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2025 Liberation Lab: Chaos or Community
March 22, 2025

IRTF initiated our annual Social Justice Teach-In (aka Liberation Lab) in 1999. This spring, in particular, we feel a great need to call together justice-minded folks who are committed to human rights, liberation, and respect and dignity for all people.

Every year for the past 25 years, this event has been an informative and inter-generational day of community building and education for high school and college students and other community members seeking ways to take positive action for social justice. 

This year we will have panels on:
- Choosing Liberation over Nationalism
- Embodied Sanctuary
- Wisdom from the Future: Lessons from Student Organizers
 
The ticket price also includes a delicious lunch! 
 
 
 
 
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War and the Environment: One Course to Address Two Existential Threats
March 24, 2025 to May 4, 2025

“Climate change is the defining issue of our time and now is the defining moment to do something about it.” (António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations).

War and the Environment is a six-week online course that features six core modules, three interactive Zoom sessions, and a strong emphasis on reflective practice, collaborative learning, and community building throughout. As the world races to prevent climate collapse, finding solutions to today’s unprecedented socio-ecological challenges has never been more urgent. While discussions on climate change continue, it is crucial to address the elephant in the room—war. The call to end war is not just about peace and security: it is essential for the survival and flourishing of humanity and the planet.

As wars, preparations for wars, and environmental destruction escalate—and much of the focus remains on human conflict—it is vital to better understand and respond to the far-reaching impacts of war and militarism on people, all living beings, and the planet. This course empowers you to do just that. By doing so, it also addresses a question of central importance to everyone—how can we live together in more sustainable and peaceful ways? This is the most pressing challenge of our time; everything else is secondary.

 

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Webinar: "Brian Willson: Veteran, Peace Activist, Nicaraguan Citizen"
March 2, 2025

The Rochester Committee on Latin America is hosting an interview with S. Brian Willson on March 2.

Willson is a former veteran who changed his political views during his life and became a longtime peace activist. 

Register here: bit.ly/NicaMarch2

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News Article
30 year jail sentence for one of the assassins of Berta Caceres, killed March 2, 2016 in Honduras
February 26, 2025
The honduran human rights and environmental activist Berta Cáceres was assassinated on the morning of March 3 in 2016.
 
Now, after many years of waiting, the full bench of the Honduran Supreme Court of Justice has confirmed the conviction of Sergio Ramón Rodríguez Orellana, ratifying his guilt of aggravated murder for the role he had in Cáceres assasination. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
 
Sergio Rodríguez is part of the criminal structure that has terrorized the Lenca community of Río Blanco since 2013, with the intention of imposing the illegal Agua Zarca hydroelectric project, for the economic benefit of the Atala Zablah family.
 
 
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St. Romero Day Prayer Service
February 25, 2025

Join the Diocese of Cleveland Mission Office and COAR Peace Mission in celebrating the legacy of St. Oscar Romero, along with our brothers and sisters who work to further that legacy at our Cleveland Latin American Mission parishes, at COAR, and beyond.

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Free Screening of “Light”
February 20, 2025

Join us on Thursday, February 20 for the free screening of "Light" at the Parma-Powers Branch Library. The film will take you on a journey through Hebron under apartheid, and in this place “where all other elements are controlled and rationed, perhaps our light is the one thing that cannot be taken.” IRTF is one of the sponsors of the production.

Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk0W3nqFZjI

This event does not require pre sign up.

 

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2024-2025 BorderLinks Pláticas Series: Conversations with Activists, Artists & Authors
February 6, 2025

The Trump administration’s designs to carry out mass deportations and close the border will inevitably result in yet more taxpayer money being poured into an already massive and hugely invasive surveillance infrastructure. Join BorderLinks on February 6 to learn more about the “smart border” technologies that divide up our world and exacerbate its inequalities, and to hear inspiring stories of resistance. 

Click here to register for this virtual event.

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Migrants and Muslims at Guantanamo: A history of demonization, social control and resistance
January 15, 2025

Join the Muslim Counterpublics Lab for their online event on the occasion of the 23rd anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo bay prison.

register here: https://form.jotform.com/250055245890153

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News Article
Honduras Will Reconsider u.s. Military Bases in the Country
January 3, 2025
 
Since 1982 the U.S. has maintained a Military Air Base, known as Palmerola. They have and still are using hounduran ground without ever paying for it.  
 
Now, on January 1, Honduran President Xiomara Castro critically addressed, among other things, the continued existence of the u.s. military bases in her New Year's message. She warned that these facilities would lose their justification if measures were implemented that harm Honduran citizens. Castro also expressed her desire to maintain a “constructive and friendly” dialogue with the new Trump administration; however, she made it clear that any attempt at mass deportation of Honduran migrants would be considered a hostile action.
 
 
 
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News Article
Trump and the Latin American Left, Central America on The Dig podcast, CPAC in Buenos Aires, and more
December 7, 2024

NACLA editorial committee members Jorge Cuéllar and Hilary Goodfriend recently wrapped a marathon, three-episode podcast series on Central America with The Dig, a podcast hosted by Daniel Denvir through Jacobin Radio. This sweeping conversation on the region’s history, political economy, and present conjuncture is intended to serve as an accessible yet comprehensive tool for scholars and activists, beginning with Central American state formation and the imperialist interventions of the late 19th century and concluding with reflections on the far-right demonization of migration in the United States today. 

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