ThHEATRE “PASMI” SPEAKING AT MELBOURNE - AUSTRALIA

This event also will be A Night in Solidarity with community actions in Chile supporting poor people and Indigenous Mapuche people affected by the recent earthquake.

Saturday March 6, 7pm
251 High Street
Northcote

Toast and drinks afterwards celebrating International Women’s Day

Presenting a short documentary: “De la carreta al teatro” - Pasmi’s community theatre work in prisons. In Spanish with English subtitles.

Since 1994, Teatro Pasmi has worked in Santiago with diverse communities, those which are marginalised and excluded from the “success-oriented” and individualistic mainstream.

“The recent elections (January 17, 2010) proved the failure of the Concertación coalition (Social-democrat Coalition in government since 1990 after Pinochet Dictatorship) to make profound reforms in Chilean society and, with the Piñera government (Pro-Pinochet sectors which will take office next March 11), we can only expect a direct attack on community activism, social programs and workers’ rights.”

URGENT ACTION

http://glasgowchiapassolidaritygroup.wordpress.com/
http://www.frayba.org.mx

Forced displacement of indigenous communities in Montes Azules, Chiapas, perpetrated by the federal and state governments

Imminent threat of further displacement of indigenous communities in Montes Azules

On 21 and 22 January 2010, there were two communities operating in Laguna Sigh or The Stallion and Laguna San Pedro San Pedro or guanylate in the municipality of Ocosingo latter Support Base of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (BAEZLN ) who were evicted from the Montes Azules Biosphere.

According to government sources, the operation was coordinated action between elements of the Special Police of the Attorney General of the State of Chiapas, Secretary of Citizen Security and Safety, Attorney General’s Office, Federal Office for Environmental Protection Commission National Protected Natural Areas, and representatives of State Human Rights.

According to testimonies of displaced families in the community Laguna Sigh, on Thursday, January 21, 2010 around 11am helicopters arrived ( between 3 and 5), with approximately 60 policemen, dressed in black uniforms and camouflage. The police pulled out of her house violently Ms Maria Cortes Perez (hereinafter Mary) and Magdalena Garcia Cortes (the Magdalene) and concentrated in the center of town and then uploaded them to the helicopter and moved forcefully them to the municipality of Palenque. The eviction took place without notice, without showing any official document, without any explanation and without allowing any membership charge.

Trades Hall 7:00pm 11th February 2009

Fundraiser for the Zapatista Community Hacia la Esperanza

The Zapatistas, masked rebels of the Lacondon Jungle have revealed themselves in the award winning 2009 film directed by Alberto Cortés: Corazon del Tiempo

In La Esperanza de San Pedro, Chiapas, in the midst of the Zapatista struggle, Sonia, a member of the community, is about to be married. Her dowry, a cow, has been delivered. Her boyfriend’s family has been spoken to… However, Sonia is in love with another: an insurgent. Now, the EZLN has a problem on their hands and the entire community must come together so that the voice of its members can be heard and respected; and so that duty can be overcome by love.

We would like to thanks all of you for supporting the Latin American people through the Latin American Solidarity Network (LASNET) during 2009...

Thanks a lot for everything

We hope for 2010 new victories and achievements and we wish to everyone a happy New Year (never is to late), and new commitments in the struggles for a better world...with dignity and without injustices. We expect that 2010 bring success in our mutual collaboration and more opportunities to work together supporting our communities and grassroots organisations...all the best

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Cheers

Latin American Solidarity Network (LASNET)

Info in Spanish/Castellano

Against the Honduras Coup, stolen land and violence against Mapuche People (Indigenous people in Chile-Argentina), and repression of Workers, Indigenous and poor Communities in Colombia

download PDF flyer HERE

No to U.S. Military bases in Honduras and Colombia!

Saturday 21 November 2009
Upstairs Gallery, Hut 13 Addison Road Centre,
142 Addison Road, Marrickville

program and speakers

Confirmed Speakers:
Santiago Reyes (spends 6 months annually in Honduras, Representative of National Resistance Front Against the Coup in Honduras and permanent member of Latin America Social Forum)
Rosie Wong (activist who was in Honduras in September 2009)
Peter Ross (School of Latin American Studies, UNSW)
Kylie Benton-Connell (FoE Sydney, about examples of impacts and resistance to carbon trading)
Possible: Juan Almendarez (FoE Honduras, TBC Skype pending our technical capacity)

International Speakers visiting Australia

Pascual Pichún (Mapuche leader who was detained 5 years accused of “terrorism” in Chile),
Dubán Vélez (Colombian Union Leader) more details www.latinlasnet.org

"First Nations people, Grassroots movements and popular governments can change the world"...

The Third Latin American & Asia Pacific Solidarity Gathering will take place next October 23-25 at Victoria Trades Hall, corner of Victoria & Lygon Streets, Carlton South, Melbourne - Australia

Press Release
Gathering Background
Call & Contents
Gathering Program


Download flyer in PDF here, you can copy and distributed

Also you can copy the flyer clicking on the left column

Some main themes:

"People's Struggles against Multinationals, New Imperialist experiments economies";
"Social and grassroots movements building popular/community alternatives";
"Exploring people's power from progressives Latin American Countries";
"Women, Indigenous and Workers organising for new Alternatives";
"Environmental, Social and grassroots movements building popular/community alternatives";
“Food sovereignty, Human rights, Civil liberties... What we can do to fight Climate Change?”

Friday 23, from 6:30pm: Cultural Reception and welcome to country to international and national speakers;

Saturday 24, 10:30am-6pm main sessions, round tables, film documentaries, Latin food, cultural expressions;

Saturday 24, 7:30pm Dinner-Cultural Night Peña

Sunday 25, 11am-6pm resolutions, workshops report back, planning for the future, get together, music, poetry, Andean music;

Australian grassroots solidarity activists will be joined by activists and organisers from Latin America & Asia Pacific region to plan, evaluate and celebrate the growing of Latin America and Asia Pacific solidarity movement in Australia.

There has been another massacre of Indigenous People in Narino, southwestern Colombia.

According to initial reports by ONIC, Colombia’s National Organization of Indigenous People, early morning (August 26, 2009, at 5:00 AM) a group of armed “men dressed in military uniforms, without insignia and wearing masks, fired indiscriminately at the house of an Awá family” on the Gran Rosario indigenous reservation in the municipality of Tumaco.

“As a consequence of this macabre act, approximately eight members of the Awá people were murdered,” including 3 children ages 1, 8 and 10.

However, more recent reports from ONIC, as well as one from Survival International, indicate there were 12 Awa killed in the attack, possibly 5 children.

Invitation

Australia-Honduras Solidarity Coalition

Meeting Wednesday August 26th, at FoE, 312 Smith St. Collingwood, from 7:00PM...

Due to different people and groups concerns about the situation in Honduras after 50 days of the military/oligarchy coup, action that the majority of the countries condemned , despite the international rejection of the coup, the violation of the fundamental human rights that until today are violated.

The defacto coup government and its military forces are increasing the violence against the resistance movements of the Honduran people, who are the only real obstacle standing in the way of the oligarchy's plans. The resistance against the coup is growing; the National resistance front, many grassroots organisations and indigenous groups are joining together in struggle to bring democracy, justice and peace to this poor and violated country in Central America.

Through all the different activities and calls made by the Latin American Solidarity Network (LASNET) in support Honduran struggle and the many request sent from e-mails, discussed in meetings and phones calls to organise a real campaign denouncing this outraged situation; denouncing that people are persecuted, disappeared, incarcerated and killed, already more than 10 letters had been sent...we need to do something more.