Dozens killed in Peru as indigenous resist takeover of the Amazon

On Friday, June 5th, 2009 over 60 indigenous demonstrators and 20 police officers were killed in the province of Bagua in Peru.  600 police and helicopters fired live rounds of ammunition and tear gas into a peaceful blockade of a road leading into the Amazon and indigenous lands.  Activists and people in the Bagua province […]

DRAFT CALL TO ACTION: 10th Anniversary of 1999 WTO Protests

CAGJ will be working over the summer with others to build a broad alliance of individuals & organizations to make a Call for Actions this Fall.  Look for an updated Call in September. Community Alliance for Global Justice calls on all activists fighting for justice locally and globally to come together again in Seattle in […]

Carta abierta al Presidente de los Estados Unidos, Sin Maiz no hay Pais

An Open Letter to the President of the United States from the Without Corn there is no Country National Campaign (Sin Maiz no hay Pais), on the ocassion of Obama’s visit to Mexico. For more information see: www.anec.org.mx Carta abierta al Presidente de los Estados Unidos Nosotros, pueblo de México, también queremos renegociar el TLCAN […]

Witness for Peace and CAGJ Event a Success!

CAGJ recently co-sponsored an event at Seattle’s Labor Temple called “Let Us Eat! Food Security, Trade and Migration in the U.S. and Mexico as NAFTA Turns 15”. Witness for Peace took the lead on organizing this event, which was part of a northwest speaking tour of Baldemar Mendoza, an expert sovereignty and trade agreements from […]

Tell Washington State Members of Congress To Oppose Panama Trade Agreement

The office of the U.S. Trade Representative has said it wants to move forward this year with the Panama Free Trade Agreement — a trade deal negotiated by the Bush administration that repeats most of the same major problems found in NAFTA and CAFTA.  Bush’s Panama FTA represents business-as-usual on trade, and is not the […]

Ask your Congressmember to cosponsor the TRADE Act!

Finally – some change we can believe in! On June 4, 2008, Sen. Sherrod Brown and Rep. Mike Michaud introduced groundbreaking new legislation to reform U.S. trade policy. The Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment (TRADE) Act represents months (years!) of work by people committed to fixing the failed NAFTA model. It creates a positive […]

Thanks for making the March 1 Benefit a success!

Thank you to everyone who made our March 1 Benefit a great success – especially Nectar Lounge, Ruby Shuz and Supersones.  We also want to thank Corrugated Films and Moving Images for donating their films to the raffle!  Everyone had a blast and we raised much-needed funds to prepare for Spring and Summer organizing! Ruby […]

Confronting the Food Crisis Teach-in Session Notes

We are very excited to post notes from many of the sessions during our Teach-in, which happened this past December. Thank you to all the volunteer note-takers who compiled this information for us! Click here to view the session notes in a PDF document. Please feel free to browse these notes to get a feel […]