Latin America
114 Members of Congress Urge Re-engagement with Cuba
By Merriam Ansara Led by Representatives Jim McGovern (MA), Barbara Lee (CA), Bobby Rush (IL) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory Meeks (NY), 114 members of Congress sent a letter to President Biden on December 16th. It calls on the president to advance a […]
Activists Press McGovern for Action on Venezuela, Cuba, and Palestine
by Hector Figarella On November 12th, a group of constituents gathered with Congressman Jim McGovern (CD2-MA) outside of his Northampton office for the People’s Press Conference, organized by the Anti-Imperialist Action Committee, Massachusetts Peace Action (MPA), River Valley Democratic Socialist of America (DSA), Code Pink […]
Simonds Jilamito Rally: an Action Report
By Derek Sexton On November 15, in a Global Day of Action members of Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA) and Boston Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) traveled to Simonds Saws’ headquarters in Leominster to demand that Simonds cancel the Jilamito hydroelectric project in Honduras or divest […]
Nicaragua through My Own Eyes
by Yoav Elinevsky The country and people I saw in October 2021 were not what is presented about Nicaragua by the US government and the mainstream media. The Nicaraguans my delegation met with–from officials to workers–expressed pride in the country’s socio-economic achievements during the past […]
Illegal and Inhumane: Biden-Harris and Immigration
By Sunny Robinson The Biden Administration promised reformed and humane immigration policies. That is not what we are getting. “Illegal and Inhumane,” is how Harold Koh, a State Dept. Legal Adviser, described the Biden Administration’s escalation of Title 42 as its major immigration control tool. […]
Free Venezuelan Special Envoy Alex Saab, Kidnapped by the U.S. Government
by Yoav Elinevsky Western Massachusetts activists held a standout October 22 outside the office of Congressman McGovern in Northampton, to protest the kidnapping and jailing in the US of Colombian citizen and Venezuelan special envoy Alex Saab in violation of international law. For nearly a […]