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Vol. 71/No. 11        March 19, 2007

 

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NEW YORK
Manhattan
Women and the Cuban Revolution Today
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Come hear representatives of the Federation of Cuban Women: Alicia González, Ana Milagros Martínez, and Maritzel González.
Sat., March 10, 7:00 p.m.
Sponsors: Alberto Lovera, Bolivarian Circle, ANSWER coalition, Casa de las Americas, Cuba Solidarity NY, Cuba Solidarity NJ, Communist Party USA, Freedom Socialist Party, Haiti Support Network, International Action Center, Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico (New York branch), Peoples' Organization for Progress, Popular Education Project to Free the Cuban Five, Radical Women, Socialist Workers Party, Workers World Party, Young Socialists. MLK auditorium, SEIU Local 1199 Building, 310 W. 43rd St. (between 8th and 9th Ave.).
Tel. (917) 887-8710.

Shooting a Revolution. The Photographs of Lee Lockwood.
Cuba: The Early Years.

Exhibit March 8-April 7.
Press reception: Wed., March 7, 3:00 p.m.
Reception: Thurs., March 8, 6:30 p.m.
Sponsored by Center for Cuban Studies.
Cuban Art Space Gallery, 124 West 23rd Street.
Tel. (212) 242-0559. For gallery hours visit www.cubanartspace.net

ILLINOIS
Chicago
Rally for an Immediate Moratorium to Deportations, Raids, and No More "No-Match" Letters!
Unconditional Legalization for All!
Bring the Troops Home Now!

Sat., March 10, 12:00 noon. Federal Plaza, corner of Adams and Dearborn.

Protests on 4th Anniversary of U.S. Invasion of Iraq

WASHINGTON, D.C.
U.S. Out of Iraq Now! March on the Pentagon.
Protest the Fourth Anniversary of the U.S. Invasion of Iraq.

Sat., March 17.
Gather at Constitutional Gardens near the Vietnam Memorial at 12:00 noon.
For more information, contact ANSWER Coalition at (202) 544-3389.

NEW YORK
Manhattan
March to End the War.

Sun., March 18.
Three days of actions are planned citywide.
For more information on the New York actions and others nationwide, contact United for Peace and Justice at (212) 868-5545.

ILLINOIS
Chicago
March and Rally to "Stop Funding War and Occupation, Troops Home Now!"

Tues., March 20, 6:00 p.m.
Assemble at 25 E. Walton. March down Michigan Avenue. Rally at 8:30 p.m. in Daley Plaza.
Sponsored by M.20 Coalition and others.

Presentations of 'Our History Is Still Being Written:
The Story of Three Chinese-Cuban Generals in the Cuban Revolution'

CANADA
Vancouver

Sun., March 11, 2:30 p.m.
Speakers: Grace Schenkeveld, cochair, Head Tax Families Society of Canada; Trey Sue-A-Quan, author, Cane Reapers, Chinese Indentured Immigrants in Guyana; Sid Tan, chairperson, Chinese Canadian National Council; Mary-Alice Waters, editor, Our History Is Still Being Written, president of Pathfinder Press.
Sponsors include: Association of Chinese Canadians for Equality and Solidarity Society, Canadian-Cuban Friendship Association, Pathfinder Books, Vancouver and District Labour Council, Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba.
Vancouver Public Library Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level, 350 W. Georgia St.
Tel.: (604) 324-2671.

Mon., March 12, 12:00 noon.
Speakers: Alejandra Bronfman, associate professor, Latin American Studies, UBC; Allan Cho, editor-in-chief, Perspectives; Karin Lee, filmmaker; Henry Yu, associate professor, Asian American Studies, UCLA; Eleanor Yen, Head, Asian Library UBC; and Mary-Alice Waters.
Asian Centre Auditorium, 1871 West Mall.
Tel.: (604) 324-2671.

Montreal
Sat., March 17, 4:00 p.m.
Speakers: Sam Noumoff, professor emeritus, political science, McGill University; Mary-Alice Waters, editor of Our History Is Still Being Written, president of Pathfinder Press.
Sponsors include Festival Accès Asie and Pathfinder Books.
Montreal Chinese Community and Cultural Center, 1088 Clark St.
Tel.: (514) 273-9783.

Toronto
Sun., March 25, 2:00 p.m.
Speakers: Cheuk Kwan, filmmaker; Colleen Hua, president of Chinese Canadian National Council; Laureano Cardoso, Cuban Consulate Toronto; and Mary-Alice Waters.
Sponsors include Chinese Canadian National Council, Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter, The Chinese Magazine at University of Toronto, Free the Cuban Five Committee Toronto, Pathfinder Books.
University of Toronto, Claude T. Bissell Building, Room 205. 140 St. George Street.
Tel.: (416) 417-3475, (416) 596-0833 ext. 3. (647) 292-0833.

 
 
 
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