June 28th: Continental Day of Solidarity with Honduras
June 28th marks the anniversary of the U.S.-supported military coup in Honduras that has brought brutal repression on the Honduran people. Activists, human right defenders, opposition leaders, journalists and members of the LGBT community have been mercilessly targeted.
To commemorate the date, communities throughout the Continent, from Alaska to Patagonia, are being called to come together in a “Continental Day of Solidarity with Honduras” showing solidarity for the people in Honduras and voicing your opposition to militarization and criminalization of social protest. You can also be part of bringing the change: organize debates, plan educational tours, stage vigils and protests in front of embassies, and meet with authorities in order to reaffirm that we will not forget nor will we accept another U.S.-backed military coup in our hemisphere. With your actions, you will open the way toward another Honduras, which is both possible and necessary.
Please send information about your activities to:
fuerabases@gmail.com and americalatinadepaz@gmail.com
Click here to read the Call for Action issued by the Continental Campaign on May 17th, 2011.
Courageous Resistance Continues
As repression continues amidst rampant impunity, the courageous Honduran resistance is far from giving up and is preparing for a massive mobilization to mark the second anniversary of the military coup. On June 26th, 27th, and 28th, they are demanding that those responsible for the human rights abuses be brought to justice, the closure of foreign military bases, and the dismantling of a culture of militarization. International actions for the Hemispheric Day of Solidarity with Honduras will take place in front of Honduran embassies and consulates.
Click here to read the Call for Action issued by the National Hondurean Committee on June 12th.
Join the solidarity activities planned in several cities across the United States
Washington DC
- Friday, June 24th, 7:00PM: Concert with Pavel Núñez of Honduran Resistance Band Café Guancasco. RAS Cafe, 4809 Georgia Ave. NW. Cosponsored by: Hondureños por la Democracia and School of the Americas Watch
- Saturday, June 25th, 7:00PM Pavel Núñez and Artistas en Resistencia, 1114 Girard Street NW
- Tuesday, June 28th, 5:00PM: Street Theater Action, outside of Capitol South Metro. Volunteers needed. Contact Catalina Nieto for more information. Organized by a coallition of groups, including School of the Americas Watch.
New York
- Tuesday, June 28th, 6:00 PM, Concert with Pavel Núñez of Honduran Resistance Band Café Guancasco, Venezuelan Consulate, 7 East 51st Street, New York, NY 10022. Convocan: Honduras USA Resistencia, El Comité Solidario Con América Latina en el Centro de Acción Internacional and Organizacion Crisalidas.
Chicago
- Tuesday, June 28th, Film “Quién dijo Miedo” (“Who Said Afraid), followed by discussion, Biblioteca Popular, 1921 s. Blue Island, Chicago, IL. Organized by La Voz de los de Abajo.
6:30 - 8:00 pm Conversation about militarization, impunity and resistance in Honduras
8:00 - 11:00 pm Videos from the resistance movement
San Francisco
- Thursday, July 7th, 7:00PM, Honduras: Two years after the Coup, The Repression Continues. Discussion with Andres Conteris, First Unitarian Universalist Church 1187 Franklin Street (at Geary), San Francisco. Organized by SOA Watch in San Francisco.
Learn more about the human rights crisis in Honduras
87 Members of Congress ask Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Suspend all Military Aid to Honduras
87 Democratic Members of the House, led by U.S. Reps. Jim McGovern (MA), Jan Schakowsky (IL) and Sam Farr (CA) sent on May 31st a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the human rights situation in Honduras.
This week, the Organization of American States (OAS) is meeting to consider reinstating Honduras to the OAS. The letter cites reported abuses against journalists, campesinos, human rights defenders, labor activists, and opposition voices. It asks Secretary Clinton and the U.S. Embassy to press the Honduran government to end abuses by official security forces and to suspend U.S. aid to the military and the police until mechanisms are in place to ensure security forces are held accountable for abuses. It further urges that the State Department press the Honduran government to implement the measures called for by the IACHR/OAS to protect journalists and human rights defenders; denounce the violence and threats made against human rights defenders, including attacks against the non-governmental Commission of Truth; and support the rule of law by bringing to justice the perpetrators and intellectual authors of human rights abuses that have occurred since June 2009.
Honduras: militarization and violence
Monday, April 4, 2011 | Written by the No Bases Coalition |
The latest news and information, primarily from the National Front for Popular Resistance, indicate that the minorities who actually make up the majority of the nation’s population have been targeted by the government, its henchmen and the military. The Honduran men and women who in their resistance constitute the hope of a new Honduras are now under real fire by their oppressors, who brought Roberto Micheletti to power in 2009 and who are now in cahoots with Porfirio Lobo, certain NGOS, and the U.S. Embassy as they try to enforce capitalism, racism and patriarchy through the barrel of a gun.
Friday, May 27, 2011 - More than 70 religious leaders, organizations, and academics on May 26 urged companies not to bid on a $25 million contract to upgrade a U.S. military base in Honduras, saying the base “violates Honduran sovereignty and the principles of democracy.” The Army Corps of Engineers contract is for barracks for enlisted soldiers at Soto Cano Air Base in Honduras.
