About the Colombia Action Network

The Colombia Action Network (CAN) is made up of grassroots activist organizations, including students, trade unionists, and anti-war activists, from around the United States. We oppose U.S. intervention, in the name of the so-called "Drug War" or the "War on Terror", in the sovereign affairs of Colombia. We support the self-determination of the Colombian peoples, and support all the progressive forces fighting for change in Colombia.

Our main focus is on ending Plan Colombia and all U.S. military aid to Colombia. As of 2006, almost 5 billion dollars in U.S. taxes has been sent to the Colombian right-wing government since 2000. This money is being used in Colombian President Uribe's dirty war against his own people. The CAN is committed to saying NO to the fumigation chemicals, helicopters, weapons, U.S. forces, and military training that our tax dollars provide.

We were founded 1999. We try to change U.S. policy by organizing and participating in demonstrations, organizing national speaking tours of Colombian social movement leaders, organizing national and regional conferences, and by sending delegations of U.S. activists to learn about the effects of U.S. military aid first hand and to provide protection to social movement leaders from the Colombian military and para-militaries.

We hope you will use our materials and sign up on our mailing list so that you can be a part of the national movement against Plan Colombia and join us in solidarity with the Colombian people. We would like to have more unions and student and activist groups relate to the CAN. Please email us or call us if you would like to be a part of up coming tours, conferences, or national days of action!

¡Viva la lucha colombiana!
Long live the Colombian struggle!

Contact:

To join the listserve send an email to:
actioncolombia-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

To contact us send an email to:
info@colombiasolidarity.org