{"article":{"id":40591,"heading":"3\/24 Westwood Protest for Colombia","author":"A.R.G.","created":"2003-03-26 06:12:53","modified":"2005-08-15 01:20:04","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:20:04","article":"

This was a great event. The artwork and puppets were inspiring.

As we marched to Occidental Petroleum, a group of men in an unmarked black car followed us. One man in the backseat was videotaping protesters. It was a bit eerie. At Oxy, there was another guy taping protesters.

A woman from \"All Things Considered\" was reporting on the march and interviewing people. She said the story 'might' air this afternoon. I took that to mean, it might air tomorrow, 3\/25.

(The reporter interviewed me, and I cited a story about how U.S. teams are taking off from Occidental Petroleum in Colombia. I told her I got the information from the BBC or Guardian website. Oops. It was the LA Times.

\"Videotape Shows Americans' Role in Village Bombing.\"

Two U.S. men flying a surveillance plane helped direct an attack on guerrillas in a 1998 Colombian incident that killed 18 civilians.

The Los Angeles Times; Mar 16, 2003; T. Christian Miller.)

After the march, I returned to the Westwood Federal Building and ran into two guys protesting against the war on Iraq. They asked me about the Colombia protest, and I replied that the U.S. is providing military aid and training to Colombia's military and protecting Oxy's oil interests.

I think it's important that we widen the debate about oil wars to include Colombia and Venezuela (and other regions), and question supply-side drug wars. The U.S. throws military solutions at world problems like many doctors push pharmaceuticals. What about non-invasive prevention? Solutions that respect human life?

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For more information on Colombia, you might try searching these websites:

NACLA: Report on the Americas

http:\/\/www.nacla.org\/<\/a>

Z Magazine's Colombia Watch Site

http:\/\/www.zmag.org\/CrisesCurEvts\/Colombia\/colombiatop.htm<\/a>

Global Exchange

http:\/\/globalexchange.org\/colombia\/<\/a>

National Mobilization on Colombia

http:\/\/www.colombiamobilization.org\/<\/a>

http:\/\/www.OfficeOfTheAmericas.org\/<\/a>

Peace Brigades International Colombia Project

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