Salon Discussion: January 19th, 2017 at 7:00 PM Detalles en español abajo del texto en inglés. Build solidarity from below and to the Left, as they say in Chiapas. In early December, the DJPC-Korbel School delegation visited Chiapas and witnessed the poisoning of the very water people rely on to survive. Relentless pursuit of titanium … Continue reading Environmental Justice and Resistance to Mining in Chiapas. January 19th
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We are strong because of you, your financial support makes all this work possible.
November 30th 2016 Dear DJPC Supporters, As we near the end of 2016, DJPC is more important than ever. When the US engaged in interventionist support to dictators in 1980s Central America, DJPC was here. When the US pushed neoliberal economic restructuring on 1990s Latin America, DJPC was here. When the US engaged in neo-imperial … Continue reading We are strong because of you, your financial support makes all this work possible.
Salon Discussion with Kathy Bougher: «Reproductive Justice from El Salvador to the U.S.: Nations, Laws and Your Body»
Kathy Bougher is a Denver-based activist, educator, and writer involved in the immigrant rights movement, feminist movements and other social justice struggles in El Salvador, Mexico and Denver. She is involved in the feminist movement for reproductive justice in El Salvador, through both direct participation in the movement and through her contributions to the online … Continue reading Salon Discussion with Kathy Bougher: «Reproductive Justice from El Salvador to the U.S.: Nations, Laws and Your Body»
Today: Defending the Earth and Its Land: A History of Criminalization and Stigmatization
Mexican Environmental, Indigenous, and Social Justice Organization to Receive Human Rights Award from Denver Justice and Peace Committee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 26th, 2016 Mexican Environmental, Indigenous, and Social Justice Organization to Receive Human Rights Award from Denver Justice and Peace Committee On Saturday, October 29st, the Denver Justice and Peace Committee (DJPC) will present its annual Global Justice & Peace Award 2016 to Otros Mundos, represented by Claudia Ramos at the Highlands … Continue reading Mexican Environmental, Indigenous, and Social Justice Organization to Receive Human Rights Award from Denver Justice and Peace Committee
Global Justice & Peace awards: Saturday October 29th.
This year’s Global Justice & Peace Award goes to Otros Mundos de Chiapas. Otros Mundos de Chiapas is committed to the search for alternatives to the social, economic, political and environmental crisis that we face in the current system of capitalist domination. In the struggle for the defense of the land, territories, and alternative strategies … Continue reading Global Justice & Peace awards: Saturday October 29th.
Earth Women Rising: Maxima Acuña. October 14th at 2:00 PM
Some Background On TPP by Harriet Mullaney
These Letters to the Editor are published in the October edition of Greater Park Hill News (Denver). Please bring these items to the attention of Reps. DeGette, Perlmutterer, and Polis. Letters to the Editor October 1, 2016 · by newspaper537 · in Uncategorized Some Background On TPP Dave Felice’s September City Matters column about Flobots … Continue reading Some Background On TPP by Harriet Mullaney
Letter of Concern to Newmont Mining Corporation: Chaupe Family
September 21, 2016 Newmont Mining Corporation Corporate Headquarters 6363 South Fiddler’s Green Circle Greenwood Village, CO 80111 We have recently learned that Máxima Acuña Chaupe, winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize, and her husband Jaime Chaupe, have been severely injured as a result of an attack by personnel at the Yanacocha mine owned by Newmont … Continue reading Letter of Concern to Newmont Mining Corporation: Chaupe Family
Tell Newmont: drop your lawsuit against Máxima!
DJPC sisters and brothers: Yesterday, September 18th, at around 9.30 a.m. local time, “people hired by mining firm Yanacocha illegally broke into the property and started damaging the lot with various tools,” said Ysidora Chaupe, daughter of Acuña and Jaime Chaupe. Click on the link to read the full article. http://www.yestolifenotomining.org/peru-maxima-acuna-and-partner-attacked-by-mining-firms-guards/ Lea el articulo sobre … Continue reading Tell Newmont: drop your lawsuit against Máxima!