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Justice For Zimbabwe
The people of Zimbabwe have been betrayed, both by the government that represents them and by Western governments that claim to support their desires for economic development and democracy. Read More...
TransAfrica Forum Calls for the Release of ZCTU Leaders
May 9, 2008
TransAfrica Forum calls on the Government of Zimbabwe to immediately release jailed leaders of the Zimbabwe Coalition of Trade Unions, Lovemore Matombo and Secretary General Wellington Chibebe. The two were arrested on May 8 and charged with allegations of "inciting people to rise against the government," following speeches made during a May Day rally. Read More...
Danny Glover addresses Congressional Panel on World Hunger
May 8, 2008
"The time has come for industrialized nations to admit that large subsidies to US and European farmers, free trade agreements, and structural adjustments by international financial institutions are threatening the lives of millions of people who just a few years ago could feed themselves. ..."
TransAfrica Calls for Transitional Government in Zimbabwe
May 2, 2008
Increased violence makes it impossible to simply hold a runoff election
Statement by TransAfrica Forum on Zimbabwe’s Elections, Saturday, March 29
March 26, 2008
More TransAfrica Forum Resources on Zimbabwe...
Take Action to Stop the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA): The FTA is a Threat to Afro-Colombian Rights. Afro-Colombian grassroots organizations are opposed to the FTA.
April 1, 2008 Read More...
TransAfrica Forum Urges the Colombian Government to end Cross-Border Military Attacks and says no to free trade agreement
March 5, 2008
The government of Colombia launched a weekend raid into Ecuador that killed 20 people, including Luis Edgar Devia, a top commander in the FARC (the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia). Read More...
Bush's Real Legacy in Africa
February 19, 2008
President Bush has traveled to the African continent on a trip billed as "an opportunity to demonstrate America's commitment to the people of…Africa." Yet Africans are likely to be as skeptical of Mr. Bush's "compassionate conservatism" as African Americans..
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Upcoming Events
May 12, 2008, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
The Dynamics of Cultural Diversity Inclusion in Venezuela featuring Venezuelan Ambassador Bernardo Álvarez Herrera and Los Vasallos del Sol
June 2, 2008, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Cabral/Truth Circle at Busboys and Poets
SAVE THE DATES June 6, 17-21, 2008
TransAfrica Forum, CAWI, CPNS and Institute of Caribbean Studies present the DC Caribbean Filmfest 2008
June 6: Africa Unite at AFI Silver Theatre. More info. to come.
July 13, 2008, 3:30 PM -5:30 PM
TransAfrica Forum's Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. Foreign Policy Library's Readers' Corner featuring Unbroken Agony: Haiti, From Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President by Randall Robinson
NEW REPORTS & PUBLICATIONS
TRANSAFRICA FORUM SPECIAL REPORT
AFRO-COLOMBIANS: AUTONOMOUS RIGHTS UNDERMINED: Systematic Repression and the U.S.– Colombia Free Trade Agreement May 1, 2008
GLOBALIZATION MONITOR: LATEST LITERATURE ON GLOBALIZATION
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