Central America

Worker Solidarity After the Work is Gone: The Story of Fuerza Unida

San Antonio, TX, 2006. Petra Mata and Viola Casares, co-directors of Fuerza Unida. Photo: Storycorps (www.storycorps.org)
Authors: Alyson Lie

Summary:"I remember when we had our first protests we used to hide our faces behind the poster boards because we were nervous and embarrassed."

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The Immigration System: Maybe Not So Broken

Los Angeles, California, May 1, 2005. On May Day, immigrants and their supporters filled the streets of Los Angeles twice in one day -- a huge march downtown, and another through the Wiltshire Districtís Miracle Mile. Marchers protested anti-immigrant bil
Authors: David L. Wilson

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Why do we so rarely hear the views of the people most directly affected -- the millions of undocumented immigrants themselves?

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Long-Awaited Change Comes to El Salvador

Voter in El Salvador
Authors: Lisa Fuller

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This was unlike any other election since the end of the civil war in 1992: never before had the FMLN maintained such a steady lead in the opinion polls, and never before had the US government so thoroughly sought to remove its influence from Salvadoran internal politics.

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On Beyond Coffee: Fair Trade and Workers' Rights in a Changing Economy

El Salvador demonstration
Authors: Stephen Coats

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While Fair Trade certification is an important instrument for making positive change, the most fundamental issue for workers in the Global South is the rules of global trade.

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Safe Abortion in Latin America & the Caribbean: A Demand for Social Justice, Human Rights, and Democracy

Authors: Deborah Meachem

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Feminist Declaration: From the Americas Social Forum in Guatemala

Woman with microphone
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A good life must be based on an equal distribution of power.

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Justice is Served: Restaurant Workers Organize in the US and Around the World

New York City, April 10, 2008. Delivery workers protest low wages at the Saigon Grill in Union Square. Photo: Dan Melinger
Authors: Saru Jayaraman

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As long as you’re thinking about sustainable and local food, let’s talk about sustainable labor conditions too, because you’re never going to have a sustainable food system without sustainable labor conditions.

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SECURITY WITHOUT EMPIRE:A NATIONAL ORGANIZING CONFERENCE ON FOREIGN MILITARY BASES

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The Suchitoto 13: An Update from El Salvador

February, 2007. ''Women demand the repeal of the anti-terrorist law.'' Seven hundred Salvadorans made a three-day march from Suchitoto to San Salvador for the freedom of the "Suchitoto 13," political prisoners detained under an El Salvador law modeled on
Authors: Cristina Damon

Summary:In the year following the arrest of fourteen social movement activists in Suchitoto, there have been gains for the Salvadoran social movement; however, there have also been significant losses.

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The Logic of Solidarity: A Revitalized Vision of the UN

Monrovia, Liberia. An International Women's Day march from the center of Monrovia to the Liberian Supreme Court. Photo: UN/Eric Kanalstein

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Love prompts us to take action in the construction of a more just and nonviolent world, with solidarity as its most important feature.

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