drug war zine
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Introduction
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In English below
Si has venido para ayudarme, ests desperdiciando el tiempo Pero si has venido porque tuliberacin estinterconectada con la ma, entonces trabajemos juntos.Lilla Watson
PCASC es una organizacin democrtica dirigida y gestionada por voluntarios que cuenta consolamente dos empleados de medio tiempo. Desde llenar sobres hasta tomar el papel de l der
para organizar una manifestaci
n, PCASC tiene un puesto para ti.
PCASC educa y moviliza a la comunidad, los trabajadores, y los estudiantes en la lucha por losderechos humanos y la justicia social en las Amricas. Tenemos tres funciones importantes:
1. Educamos e informamos a nuestra comunidad acerca de la situacin poltica y social en Centroy Sudamrica.2. Recaudamos fondos para apoyar los diferentes movimientos sociales.3. Nos oponemos activamente a la intervencin imperialista por parte de los Estados Unidos enLatinoamrica, la cual lleva a cabo a travs de los tratados de libre comercio y la industria blica.
Nos reunimos el primer y tercer mircoles de cada mes de 7pm a 9pm en nuestra oficina, dondeplaneamos y evaluamos nuestro trabajo para construir solidaridad inter-fronteriza en lasAmricas.
If you have come here to help me, then you are wasting your time But if you have comebecause your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.Lilla Watson
PCASC is a democratic, volunteer- led and run organization with just two half- time staff people.From stuffing envelopes to taking a lead role in organizing an action, PCASC has a place for you.PCASC educates and mobilizes the community, workers, and students in the fight for humanrights and social justice in the Americas. We have three important functions:
1. We educate & inform our community about the sociopolitical situation in Latin America.2. We raise funds to support different social movements.3. We actively oppose imperialist intervention by the United States in Latin America, which ismanifested by free trade agreements and the defense industry.
We meet the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month from 7pm to 9pm at our office.
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Halt funding of the Drug War andmilitarization of Latin America;
Reallocate funding to address
prevention, medical and mental healthneeds, and social inequality;
Legalization of drugs, elimination ofthe black market;
Repeal all Free Trade Agreements andrenegotiation from a Fair Trade
perspective;
Recognition of asylum seekers fromcountries where Drug War violence
has created forced migration;
Support the self-determination ofcommunities.
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Truth and justice for the assassinationscommitted;
An end to the War on Drugs and the use of
citizen-run security initiatives;An end to corruption and impunity;
An end to profit-making from crime;
Attention be paid to the dire situation ofyouth in order to begin reconstructing the
social fabric of society;
Participatory democracy, better
representative democracy, anddemocratization of the media.
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Drop theDrug War
The Drug War is about economics,power, and oppression. And like mostwars, it is a failure and an injustice.
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Social Movements: Innovating solutions
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Legalization: A Common SenseApproach to Drug Policy
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What to do?
The Drug War's is a complex problem
with deep roots in propaganda, racism,and imperialism.
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Failure or Fraud:The US Drug War on Latin America
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Plan Central America
On September 17 President Barack Obama named five Central Americannations as major hubs for drug transportation from South America. Obamasannouncement confirms this expansion of the US Drug War into Central America,an area in which Washington has historically wielded tremendous power. Criticssay that US intentions may follow a broader geopolitical strategy, one that includesthe arrival of US troops into some parts of the region. The United States will beusing the same anti-drug policies in Central America as it has used in Colombiaand Mexico, where results have been murky at best. First and foremost is CostaRica, which will allow approximately 7,000 Marines into the country. The forces
headed to Costa Rica has led many to believe it will be the US staging ground forthe drug war in Central America. There would be nothing stopping the USgoovernment from using similar bases in Central America to maintain pro-neoliberal and pro-US administrations in those nations. An increasinglyindependent and confrontational Latin America is not in Washingtons perceivedbest interest.
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Arms:Security for Whom?
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ULTIMO POEMAJavier Sicilia
El mundo ya no es digno de la palabraNos la ahogaron adentroComo te (asfixiaron),Como te desgarraron a ti los pulmonesY el dolor no se me aparta s lo queda un mundoPor el silencio de los justosS lo por tu silencio y por mi silencio, Juanelo
THE LAST POEMJavier Sicilia
The world is not worthy of wordsthey have been suffocated from the insideas they suffocated you, as they tore apart your lungsthe pain does not leave meall that remains is a worldthrough the silence of the righteous,only through your silence and my silence, Juanelo.
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No Mas Sangre
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RacistHistoryofUSDrugLaws
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Javier Sicilia's poem and open lettertold the story of the Human Costs ofthe drug war in Mexico.
This war has failed the people ofMexico.
It has failed to provide for basicneeds, failed to provide safety, failedto provide opportunities for youth,failed to engender freedoms, failed tobuild democracy.
FailureThe Drug War has failed to meet any
of the articulated objectives.
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Youth: our future lost
"With a povertyrate around 60%
for Mexican youth,most consider theironly options
immigration tothe U.S. or
employment in adrug cartel."
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The Economics of the Drug War
But in a country whosegovernment has
historically catered tothe whims of the
wealthy and powerful,what is a new president
of to do when the UnitedStates' very visible handholds forth millions of
dollars for helping you,with the purchase of
shiny new weapons tofight the drug cartels?
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Democracy: Unapologetic Corruption
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Silenced:Reporters fear for their lives
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U.S. Widens Role in Battle AgainstMexican Drug Cartels
"The Pentagon ... in recentmonths it has begun
flying unarmedsurveillance drones over
Mexican soil to track drugkingpins.
Still, it is hard to saymuch real progress hasbeen made in crippling
the brutal cartels orstemming the flow of
drugs and guns across theborder."
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Violence: No one is safe
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Fraud
Stop the Violence,Treat the Causes,Empower Communities
The Drug War's true purpose was to destroy
peoples movements and uphold repressive
power structures in the the US and the Western
Hemisphere.
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An expensive failure
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Five major defensecontractors recieved the
bulk of drug war contractspending: Raytheon,
Lockheed Martin,DynCorp, ARINC and ITT.Out of all the firms,
DynCorp benefitted most,winning $1.1 billion.
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Drug use & trafficking hasn't been curbed
Asma Jahangir, human rights activist,former UN Special Rapporteur on
Arbitrary, Extrajudicial and SummaryExecutions, PakistanCarlos Fuentes, writer and publicintellectual, MexicoCsar Gaviria, former President ofColmbiaErnesto Zedillo, former President ofMxicoFernando Henrique Cardoso, formerPresident of Brazil
George Papandreou, Prime Minister ofGreeceGeorge Shultz, former Secretary of State,United StatesJavier Solana, former European UnionHigh Representative for the CommonForeign and Security Policy, SpainJohn Whitehead, banker and civil servant,chair of the World Trade Center Memorial,U it d St t
of the International Crisis Group, Canada,Maria Cattaui, Member of the Board,
Petroplus Holdings; former Secretary-General of the International Chamber ofCommerce, SwitzerlandMarion Caspers-Merk, former StateSecretary at the German Federal Ministry ofHealth, GermanyMario Vargas Llosa, writer and publicintellectual, PeruMichel Kazatchkine, executive director ofthe Global Fund to Fight AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria, FrancePaul Volcker, former Chairman of the USFederal Reserve and of the EconomicRecovery Board, USRichard Branson, entrepreneur, advocatefor social causes, founder of the VirginGroup, cofounder of The Elders, UnitedKingdomRuth Dreifuss, former President ofS it l d d Mi i t f H Aff i