D17 Rally & March Video

Protestors Across Honduras Challenge IDB-Funded ‘Shock’ Program Met with Violence and Repression

[Source - Upside Down World] Written by Karen Spring and Annie Bird Wednesday, 13 April 2011 20:21 March 2011 was marked by the worst repression…

Private Contractors and Covert Wars in Latin America

U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) threatened to issue subpoenas against the U.S. Defense and State Departments last month if they continue to refuse to accurately account for billions of dollars spent on private contractors assisting Washington in the 'war on drugs' in Latin America.

Private Prison Companies Profit Off Laws that Define Immigrants as Criminals

How a nation uses its power to deny a person’s freedom has always been a critical measure of authoritarian rule. Massive incarceration based on race, ethnic origin or nationality, political beliefs, class, sexual orientation, age or other inherent characteristics is a form of tyranny.