Day 72 - Honduras Coup Resistance
Photo-essay by Grahame Russell (Rights Action)
Again, 1000s of pro-democracy, anti-coup Hondurans took to the streets of Tegucigalpa.  Receiving little coverage in the main-stream North American media, this is a most extraordinary people's movement for democracy in the Americas - continuing against the huge wealth and often fierce repression of the oligarchic-military regime.

(All photos by Grahame Russell, September 7)
Since before the June 28th coup, the regime has had close to 100% control over the main-stream meda - TV, radio, written.  The people's movement - spearheaded by the National Front Against the Coup - is using a wide range of alternative means of communication ... to gets it message out.

("On the walls is written the story of resistance")
Most people agree that the coup plotters and perpetrators expected strong resistance to the coup, for a week or two, ...

Beyond militarizing much of the country and using repression regularly - committed by soldiers, police and para-military groups -, the regime also carried out a witch-hunt, and got rid of pro-democracy state officials and government employees and put pro-coup people into most state institutions.
On this day, the people marched to the Executive Branch's Office of Government & Justice.

One issue they are protesting today, and publishing on the wall's of the Office of Government and Justice,was the arbitrary decision of the illegitimate regime to revoke, illegally, the nationality of Father Jose Tamayo.

("Father Tamayo is not leaving." "Father Tamayo is Catracho", a friendly way of saying Honduran)
Another issue that is very contentiious and becoming violent are the looming November 29 presidential elections.  The pro-democracy movement is uniform in its condemnation of the absurd idea of a military regime carrying out 'free and fair' elections in a country that has miltiarized. There is growing resistance to the very idea or possibility of holding elections.

Everyday, the marches walk through different neighborhoods of Tegucigalpa, and cities and towns around the country.  Everywhere, people are taking ownership of the National Front Against the Coup - and coming out to join the marches, or cheer them on ...

FOR INTERVIEWS
Grahame Russell, in Honduras: 011 [504] 8865-2527, info@rightsaction.org
Karen Spring, in Honduras: 011 [504] 9507-3835, spring.kj@gmail.com
SPEAKING TOURS: “RESISTANCE TO MILITARY COUPS & GOLD MINING DEVASTATION IN HONDURAS & GUATEMALA”
In October, activists with Rights Action will be on speaking tours in Ontario, Quebec and eastern Canada, and parts of north-east USA, showing slides and short documentaries and speaking about the on-going pro-democracy, anti-coup movement in Honduras and about indigenous and community resistance to Goldcorp Inc.’s open-pit, cyanide leach mines in Guatemala and Honduras.  Karen Spring will be travelling in Ontario; Francois Guindon will be travelling in Quebec and eastern Canada; Grahame Russell will be in the north-east USA.  For more information: info@rightsaction.org.
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WHAT TO DO
AMERICANS & CANADIANS should contact our members of congress, senators & members of parliament every day, day after day, send copies of this information, and demand:
* an immediate suspension of the release of all international funds and loans to the regime
* unequivocal denunciation of the military coup
* no recognition of this military coup and the regime of Roberto Micheletti
* an end to police, army and para-military repression and respect for safety and human rights of all Hondurans
* no recognition of the November 2009 elections, that candidates from the traditional Nationalist and Liberal parties are campaigning for, even as the country is militarized and repression is widespread
* unconditional return of the entire constitutional government of President Zelaya
* concrete and targeted economic, military and diplomatic sanctions against the coup plotters and perpetrators
* application of international and national justice against the coup plotters and perpetrators
* reparations to the victims for the illegal actions and rights violations committed during this illegal coup
TO DONATE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE FUNDS to the peaceful, people’s pro-democracy movement in Honduras, make check to “rights action” and mail to:
UNITED STATES:  Box 50887, Washington DC, 20091-0887
CANADA:  552-351 Queen St. E, Toronto ON, M5A-1T8
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For foundations and institutional donors, Rights Action can (upon request) provide a full proposal of which organizations and people we are channeling funds to and supporting.
 

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