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Urgent Actions

• October 28: Protest threats to ASFADDES in Barrancabermeja 
• October 26: Oppose so-called "Alianza Act!" 
• October 26: Protest murder of radio journalist, from CPJ 
  
• October 13: Stop Deforestation in the Cacarica
• October 12: Protest Colombia Reporting on 60 Minutes II

Events

• October 30, Boston: Demonstration on Harvard Square
• October 30, Chicago: The War in Colombia: Two Case Studies of Peaceful Resistance

News from and About Colombia

• October 31 Issue: Ana Carrigan: Colombia on the Brink, from In These Times
• October 31 Issue: Plight of the Desplazados, from In These Times 
• October 31 Issue: NATO Tango, from In These Times 
• October 28: Details about Alianza Act
• October 27: FARC kills four members of the Peace Communities
• October 26: Barry McCaffrey encounters UK protesters
• October 25: Eradicating Illegal Crops is Not Enough, from Inter Press Service
• October 25: Millions march for Colombian peace, from BBC
• October 22: Articles from The Independent on U.S., British assistance to Colombia
• October 21: New York Times: Crisis in Colombia as Civil Strife Uproots Peasants
• October 19: John Pilger on imminent U.S. Intervention, from The Guardian
• October 19: Clinton extends Executive Order
• October 18: Pastrana visits George W. Bush, from Agence France Presse
• October 17: Lobbyists at war over Colombia aid, from the Boston Globe
• October 17: 'Political cleansing' rising in Colombia, from the Houston Chronicle
• October 7: Frank Smyth on Cold War Bias toward Colombia, from IntellectualCapital.com
• October 7: Report about paramilitaries, from National Public Radio
• October 6: Report about paramilitaries, ftom The Times (London)
• October 6: Commentary on Displacement in Colombia
• October 6: Transcript of Senate Foreign Relations Committee