UN Report on Venezuela Blames the Victim for Human Rights Violations September 24, 2020 The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) issued a report on September 16 by the Independent Mission to Determine the Facts in Venezuela (Mission), which accuses Venezuela of extrajudicial executions, forced disappearances, arbitrary arrests, torture “and other cruel, inhuman or degrading … Read More
KEVIN ZEESE ¡PRESENTE! The peace and solidarity movement lost a giant when Kevin Zeese (October 28, 1955-September 6, 2020) passed. Kevin – along with his life partner Margaret Flowers – led in the most exemplary way by doing the heavy lifting, by encouraging and mentoring others, by strategically charting the course of action, and by … Read More
The Haiti Action Committee stands in solidarity with the determined resistance to police terror and white supremacy being led by Black people in the United States. We join with so many others to honor the memory of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the countless other Black people who have been murdered by police … Read More
The Task Force on the Americas stands in solidarity with the uprisings against systemic racism and police brutality and for justice. The police murder of George Floyd was the spark that ignited the tinder of accumulated experience of injustice not only throughout the US but internationally. What happened in Minneapolis on May 25th had its … Read More
By Bill Hackwell, Task Force Board member After being quarantined for 14 days upon arrival in South Africa the medical brigade from Cuba’s Henry Reeves has now been cleared to join the front lines with those saving lives in the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic. The 216 member group, made up of family physicians, epidemiologists, … Read More