Give the Gift of Solidarity

[Alexis Stoumbelis, CISPES]

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	Dear Friend in Solidarity,
 
Greetings this holiday season!  As 2009 comes to a close, we are 
celebrating the tremendous victory for El Salvador and US solidarity!  
*Wouldn't it be great to give a gift i 
<http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=296>n 
honor of the struggle to build a just economic alternative from the 
ground up?*
 
All of us are where we are now because someone in our lives that has 
shown us what it means to take a stand for justice.  For CISPES, the 
vivacious movement in El Salvador has inspired us to push for profound 
social and economic change in the United States for nearly 30 years.
 
*It's time for us to thank our friends and compañeros inspiring us to 
keep up the struggle! * By making a donation of $40 or more to CISPES 
<http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=296>, 
we will send you (or as a gift to someone you choose) a CD of 
revolutionary music from El Salvador and a 8.5 x 11 print of our 
solidarity mural in honor of past struggles.  For any donation made over 
$60 we will also include a special t-shirt commemorating the historic 
2009 elections!
 
I*t's easy and secure to give a tax-deductible gift of solidarity, just 
click here! 
<http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=296>*
 
muralFollowing the election of the first leftist government in El 
Salvador, the people of El Salvador are now facing new obstacles.  Most 
ominously for El Salvador, *two North American mining corporations are 
suing <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNKj6j-swnQ> the new FMLN 
government for at least $180 million.*   How can they get away with 
this?  They are using CAFTA (The Central American Free Trade Agreement) 
"investor protections" chapter, claiming El Salvador owes them "lost 
profits," having refused to grant gold mining permits.
 
In October, CISPES hosted a delegation of Salvadoran anti-mining 
activists who received a prestigious human rights award for their work 
in the face of increased violent repression, 
<http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=621&Itemid=1> 
including the assassination of Marcelo Rivera.  Activists spoke at 
events in Washington DC and went on tour to CISPES committees in the 
Pacific Northwest. We heard their call for solidarity loud and clear. As 
one anti-mining activist said: *"The struggle against mining has already 
been won in El Salvador.  Now it will be won or lost in the U.S!"*

pacrim
*[CISPES activists protest outside Pacific Rim Headquarters in 
Vancouver  BC*]

That's why CISPES launched our new campaign this fall, mobilizing people 
across the country to pressure Pacific Rim to drop the lawsuits and to 
pressure El Salvador's Attorney General to investigate this death-squad 
style violence. Please echo their call by taking action here! 
<http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=631&Itemid=27%20>
 
But that's not all! *CISPES is building a movement in the US to 
challenge the laws that let corporate profit trump the needs of people.  
*Free trade is holding backing the critical transformation that the 
people of El Salvador and Central America need, and CISPES will be there 
with them in this struggle!
 
Stopping these lawsuits and ending CAFTA will be a hard fight.  But so 
was ending the war, implementing the Peace Accords, and electing the 
first FMLN president.  With your support CISPES played a key role in all 
of these victories!
 
This holiday season we hope you *will give the gift of solidarity to 
remember those who have inspired you to fight for justice* and help us 
stop corporate abuse in Central America. Together, we will win!
 
In solidarity,
 
Alexis Stoumbelis, Executive Director
 
P.S. Help us stop corporate extortion of El Salvador! Please give as 
generously as you can today 
<http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=296>. 
Be sure to include the name and address of your Gift of Solidarity 
recipient in the comments line!


	

 

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