>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Support grows for > >INTERNATIONAL PROTESTS VS. CLINTON'S TRIP TO COLOMBIA AUG. 30 > >No to the Plan Colombia! > >Stop the U.S. war against Colombia! > > >23 August 2000 > > >When U.S. President Bill Clinton travels to Cartagena, Colombia on Aug. 30, >thousands of people in Colombia, the United States, and around the world will >hold demonstrations to protest the escalating U.S. military interve >ntion in Colombia. > > >The International Action Center (IAC) encourages all anti-war and progressive >forces to join in the Aug. 30 demonstrations, to organize pickets at U.S. >government offices and military recruiting centers, and to stage acti >vities to denounce the U.S. war in Colombia. > > >"Clinton's visit is a slap in the face to the millions of Colombians who are >struggling for peace with social justice," IAC leader Teresa Gutierrez said. > > >"The people of Colombia have spoken loud and clear: the Plan Colombia is an >act of war," she continued. "We will not sit by while the U.S. prepares >another Vietnam War." > > >In Colombia, union, peasant, student, political and community organizations >have announced plans for protests during Clinton's visit. Demonstrations are >also planned for New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta, Montreal >, Toronto, Stockholm, London, Buenos Aires, and other cities. > > >"The list of cities where Aug. 30 protests are taking place is growing every >day," Gutierrez said. > > >The Colombian government is holding talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces >of Colombia-People's Army at the same time that it is imposing drastic >IMF-sponsored austerity measures against the population. The Plan Colomb >ia is a $7.5 billion proposal to support the government's efforts to continue >the austerity and increase its military force. > > >Key to the plan is the $1.3 billion U.S. military aid signed by Clinton in >July. The package includes 60 combat helicopters, counterinsurgency training, >and deadly chemicals to be used on Colombian crops. In August, the f >irst detachment of nearly 100 U.S. Special Forces troops arrived in Colombia, >joining the 200-300 U.S. troops already there. > > >"If Clinton really wanted to wage a war on drugs, he would start by providing >jobs and education in the U.S. to decrease demand and provide drug treatment >to all who need it," Gutierrez charged. "He would investigate the >U.S. embassy in Bogot�, where U.S. Col. James Hiett presided over a >drug-running operation until last year, and would investigate the biggest >banks for the profits they make on drug funds." > > >Clinton's war plans must be challenged by the solidarity of the people of the >U.S. Stop the U.S. war in Colombia! > > >To endorse these actions, to send solidarity messages, or to inform us of >local activities, contact the IAC at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or (212) 633-6646. > >International Action Center >39 West 14th Street, Room 206 >New York, NY 10011 >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >web: www.iacenter.org >CHECK OUT THE NEW SITE www.mumia2000.org >phone: 212 633-6646 >fax: 212 633-2889 > _______________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________
