Latin America

Join the Boston branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation for a 
special panel discussion on empire, race and socialism in Cuba and 
Venezuela. In conjunction with Witness for Peace New England, the July 
26th Coalition of Boston, and the Boston Venezuela Solidarity Committee, 
we are honored to host Jourdy James Heredia, subdirector of the Global 

Panelists will present an overview of the current situation and the role that US foreign policy has played in leading to it.

Panelists:  Jorge Marin – born in Venezuela. Has returned to the country several times leading delegations and was an electoral observer. He is a founding member of the Venezuelan Solidarity Committee.

Paul Hubbard – is a life long socialist and antiwar activist. He is a founding member of RIAC.

Discussion and question and answer session to follow.

sponsored by the Rhode Island Antiwar Committee

There is an extraordinary opportunity for the July 26 Coalition to host up 
to 20 Cuban Scholars participating in the Latin American Studies 
Association (LASA) annual conference at Marriott Copley.

/Miguel Fraga/, the first secretary of the /Cuban Embassy/in Washington, 
D.C. is  also invited.

A Western Massachusetts grassroots group will hold a forum featuring a US observer reporting back on conditions and events in Venezuela from experiences gained on a recent trip to that country.

Venezuelan Embassy protectors led by Code Pink occupied the embassy building in Washington DC for several weeks at the invitation of the Venezuelan government.  The US wants to hand over the building to supporters of the self-proclaimed "president" Juan Guaido, the US puppet who openly calls for US intervention. Despite the US government action being clearly illegal, the protectors were arrested and now face charges.  There will be a national rally to support those arrested and oppose US aggression against Venezuela.  A local solidarity rally will support 

The Embassy Protection Collective is calling on all peace and social justice organizations and people from all over the United States to join together next Saturday, May 18, for a massive mobilization in Washington D.C. at the Venezuelan Embassy.

Comrade Maicol Lynch recently returned from Venezuela. Hear his first-hand report back on the current Venezuelan crisis.

. Click here to join the webinar.   You can also call: +1 646 558 8656  or +1 669 900 6833

Maicol will discuss the political and international elements of the situation with regard to electoral politics, the recent coup, recent reforms made under Chavez and Maduro, and Venezuela’s road to socialism.

Hear from two recent visitors to Venezuela who went to learn firsthand the truth of how the government and population are responding to defend their country from the U.S. led attacks.  Their eyewitness accounts directly counter the false narratives coming from the Administration, Congress and the press, all supporting a discredited, unpopular opposition in order to impose regime change and wrest control of Venezuela’s oil and other resources.

Hear from two recent visitors to Venezuela who went to learn firsthand the truth of how the government and population are responding to defend their country from the U.S. led attacks.  Their eyewitness accounts directly counter the false narratives coming from the Administration, Congress and the press, all supporting a discredited, unpopular opposition in order to impose regime change and wrest control of Venezuela’s oil and other resources.

Hear from three recent visitors to Venezuela who went to learn firsthand the truth of how the government and population are responding to defend their country from the U.S. led attacks.  Their eyewitness accounts directly counter the false narratives coming from the Administration, Congress and the press, all supporting a discredited, unpopular opposition in order to impose regime change and wrest control of Venezuela’s oil and other resources.

*Race (Raza): A Cuban Documentary in Colors (2009).* Alternating 
opinions expressed by everyday citizens with interviews of prominent 
Cuban intellectuals and artists, the 35-minute film explores what Cubans 
think and believe about race, including about racial discrimination in 
Cuba and the acknowledged debt owed to Cubans of African descent.

Set against the successes of the Revolution, the film courageously addresses 
the difficult debate over how a revolutionary society can persevere in 
tackling the unfinished work of bringing social justice to each and 
every one of its members.  Corvalan has continued to work on the issues 
of race/racism in Cuba as a member of the National Union of Writers and 
Artists of Cuba.

http://www.afrocubaweb.com/raza.htm
https://july26.org/
https://www.facebook.com/events/739185006477535/

POSTPONED DUE TO ILLNESS (look for rescheduling date)

Lee Schlenker has just returned from Venezuela in these eventful times.  He was part of a nationally organized delegation.

The U.S. Peace Council has organized a Peace and Solidarity Delegation to Venezuela. The delegation, which includes 13 leaders of prominent peace, civil rights and women's organizations in the United States and Canada, will be in Venezuela from March 10 to March 15.