MOMENTUM FOR AUGUST 28TH DAYS OF SOLIDARITY AGAINST THE COUP IN HONDURAS GROWING

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National Front Against the Coup in Honduras calls on the progressive movement worldwide to hold

Global Days of Solidarity at U.S. Embassies around the world

More cities in the U.S. join the call for National Days of Solidarity

 In New York City: Gather at 4pm at Times Square

42nd St. & 7th Ave.

Rally 4-6pm

March to the Honduran Consulate at 48th & 1st Ave.

As the crisis for the Honduran oligarchy and U.S. imperialism deepens, momentum gathers for the August 28th Days of Action against the coup. August 28th will be the two month anniversary of the coup d’état where President Manual Zelaya was ousted.

President Zelaya was legally and constitutionally elected but was ousted by a right-wing coup on June 28th. Roberto Micheletti was installed and the Honduran people have been resisting every single day since then.

Despite this criminal and unjust attack of a democratically elected government, there is hardly a word of protest from the U.S. government. The Obama administration has made contradictory statements about the coup and has said nothing about the daily repression that has intensified since June 28th. In addition, news accounts report that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is arranging a visit from coup leaders to the U.S. This meeting would only help legitimize this illegal government.

Both Amnesty International and the Interamerican Commission for Human Rights have documented widespread police and military abuses directed at anyone who supports the Honduran constitution or who calls for the return of President Zelaya.

Despite this repression every single day for the past two months, the Honduran people have organized. They have earned the name “los incansables”, the tireless ones because they have non-stopped been mobilizing against the coup.

Since the initial call for National Days of Solidarity made by the International Action Center, dozens of cities have come on board. These cities now include Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona; Boston, Mass; Cleveland, Ohio; Los Angeles & San Jose, Ca; Atlanta, Ga; as well as Detroit, MI.

 At Friday’s demonstration in New York City, several Hondurans living in the U.S. will address the rally. Anti war activists, union members, Katrina survivors, and many others will show their solidarity with the Honduran people.

Partial list of Initiating and Endorsing Organizations: National IAC, May 1st, NALACC/NY (Acción Comunitaria La Aurora, Desfile Hondureño/ Centroamericano, Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights, Red por la Paz y el Desarrollo de Guatemala, Salvadoran American National Network (SANN), Red de Organizaciones Afro-Centroamericanas-USA, Comité en Unión de Salvadoreños -CEUS-, Latino Commission on AIDS, La Peña del Bronx, Trabajadoras por la Paz, Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle, Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional – FMLN, Red de Comunidades Salvadoreñas en el Exterior, Empresarios por el Cambio, Centro de Derechos Laborales, Ramsey Clark, Manhattan Local Green Party, NYC; Rev. Luis Barrios; Bayan USA; Artists & Activists United for Peace, Peruvians in Action; Human Rights Project of the Urban Justice Center; Millions 4 Mumia; International League for Peoples Struggle; Comité Dominicano de Solidaridad con los Pueblos, Jersey City Peace Movement, NJ Action 21, Colectivo Rebel-Diaz, Taller Experimental de Arte, Comité HondurasUSAresisitencia, Proyecto Hondureño  de Massachusetts, Comité de Solidaridad Con la Resistencia Hondureña en Boston, CSNY (Cuba Solidarity New York), Comite Dominicano de Solidaridad con los Pueblos, Frente Democratico de Honduras.

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