[Marxism] Colombia: One Million March Against Paramilitary Violence and War

[Anthony Boynton]

Colombia: One Million March Against Paramilitary
Violence and War  	

Written by Anthony Boynton   
Wednesday, 12 March 2008

March 6th, 2008 was a historic day for Colombia. It
was the day the "other" Colombia took to the streets
and put the whole country, and the world, on notice
that state terrorism and paramilitary violence have
failed. The marches were far more important than
anyone could have imagined because the Colombian
government had brought the country to the brink of war
with Ecuador and Venezuela just the weekend before the
marches were scheduled to happen.

On Saturday, March 1, the Colombian military invaded
Ecuador in order to assassinate Raul Reyes, a key
leader of the FARC, one of the guerilla organizations
which have been fighting the Colombian government for
decades.

As a result, the marches became a major, and totally
unexpected, anti-war protest. 

For complete report go to
http://towardfreedom.com/home/content/view/1253/1/


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