The avalanche of disinformation about the struggle in Colombia must be turned back by an avalanche of resistance against Plan Colombia and in support of the struggle there. One of the ways resistance can be built is by uniting to support the rebels in Colombia and all those who are fighting back in that country. The Pentagon and Wall Street would prefer to see the movement in this country confused and paralyzed on this issue. Whenever a union is on strike or in an intense organizing drive, the bosses turn up the anti-union rhetoric to a fever pitch. They put the union under a microscope, distorting or falsifying this or that incident in order to break solidarity.
Union leaders become targets of scrutiny.
They are slandered as corrupt or sell-outs, as if the bosses really cared about that. Unfortunately, the disinformation campaign sometimes works. Workers get confused, start questioning the union, support is derailed and unity dissolves. They start turning away from the union instead of defending it to make it stronger. What the U.S. government is trying to do with regard to Colombia is not so different.