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A new video on Colombia |
| A new video is available in which "Colombians speak
out about violence and U.S. policy." It has been produced by Anne Barstow
(of the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship) and Tom Driver.
[1-23-04]
Anne Barstow and Tom Driver
announce the release of
their new video
Colombians Speak Out
about Violence and U.S. Policy
(32 minutes. Ordering information below.)
Highlights:
 | the plight of Colombia's 3 million displaced persons
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| the courage of Colombians who work for peace & human
rights |
| the harm done by U.S. military aid |
| the ''war on drugs'' that's really a war on farmers.
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Taped in Colombia in March, 2003. during a delegation
sponsored by Witness for Peace and the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship (PPF).
To order:
Send email with name and address to
tfd3@columbia.edu. Put "Colombia Video 2003" in the subject
line. You will receive the video together with a request for a donation
(suggested minimum, $5.00) to the Colombia solidarity work of PPF. |
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COLOMBIA: THE NEXT VIETNAM?
[10-18-01]
A new 40-minute video on why US
involvement in Colombia is -
| not mainly about drugs but about oil; |
| not about counternarcotics but about
counterinsurgency; |
| not about coca but but about US military expansion.
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This scene from the video shows
some of the 100 delegates with Witness for Peace who
demonstrated in front of the U.S. Embassy in Bogota last March
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Anne Barstow and Tom Driver have turned their slide
report on the Witness for Peace delegation of March 2001 into a video.
It documents -
| life in a village built by refugees fleeing from
the US-sponsored poison spraying of farms; |
| environmental damage of the spraying; |
| the murderous attacks on Colombia's labor movement; |
| interviews with mayors, legislators, human rights
workers, the military, campesinos, pastors, women's groups, and US
embassy personnel.
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Learn how you can work to change US policy - policy
that is ineffective at controlling drug-addiction in the US and
harmful to Colombian families.
HOW TO ORDER
Cost: $15, including mailing. Send check only, made out to
"Presbyterian Peace Fellowship," to -
PPF
Box 271
Nyack, NY 10960
Allow 3 weeks for delivery.
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