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<p><span style=3D"font-size: medium;">Dear Nancy Li=
ela, </span></p>
<p><span style=3D"font-size: medium;">In order to c=
reate real change, we can't rely on politicians to make it happen for us. W=
e have to build broad-based grassroots movements, and hold those who are ma=
king decisions that affect our lives accountable.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style=3D"font-size: medium;">We are inviti=
ng you to take part in the National Call-In Day to cut US military aid to H=
onduras TODAY, to protest at the Republican National Convention in Clevelan=
d and at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, and to join th=
e <a href=3D"http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DNZ%2BLMIJQ8FC=
EKt4%2FNxC%2BNnqu3c7AqIO0">SOA Watch Convergence at the US/Mexico Border</a=
>, that is taking place in October in the lead up to the elections: </span>=
</p>
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<p><span style=3D"font-size: large;"><b>Call your R=
epresentative today and ask him/her to co-sponsor the Berta Cáceres=
Human Rights in Honduras Act, HR 5474=09=09=09</b></span><span style=3D"fo=
nt-size: medium;"><br />
<strong>Congressional Switchboard: (202) 224-3121</=
strong><br />
<br />
This week marks the three year anniversary of the m=
urder of Indigenous leader Tomas Garcia by the Honduran military during a p=
eaceful protest against the Agua Zarca Dam. <a href=3D"http://org.salsalabs=
.com/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DMYhbIr9dbnUflWW7mp9Lj3qu3c7AqIO0"><img width=
=3D"380" vspace=3D"5" hspace=3D"5" border=3D"2" align=3D"right" src=3D"http=
://SOAW.org/images/stories/Honduras/missing-tomas.jpg" alt=3D"" /></a>A com=
munity leader and father of seven, Tomas is just one of far too many Hondur=
ans persecuted and murdered by the Honduran security forces for simply stan=
ding up for their rights. Berta Caceres herself was arrested by the Hondur=
an military on trumped up charges in an attempt to discredit and silence he=
r. When that didn't work, she was murdered.<br />
<br />
Army Major Mariano Diaz - a graduate of the TESON s=
pecial forces training course created by the US Army Rangers - has been arr=
ested and charged in Berta's murder, raising serious concerns regarding the=
chain of command. To that end, COPINH and Berta's family insist there must=
be an international, independent investigation into the higher levels of t=
he Honduran government and Armed Forces to ensure all those who ordered the=
murder are also prosecuted.<br />
<br />
The Honduran security forces have also been linked =
to numerous murders of small farmers in the Bajo Aguan region of Honduras, =
and a <a href=3D"http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D6dzxJBA7T=
ADbEqBLb4SBRnqu3c7AqIO0">recent article published in The Guardian reveals</=
a> that Berta, as well as prominent campesino leaders in the Aguan, "<i>app=
eared on a hitlist distributed to US-trained special forces units of the Ho=
nduran military</i>."<br />
<br />
After she won the 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize,=
Berta Caceres met with members of the U.S. Congress and asked them to stop=
financing and supporting the repressive Honduran government, including the=
security forces. A few weeks ago, Tomas Gomez, a close colleague of Berta=
's, traveled to Washington to do the same, remarking that Berta had been in=
Washington a year earlier to inform them of the murders of Tomas Garcia an=
d other activists. Now it was Gomez' turn to inform them of Berta's murder.=
Gomez mentioned that if the support for the Honduran regime didn't stop, s=
omebody else would have to come next year with news of his murder. And tha=
t they would keep coming and denouncing murder after murder of Indigenous a=
nd social movement leaders in Honduras until there was nobody left. <i>Jus=
t days ago, yet another community leader active opposing a major hydroelect=
ric project in Lenca territory, Lesbia Yaneth Urquía, was murdered i=
n Honduras.</i><br />
<br />
How many more people must be killed before Congress=
stops financing and training the repressive Honduran security forces?<br /=
>
<br />
Call your Representative today and ask him/her to c=
o-sponsor H.R. 5474, the Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act.  =
24 Representatives have already co-sponsored the bill!  <i>If your Rep=
resentative is on the list at the end of this e-mail, you can call to thank=
them for co-sponsoring.  If not, use the script below to ask them to =
co-sponsor.</i><br />
<br />
Call the Congressional Switchboard at (202) 224-312=
1 and ask to speak to your representative, then request the foreign policy =
aide.<br />
<br />
<b><em>Sample script: "My name is _____. I am a con=
stituent from (your town/city) in (your state). I am calling to ask Rep. __=
___ to co-sponsor H.R. 5474, The Berta Cáceres Human Rights in Hondu=
ras Act calling for a suspension of U.S. security aid to Honduras until hum=
an rights violations committed by the Honduran security forces cease. Has R=
ep. _______ seen this bill? Can I count on him/her to sign on? Please call =
me this week at (_your phone number_) to let me know if you have seen the b=
ill, and if Rep. _____ will co-sponsor it."<br />
<br />
</em></b>Please mention the growing list of support=
among Congressional representatives!   Here is a list of current=
co-sponsors:<br />
<br />
1. Johnson (GA)<br />
2. Conyers (MI)<br />
3. Ellison (MN)<br />
4. Kaptur (OH)<br />
5. Serrano (NY)<br />
6. Schakowsky (IL)<br />
7. McGovern (MA)<br />
8. Lee (CA)<br />
9. McCollum (MN)<br />
10, Kind (WI)<br />
11. DeLauro (CT)<br />
12. Gutierrez (IL)<br />
13. Lawrence (MI)<br />
14. Farr (CA)<br />
15. Danny Davis (IL)<br />
16. Napolitano (CA)<br />
17. Pocan (WI)<br />
18. Nolan (MN)<br />
19. Susan Davis (CA)<br />
20. Waters (CA)<br />
21. Norton (DC)<br />
22. Tonko (NY)<br />
23. Maloney (NY)<br />
24. Bonamici (OR)<br />
<br />
You can also request the aide’s e-mail to fol=
low-up in a few days or provide more information.  <br />
<br />
<a href=3D"http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=
=3D2&c=3DW6gK7XYkuIccy6SVuMbnBHqu3c7AqIO0">Click here to let us know how yo=
ur call goes</a> and thank you so much for your continued support! <b><em><=
br />
</em></b></span></p>
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<hr />
<p><b><span style=3D"font-size: large;">Join the pr=
otests at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland:</span></b></p>
<p><b><span style=3D"font-size: medium;">People&rsq=
uo;s Justice & Peace Convention</span></b><span style=3D"font-size: med=
ium;"><br />
July 15-16, Olivet Institutional Baptist Church, 87=
12 Quincy Ave., Cleveland<br />
July 17, Ohio City Masonic Arts Center, 2831 Frankl=
in Blvd, Cleveland</span><br />
<span style=3D"font-size: medium;"><img vspace=3D"5=
" hspace=3D"5" align=3D"left" alt=3D"" src=3D"https://org.salsalabs.com/o/7=
27/images/elephant2.jpg" /></span><span style=3D"font-size: medium;"> =
<br />
Detailed information at <a href=3D"http://org.salsa=
labs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DrSvohi%2BL1NI8e5m%2F%2Bn5lUnqu3c7AqIO0">ht=
tp://www.pjpc2016.org</a><br />
<br />
</span><span style=3D"font-size: medium;">Current p=
ublic policies disproportionately benefit </span><span style=3D"font-size: =
medium;">corporations and the wealthiest individuals and promote and expand=
U.S. militarism, while the concerns of the vast majority of people are ign=
ored, distorted and/or manipulated for political and/or economic gain. The =
People’s Convention will include a diversity of voices and experience=
s, transcending any one political party or perspective. Its purpose is to l=
ift up issues and problems that the Republican National Convention (RNC) wi=
ll not authentically address and to develop collectively agreed-to solution=
s, a “People’s Justice & Peace Platform,” that will a=
chieve just, nonviolent, democratic and sustainable results.<br />
<br />
Speakers • Workshops • Edutainment •=
Participatory development of “People’s Justice & Peace Pla=
tform” to be presented to both the RNC and Democratic National Conven=
tion (DNC) <br />
<br />
For information on additional RNC-related actions/e=
vents: <a href=3D"http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D7d%2BZP2=
O%2Fade8DbWaijPUunqu3c7AqIO0">http://www.counterrnc2016.org/index.html</a><=
/span></p>
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<p><b><span style=3D"font-size: large;">Join the pr=
otests at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia:</span></b><a =
href=3D"http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DSHr4RA2d9QRQDy7gKA=
LVQnqu3c7AqIO0"><span style=3D"font-size: medium;"><img vspace=3D"5" hspace=
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es/donkey2.jpg" /></span></a></p>
<p><span style=3D"font-size: medium;">Protests are =
also planned during the DNC in Philadelphia, where Hillary Clinton will bec=
ome the presidential candidate of her party. Hillary Clinton's track record=
on Latin America issues has been dismal and her role during the 2009 SOA g=
raduate-led military coup in Honduras has dogged her throughout the electio=
n campaign. It is up to grassroots activists to keep up the pressure and to=
hold her accountable.</span></p>
<p><span style=3D"font-size: medium;">Grassroots Gl=
obal Justice Alliance (GGJ) is organizing a People's Caravan from Cleveland=
to Philadelphia of 40-50 frontline community leaders from the US and Hondu=
ras. The caravan will begin in Cleveland on Thursday 7/21 at the closing o=
f the Republican National Convention and end on Tuesday 7/26 with Justice =
for Berta Cáceres actions in Philadelphia during the Democratic Nat=
ional Convention.</span></p>
<p><b><span style=3D"font-size: medium;">Great news=
:</span></b><span style=3D"font-size: medium;"> Last weekend, longtime SOA =
Watch activist Marcos Rubenstein was able to get a commitment to include th=
e call for the <a href=3D"http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
nXd6qXYgy9tlFLKCeMpt0nqu3c7AqIO0"><b>closing of the SOA/ WHINSEC added as a=
plank into the draft of the policy platform of the Democratic Party</b></a=
><b>!</b> </span></p>
<p><span style=3D"font-size: medium;"> More informa=
tion about planned protests in Philadelphia:<br />
<a href=3D"http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=
=3D2&c=3D%2FHzT29eECZP%2BjFb9bVOWC3qu3c7AqIO0">http://www.codepink.org/2016=
_convention_schedule</a> and <a href=3D"http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.=
jsp?v=3D2&c=3D75xmZoab7uykX7Nb3zTwanqu3c7AqIO0">http://ggjalliance.org/itta=
kesroots2changethesystem</a><br />
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<p><b><span style=3D"font-size: large;">SOA Watch C=
onvergence at the US/Mexico Border in October:</span></b></p>
<p><a href=3D"http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.js=
p?v=3D2&c=3D5ndRPDIgmK25skN7ADWJkXqu3c7AqIO0"><span style=3D"font-size: med=
ium;"><img width=3D"600" height=3D"140" src=3D"http://www.soaw.org/border/w=
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<p><b><span style=3D"font-size: medium;">This Octob=
er 7-10, in the lead-up to the elections, converge in Nogales, Sonora/Arizo=
na at the U.S./Mexico border to demand a fundamental shift in U.S. foreign =
policy.</span></b><span style=3D"font-size: medium;"><br />
<br />
We need to build grassroots power to change our cul=
ture and the challenge the racist status quo, and we need to take action: <=
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