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Article: Solidarity with Columbian sisters. (Editorial).
- Article from:
- Wind Speaker
- Article date:
- November 1, 2002
- Author:
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In case it wasn't reported in any of our respected mainstream Canadian press, I want you to know that on July 28 some 60,000 Colombian women converged at the capital of Bogota for an unprecedented peace march.
Thanks to the Canada Columbia Solidarity Campaign (CCSC) the march included a show of Canadian solidarity (Toronto-style) in which four other women and I joined women from the Colombian Postal Workers Union for this massive mobilization.
Our delegation was diverse and included a human rights lawyer and legal representative for the Canadian Arab Federation, an advocate for anti-violence and representative from the Ontario Public Interest Research ...