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Amid the optimism prompted by the peace deal between the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the government of President Juan Manuel Santos, it is easy to assume the slaughter of trade unionists and other activists is a thing of the past. However, 534 people were murdered from 2011 to last year — 134 of those trade unionists — according to Justice for Colombia, the British trade union-based campaign against paramilitary violence against the Colombian labour movement. At the July policy conference of Britain's largest trade union, Unite, Colombian Oil Workers' Union (USO) president Cesar Loza and international secretary Hector Vaca told delegates how their comrades continue to face death threats. They said the struggle for social justice had not ended with the ceasefire. https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/62505 _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
