Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people
June 16, 2018, Alliance For Global Justice
Camilo Mejia is an Iraq veteran and war resister born in Nicaragua. He is the son of Carlos Mejia Godoy who wrote many of the great Sandinista Revolutionary songs but has been a member of the opposition to the Sandinista government for many years now. Camilo was a Amnesty International “Prisoner of Conscience” for his resistance to the Iraq War. He wrote an Open Letter to Amnesty International this week condemning its destabilizing role in Nicaragua and calling out the false narrative being circulated in mainstream media about the current situation in Nicaragua. His letter is included below as background information.
Brian Willson is a Vietnam veteran and peace activist who has been awarded Nicaraguan citizenship where he now lives. He has organized solidarity with the Nicaraguan people and other peoples targeted by the US for decades through his own actions and as an active member of Veterans for Peace. On September 1, 1987, while engaged in a protest against the shipping of U.S. weapons to Central America in the context of the US-backed Contra War. Brian was struck by an ammunition train that failed to stop. He lost both legs below the knee and a severe head injury.
Both Camilo Mejia and Brian Willson are credible witnesses to events in Nicaragua and experts on the long history of US intervention and interference in Nicaragua’s internal affairs. Challenge Democracy Now! to prove its objectivity by including their voices in the show’s coverage of Nicaragua.
