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Leading Territorial Resistance: The Voices of Three Colombian Women Leaders
By Jessica Garcia On this March 8th, the Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective honours the women who resist in their territories across...
Mar 8, 202210 min read
U.S Sends Troops to Fight Unarmed Poor People in Colombia
The United States Army is deploying a “company-sized” Special Forces team to support and advise Colombian anti-narcotics operations beginning June 1, 2020. Essentially, they are helping Colombian security forces fight unarmed campesinos by destroying over 235,000 families' only form of subsistence, growing coca leaf. All of this in the midst of a global pandemic. According to the U.S Army’s Southern Command, “the team will work with host units in areas designated by the Colom
Jun 2, 20205 min read


A Pocket of Resistance in Colombia's Countryside: Campesino Alternatives in Northern Cauca
Last week, our Colombia International Team, along with New England regional organizer Lee Schlenker, accompanied Leider Valencia of COCCAM
Feb 5, 20202 min read


U.S Continues to Fund Forced Eradication as Small-scale Farmers Face New Wave of Assassinations
To date, 53 members of COCCAM have been murdered with each member of the national body threatened individually and collectively.
Dec 13, 20194 min read


Refueling a Vicious Cycle
By Bart Evans Coalition Coordinator, Student Action with Farmworkers In the 17 years since NAFTA went into effect, agribusiness seems...
Oct 11, 20113 min read

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