In this episode of Solidarity Radio we explore the history of U.S. intervention in Colombia and the efforts by Afro-Descendant, Indigenous and Campesino communities to protect themselves from political violence. Our international team accompanied the Refuge for Life, Peace and Dignified housing in one of Bogota's largest slums, Ciudad Bolivar. The Refuge and it's Indigenous and Cimarrona guards, represent an alternative way to think about public safety and peoples' right to self-determination.