From: Cori Zagarella (czagarella@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Dec 04 2001 - 12:49:11 EST
>From: CISPES <cispesnatl@people-link.net>
>To: czagarella <czagarella@hotmail.com>
>Subject: CISPES Urgent Action! Call-in day&paid ad sign on to paid ad!
>Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 18:32:51 -0500
>
> CISPES
> ACTION ALERT!
> November 27, 2001
>
> SALVADORAN GOVERNMENT GUTTING UNIONS WITH PLANS TO DENY RIGHT TO HEALTH
> CARE, EDUCATION, WATER AND OTHER BASIC SERVICES!
>
> DON'T LET THE SALVADORAN GOVERNMENT KILL AGAIN! YOUR SOLIDARITY IS
> NEEDED!
>
>Twenty years ago in a town called El Mozote, the Salvadoran army
>murdered over 1,000 people--the largest massacre of the war
>(1980-1992). Many members of the battalion that did the killing were
>trained at the US School of the Americas. And they killed with weapons
>supplied by the U.S. government.
>
>Now, twenty years later, the same government, again with U.S. support,
>prepares to sacrifice many more lives--this time for corporate profit.
>
>Using the "war on terrorism" as an excuse, the Salvadoran government
>plans to fire at least 15,000 unionized public workers in December or
>early January. Claiming that the labor movement has ties to terrorists,
>the government seeks to destroy public sector unions. Then they can
>sell off basic services, like water, health care, and education to
>multinational corporations.
>
>Corporate controlled public services mean higher prices and no access
>for thousands of poor Salvadorans.
>
>PRIVATIZATION IS A DEATH SENTENCE FOR THE POOR IN EL SALVADOR -
>IT MUST BE STOPPED!
>
>The social movement in El Salvador is organizing and taking to the
>street! Public sector workers, vendors, market women, students,
>campesin@s, informal and rural laborers are joining together in
>opposition to the economic policies that put the lives of El Salvador's
>poor at risk.
>
>TAKE ACTION!
>
>Show your solidarity with the men and women fighting for change in El
>Salvador and pressure the Salvadoran government to stop the firings,
>stop the privatization and to stop using the war on terrorism as an
>excuse for repression.
>
>1. Sign on to a Paid Ad in support of the workers in El Salvador that
>will appear in Salvadoran newspapers on December 10, 2001. (see below)
>2. Join a national Call In Day on December 10 to denounce the firings
>and privatization in El Salvador. (see below)
>
>1. Sign on to the solidarity statement below which will appear as a full
>page advertisement in a Salvadoran daily newspaper December 10th,
>International Human Rights Day and the 20th anniversary of the El Mozote
>massacre. We are asking a suggested contribution of $5-$25 for
>individual signers and a suggested contribution of $25-$250 for
>organizations and groups toward the cost of the ad ($1,400).
>To endorse the ad, please email the information below to
>cispesnatl@people-link.net and mail your tax-deductible check to the
>"CISPES Education Fund" at Box 1801 NY,NY 10159. Call the CISPES
>National Office (212) 465-8115 for more information. The deadline for
>signers is DECEMBER 3!
>
>
>INDIVIDUAL ENDORSEMENT:
>Contact name_____________________________________
>Are you endorsing the ad as an Individual? (yes or no) _______
>Name as it should appear on ad ____________________________
>Organization/Affiliation (if any)___________________________
>
>Please answer:
>* Is the above Organization name to appear in the ad for identification
>purposes only? (yes or no)__________
>* Should we NOT include the Organization name in the ad? ______
>Donation amount (suggested $5-25) _________
>Address ________________________________
>Phone Number ___________________
>Email address ________________
>
>
>ORGANIZATIONAL ENDORSEMENT:
>Contact Name ______________________________
>Is your Organization Endorsing the Paid ad? (yes or no) ______
>Name and title to appear in ad (optional)
>____________________________________
>Organization name_____________________
>____________________________________
>Organization's name in Spanish (if known)
>_____________________________________
>Donation amount (suggested $25-$250)________
>Address______________________________________________________________
>Phone_______________________
>Email ______________________
>
>
>
>PAID AD TEXT:
>
>Dear brothers and sisters in El Salvador,
>On this day, International Human Rights Day and the 20th anniversary of
>the massacre at El Mozote, we the undersigned express our heartfelt
>solidarity with you in this time of repression and anticipated massive
>firings in El Salvador. Your dedication to struggle for social and
>economic justice in the face of this repression is an inspiration to all
>who fight against corporate globalization and for a more just society.
> After the tragedy that occurred on September 11 in our country, the US
>government issued a demand that the world join its "War on Terrorism" -
>we see how this "war" is being used by right wing governments throughout
>the world as an excuse to repress and crush people's movements fighting
>for social and economic justice. We are deeply disturbed by the right
>wing backlash against Salvadoran workers, and the efforts by the
>government of Francisco Flores to crush unions by illegally firing
>thousands of workers, threatening to fire thousands more, and falsely
>accusing all those working for change of being "terrorists." We
>recognize that these illegal firings and union busting activities are
>part of the government's plan to privatize social services.
> During the 80s, our government spent over $6 billion on military aid
>and training in support of the Salvadoran military's attempt to repress
>and crush the social movement. We remember the massacre at El Mozote
>which happened on this day 20 years ago, where over 1,000 Salvadoran
>civilians were slaughtered by a US trained and financed battalion, as an
>example of that violent repression. The movement was not destroyed then,
>nor will it be destroyed now. We in the US stood in solidarity with the
>people of El Salvador then, and today we recommit ourselves to accompany
>and support the labor movement and all those fighting for peace and
>justice in El Salvador.
>
>We denounce the use of the "war on terrorism" as an excuse to repress
>all those struggling for justice in El Salvador;
>We denounce the attempts by the government of Francisco Flores to deepen
>the neoliberal model in El Salvador by privatizing social services;
>We denounce the systematic union busting tactic of illegally firing
>unionized workers;
>We denounce the smear campaign of the government and the media to
>falsely link the social
>movement with terrorism;
>We denounce all attempts to repress the constitutional right to
>organize;
>And we denounce the roll back of the democratic openings created by the
>Peace Accords through the increased militarization of society.
>
>We call on the government of Francisco Flores to stop the massive
>illegal firings of public sector workers and to stop the privatization
>of social services. We demand that the US "war on terrorism" not be used
>by the Salvadoran government as an excuse to repress the people's
>movement struggling for social and economic justice.
>
>Long live the workers of El Salvador! Long live international
>solidarity!
>We will never forget nor return to the past - forever in solidarity with
>the people of El Salvador!
>
>* This text is subject to minor changes.
>
>
>2. Call the Salvadoran Consulate (San Francisco) or the Embassy
>(Washington, DC) on December 10 - the same day that the above mentioned
>Paid Ad will run in the Salvadoran press, and while activists will be
>protesting in San Francisco and DC.
>
>San Francisco Consulate: (415) 781-7924
>Washington DC Salvadoran Embassy: (202) 265-9671 x229
>
>Tell them (English is okay): "I'm calling out of concern for the
>thousands of workers in El Salvador who are about to be fired. In El
>Salvador, there is major opposition to these firings which are seen as
>union-busting and an attempt to begin the privatization process. I
>support their demands that the Salvadoran government stop using the 'war
>on terrorism' as an excuse to repress the social movement."
>
>
>COMMITTEE IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF EL SALVADOR
>
>National Office 130 West 29th St 9th Floor, New York, NY 10001
>212-465-8115• FAX: 212-465-8998• cispesnatl@people-link.net •
>www.cispes.org
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