Demand Freedom for Ricardo Palmera!
Ricardo Palmera, a key leader in Colombia’s largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), was handed over to U.S. custody Dec. 31. He is now sitting in a U.S. jail awaiting...
View ArticleSolidarity activists visit Colombian peace talks demand release of Simon...
Fight Back! interviewed James Jordan, with the Alliance For Global Justice in Tucson, Arizona. Jordan recently returned from a solidarity delegation to the Colombian peace negotiations taking place...
View ArticleNational call in day to demand freedom for Simon Trinidad / Ricardo Palmera
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following call from the National Committee to Free Ricardo Palmera. We encourage all of our readers to support this effort.Peace for Colombia! Free Simon...
View ArticleSuccessful national call-in day demands, "Peace for Colombia! Free Simon...
Denver, Colorado - Hundreds of anti-war and international solidarity activists called the White House, June 25, with a message for President Obama, “Peace for Colombia! Free Simon Trinidad!” Jim Byrne...
View ArticleNational SDS stands with Simon Trinidad and Colombia
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)Students for a Democratic Society stands with Simon Trinidad and the peace process in...
View ArticleProtest planned at Colorado supermax to demand release of Simon Trinidad
Denver, CO - Friends and supporters of U.S. political prisoner Simon Trinidad will demand “Free Simon Trinidad, Peace for Colombia” at a demonstration outside the Florence, Colorado supermax prison on...
View ArticleTucson Anti-War Committee mobilizes to free Simon Trinidad
Tucson, AZ – Members of the Tucson Anti-War Committee are preparing for an historic action in Colorado to demand the release of Colombian revolutionary Simon Trinidad. Trinidad, a member of the FARC,...
View ArticleMarch on Colorado supermax prison to “Free Simon Trinidad!”
Florence, CO - In the mountains of Colorado, 35 spirited protesters marched down Highway 67 to the guardhouse of the U.S. federal supermax prison in Florence on Sept. 21. In the lead were two Colombian...
View ArticleFlorida students to protest the School of the Americas, demand ‘Peace for...
Tampa, FL - Anti-war activists and students from Florida are mobilizing to protest the School of the Americas (SOA), Nov. 20-22. The SOA was renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security...
View ArticleHouston anti-war activists host event for Colombian freedom fighter Simon...
Houston, TX - Over 50 people gathered at Solidarity Houston, a left-wing book store, Nov. 19, to discuss Simon Trinidad and the Colombian peace process. The event was organized by the Houston Anti-War...
View ArticleSchool of the America’s protest: "Peace for Colombia! Close the SOA! Free...
Columbus, GA - A large group of anti-war and international solidarity activists passed out hundreds of flyers at the annual School of the Americas (SOA) protest at Fort Benning, Georgia on Nov. 21. The...
View ArticleFlorida SDS, anti-war activists protest SOA
Columbus, GA - Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and anti-war activists from college campuses in Tampa, Gainesville and Tallahassee, Florida traveled to Columbus to protest the School of the...
View ArticleU.S. Colombia solidarity activist speaks in Cuba at seminar against foreign...
Havana, Cuba - Nov. 24 was the second day of the fourth International Seminar for Peace and Abolition of Foreign Military Bases, held in Guantanamo Province. There were several presentations made by...
View ArticleValentine’s call-in day to President Obama
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following February 12 statement from the National Committee to Free Ricardo Palmera (Simon Trinidad). We encourage readers to call President Obama today.Love...
View ArticleHappy birthday to Colombian revolutionary Ricardo Palmera (Simon Trinidad)
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement by the National Committee to Free Ricardo Palmera (Simon Trinidad).The National Committee to Free Ricard Palmera (Simon Trinidad) wishes...
View ArticleForward with the Colombian peace process! Free Simon Trinidad!
Grand Rapids, MI - On Nov. 2 the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) will meet with the Colombian government in Havana, Cuba to push forward the peace process. This follows the “no” vote on...
View ArticleCall the White House Dec. 14, Free Simon Trinidad!
Call the White House Dec. 14, Free Simon Trinidad!Wednesday 12/14 8am-5pm ESTCall the White House 202-456- 1111And say: President Obama, secure the peace in Colombia, Free Simon Trinidad!Simon Trinidad...
View ArticleNYC protests killings of Colombian activists
New York, New York - On Nov. 16, approximately 30 activists picketed to demand justice for the hundreds of activists, campesinos and community organizers who have been murdered by the Colombian...
View ArticleFor his 70th birthday, we demand ‘Free Simón Trinidad!’
Colombian revolutionary and political prisoner of the U.S. empire, Simón Trinidad, will have his 70th birthday in solitary confinement in a federal Supermax prison. Simón Trinidad, born Ricardo...
View ArticleOscar Lopez Rivera wishes Happy Birthday and Freedom to Simon Trinidad
In response to the call for birthday greetings for political prisoner Simon Trinidad, The National Committee to Free Ricardo Palmera received a video message from freed Puerto Rican political prisoner,...
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