* another protest in sf is planned for this wednesday, july 1st at 24th & mission @ 6pm!
* at the demo tonight it was announced (to cheers) that the fsln government of nicaragua & the fmln government of el salvador have suspended cross-border trade with honduras. ¡éso!
* the presidential council of the alba (alianza bolivariana para los pueblos de nuestro américa) issued an excellent proclamation today. here is a translated excerpt:
...we have agreed to declare ourselves in permanent alert in order to accompany the valiant people of Honduras in the actions of struggle that they have convoked, and we invoke the content of Articles 2 and 3 of the Political Constitution of the Republic of Honduras:
..."Art. 3: No one has to obey neither a usurper government nor those who assume functions or public employment through the force of arms or using measures or procedures that break or fail to recognise that which the Constitution and the laws establish. The acts verified by such authorities are invalid. The people have the right to resort to insurrection in defense of constitutional order."
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foto : ap
yesterday the people of honduras awoke to find their democratically-elected president zelaya has been kidnapped at gunpoint by u.s.-trained military thugs, and a fake president direct from the honduran ruling class installed. inside honduras & in the exterior, hondureños are out in the streets condemning the coup and demanding the return of the exiled zelaya. in the capital they are defying the curfew, setting up barricades, and confronting the military with rocks & sticks. last night cnn even showed women throwing punches at soldiers as they ran past in formation. find the consulate nearest you and show some solidarity!!!! following is the info for a protest in sf called by the fmln (northern california) and others, as well as some communications in re: the golpe de estado...
¡¡¡¡¡solidaridad con el pueblo hondureño!!!!!
protest today:
4-7pm
monday, june 29th
consulate of honduras in sf
@ the flood building: 870 market street (@ powell)
this is a communication sent out last night by cindy from ggj:
Dear GGJ members,
This morning, June 28 the democratically elected left leaning President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya was kidnapped and ousted out of the country by the military. Roberto Micheletti, president of the congress was sworn in as President of Honduras. Micheletti is right wing and ruling class and immediately instituted a military state with a curfew from 9 pm to 5 am. Many of the social movement leaders are being targeted and orders for their arrest have been put out... these are some of the folks we met at the Americas Social Forum in Guatemala... the leader of the Via Campesina, Berta Cazares from the Feminist movement, indigenous leader from the COPINH, union leaders, etc. Also Salvadoran observers have been arrested. Right now there are thousands of people protesting at the presidential palace under a severe thunderstorm, defying the curfew to not allow Micheletti in. There are military checkpoints in all of Tegucigalpa and folks fear bloodshed. The people of Honduras are asking for immediate solidarity, by having actions at the Honduran Consulates internationally, and for us in the US to call President Obama and Sec. of State Clinton to demand the reinstatement of President Manuel Zelaya and demand the constitutionally legal Referendum, and to stop the military terror of the people and social movements in Honduras.
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find radio liberada here, transmitting live from honduras.
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this is the text of the llamamiento urgente de los movimientos sociales del ALBA / urgent call of the social movements of the ALBA:
El pueblo de Honduras no está solo!! En estas horas el pueblo de Honduras, y los pueblos de América Latina, estamos librando una batalla fundamental: evitar que se consume el golpe de estado reaccionario contra el presidente constitucional, Manuel Zelaya Rosales, y el pueblo de Honduras. La conspiración de políticos, militares, jueces, los medios de comunicación, con el apoyo de los Estados Unidos, quiere revertir el paso dado por el gobierno hondureño al integrarse en el ALBA, y evitar la convocatoria que iba a realizarse en el día de hoy a profundizar la democracia a través de una consulta popular, que posibilitara la Reforma de la Constitución. El secuestro del presidente constitucional, es una acción inaceptable para los pueblos de América Latina y del mundo, y está recibiendo el rechazo incluso de la mayoría de los gobiernos, que desconocen la decisión del grupo conspirador en el Parlamento, de sustituir al presidente de Honduras. Desde los movimientos sociales que promovemos el ALBA, convocamos a movilizarnos desde ahora, mañana, y los días siguientes, para que ningún gobierno reconozca a los títeres que las fuerzas reaccionarias quieran ungir como dictadores, y para que se devuelva el gobierno a sus autoridades legítimas. Que cese la represión contra el pueblo de Honduras y sus organizaciones. Que se acepte la libre decisión del pueblo hondureño, expresada a través de la consulta popular. Honduras no está sola. Hoy hay un conjunto de países que están formando una alternativa bolivariana, y hay una comunidad internacional que rechaza el retorno a las dictaduras. Frente a las Embajadas y Consulados de Honduras, mañana en las calles, movilizados, con acciones que construyan colectivamente el Nunca Más latinoamericano a las políticas fascistas, y el respeto a las demandas de los pueblos. Si tocan a uno, tocan a todos!!!
Movimientos Sociales del ALBA
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