----- Original Message ----- From: Brad Sigal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 10:00 AM Subject: [activistcolombia] CAN Points of Unity > Hello everyone, > > The CAN conference this past weekend was great! We had lots of great > discussions and got quite a bit done. One of the things we accomplished was > we defined the network's points of unity, which I'm posting here. We had > some really good discussions in coming up with these points of unity, and we > were able to come up with these points that brought together people with > very different ideologies and perspectives, but who all want to work to stop > what the U.S. is doing in Colombia. > > Everyone felt very strongly that we don't want to exclude anyone based on > whether or not they support the guerrillas in Colombia--we want to unite > everyone who is against U.S. military aid to make as big and as powerful of > an anti-war movement as possible. We encourage everyone who basically > agrees with the following points of unity to join together with the CAN to > stop U.S. military aid to Colombia! > > ---Brad, MN Anti-War Committee > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Points of Unity of the COLOMBIA ACTION NETWORK (CAN) > > 1. We oppose U.S. intervention in Colombia. > > 2. We uphold the right to self-determination of the Colombian people as they > struggle for social and economic justice. > > 3. We oppose fumigation: the chemical or biological methods of crop > eradication. > > 4. We denounce the systematic utilization of paramilitary forces by the > U.S.-backed Colombian state and call for their dismantling. > > 5. We oppose the attacks on people of color and poor people in Colombia and > in the U.S. under the guise of the so-called "war on drugs." > > _____________________________________________________ > Approved April 8, 2001 at the CAN Founding Conference, Chicago, IL > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > _______________________________________________ Marxist-Leninist-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/marxist-leninist-list
