Benefit Dance For Chile
Written by Doroteo Arango Jr.   
Wednesday, 03 March 2010 06:29

FRIDAY,  MARCH 26  -  8PM  -  2994 DOUGLAS ST., BCGEU BUILDING

Live Latin American music, all proceeds to support shipping a container of humanitarian aid to Chile.

Please consider bringing blankets, shoes, jackets, powdered milk, anti-coagulant medication, dishes, cooking utensils, first aid kits, camping stove, tarps.

$10 general admission, [tickets at the door]

The Victoria Central America Support Committee in conjunction with Global Emergency Missions Society [Langley] is asking for your support in providing blankets, shoes, jackets, powdered milk, anti-coagulant medication, dishes, cooking utensils, first aid kits, camping stoves and tents for the victims of the cataclysm occurred in Chile on Saturday, February 27, 2010. [For other items not listed, please write to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ]

Hillside Center has agreed to be a collection point for the humanitarian aid. BC Ferries has declined our request for waiving the transportation fare for the humanitarian cargo from Victoria to Vancouver.

Tax deductible donations to help pay for the shipping  of the container to Chile can be made to:Global Emergencies Mission Society, Att: Chile Container - 3835 Saanich Road, Victoria, BC, V8X 1Y4

The collected goods will be transported directly to the warehouse of Global Emergency Missions Society in Langley, placed in a container and subsequently shipped to Chile to the small peasant community of El Monte

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REALLY helping Haiti
Written by Theresa Wolwood   
Saturday, 06 February 2010 19:36

How We Can Really Help Haiti  

The first way to help is to understand the background of conditions in Haiti when the earthquake struck.

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Action Bulletin on Canadian Mining Company in El Salvador
Written by CASC staff   
Monday, 11 January 2010 02:35
Background

Pacific Rim Mining Corporation based in Vancouver has been working on its El Dorado Gold property in Cabañas, El Salvador since 2002 near  Sensuntepeque (pop. 49,000).  The exploration and exploitation permits were granted by the ARENA government without any community consultation.

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ACTION BULLETIN for COLOMBIA
Written by CASC staff   
Saturday, 20 February 2010 00:00

 WRITE  TO LILIANY & tell her you are working for her freedom & that of all political prisoners in COLOMBIA at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   or Carrera 47 Numero 84-25,Reclusion de Mujeres de Bogota "Buen Pastor", Liliany Patrcia Obando, Patio 6, TD D65593   Bogota, Colombia  (you may write in English or Spanish)

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Liliany Obando: political trial in Colombia
Written by CASC   
Sunday, 10 January 2010 00:00

Liliany Obando in front of judge [Spanish]

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Liliany Obando: letters [and art] from prison
Written by CASC   
Tuesday, 06 January 2009 03:00

 TELESUR TV interviews Liliany Obando in a Colombian prison

Poster made by the Political Prisoners of the Colombian National Women's Penitentiary

"Did you know?...that there are 7.200 political prisoners in Colombia, many serving sentences between 20 and 60 years. The political prisoners also have parents, brothers, partners and children!!, we are in jail for the crime of being revolutionaries. Political Prisoners: Humanitarian Exchange, NOW!!.."

LETTERS FROM COLOMBIA NATIONAL WOMEN'S PENITENTIARY

"...With much emotion and gratitude I received in the National Women's Penitentiary where I have been a prisoner for 3 months, your messages of solidarity and...."

 

PLEASE CONTRIBUTE TO LILIANY'S "FREEDOM FUND"


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Honduran Resistance
Written by CASC staff   
Saturday, 12 December 2009 00:00

If you wish to volunteer or want more information,  please write to : cascvictoria(at)shaw(dot)ca

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Canada and the Honduran dictators
Written by CASC   
Tuesday, 08 September 2009 00:00

 

 Canada not doing enough to rebuke Honduran dictatorship[See letter]

Hon. Lawrence Cannon, MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs
House of Commons, Ottawa, ON. K1A 0A6 
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The Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy
Written by Theresa Wolfwood   
Friday, 07 August 2009 23:18

 

 

 

By Theresa Wolfwood

“I believe Earth is our home and we are its stewards. While citizens of Canada, we are also neighbours to everyone who shares this planet…”

 

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Join CASC
Written by CASC   
Saturday, 12 December 2009 00:00

We are based in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

For more information on joining CASC, why not come to one of our monthly meetings? They are held at 7:30 pm on the first Wednesday of every month at 1923 Fernwood Rd, in the upstairs meeting room around the back of the building.  Meetings are open to everyone.

To receive more information on CASC events and actions, sign-up for the eVoz email newsletter. Email:    cascvictoria(at)shaw(dot)ca  and ask to be added to the eVoz list.

 Or visit Café Simpatico [last Friday of the month] and talk to the CASC members at the information table.