[antiwar-van] TONIGHT! Main Event of Lift the BlockadeTour!

Tamara Hansen tamara_hansen01 at yahoo.ca
Thu Feb 22 02:51:51 PST 2007 

`*La versión en español sigue a la versión en inglés*
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TONIGHT ! Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba Welcomes
you to join us for…

 == LIFT THE BLOCKADE TOUR 2007 ==
A speaking tour featuring…

*JOHN WALLER*
Coordinator of the Pastors for Peace Friendshipment
Caravan to Cuba 


== VANCOUVER -*MAIN EVENT!*==
* THURSDAY February 22 *
Unitarian Church of Vancouver
949 W. 49th Ave (@ Oak St.)
Hewitt Hall
6:30pm

co-organized with: The Social Justice Committee of The
Unitarian Church of Vancouver and The Free the Cuban 5
Committee – Vancouver

== TOUR WRAP UP PARTY & FUNDRAISER!==
* THURSDAY March 1 *
Dinner, music, dancing
El Rancho Restaurant
112 Kingsway (@ E. Broadway)
7pm

Co-organized with: The Free the Cuban Five Committee - Vancouver

*JOHN WALLER has been a leading Cuba Solidarity
activist in Britain and the US for 15 years, has
visited Cuba 15 times, and is currently the national
coordinator of the US based Pastors for Peace Caravan
to Cuba– which every year takes humanitarian aid and
people from the US and Canada to Cuba as an open
challenge to the blockade. (Scroll for background info
on the blockade)

Join us to learn more about Cuba!

 

For more information and full schedule of tour events, please
check out our website: www.vancubasolidarity.com

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Las Comunidades de Vancouver en Solidaridad con Cuba
(VCSC) te invita ha participar en:

== EL TOUR ABAJO EL BLOQUEO 2007: ==
Platicas con la participación especial de * JOHN
WALLER*
Coordinador de la Caravana de la Amistad de los
Pastores por la Paz a Cuba.


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John Waller ha sido un activista notable en la
solidaridad con Cuba, en Gran Bretaña y en los EE.UU.
por los últimos 15 años, ha visitado a Cuba 15 veces,
y es actualmente coordinador nacional de la Caravana
de la Amistad de los Pastores por la Paz a Cuba -grupo
radicado en los EE.UU. – que cada año lleva ayuda
humanitaria y personas de los EE.UU. y Canadá a Cuba,
como un desafío abierto contra el bloqueo. (Recorre la
página para ver más información sobre el bloqueo)

¡Ven con nosotros a aprender más sobre Cuba!

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* JUEVES Febrero 22 *
== VANCOUVER ==
Unitarian Church of Vancouver
949 W. 49th Ave (@ Oak St.)
Hewitt Hall
6:30pm


Organizado conjuntamente con: The Social Justice
Committee of The Unitarian Church of Vancouver and The
Free the Cuban 5 Committee – Vancouver


* Jueves Marzo 1º *
Vancouver
==¡FIESTA DE FIN DE TOUR Y RECAUDACION DE FONDOS!==
¡Cena, música, y baile!
 Restaurante El Rancho
112 Kingsway (@ E. Broadway)
7pm

Organizado conjuntamente con: The Free the Cuban Five Committee -
Vancouver


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TOUR organized by/ TOUR Organizado por:
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VANCOUVER COMMUNITIES IN SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA  (VCSC)
& FREE THE CUBAN 5 COMMITTEE - VANCOUVER

778-882-5223 | 604-719-6947
WWW.VANCUBASOLIDARITY.COM


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Victoria events co-organized with /
Eventos en Victoria organizados conjuntamente con:
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Victoria Goods for Cuba, Victoria in Solidarity with Venezuela and UVIC
Students Against War

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TOUR endorsed by/ TOUR endorsado por:
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Co-Development Canada, Hospital Employees Union (HEU), America Latina
al Dia - Coop Radio 102.7 FM, Capilano College Global Stewardship
Program, Capilano College History Department, Capilano Students
Union,Central American Support Cttee - Victoria, CODE PINK Women for
Peace, Cuba Education Tours, DADABASE, Douglas College Anti-War Club,
El Bus de las Siete - Coop Radio 102.7FM, Fire This Time Newspaper,
Free the Cuban 5 Cttee – Vancouver, Free the Cuban 5 Cttee -
Courtenay, FMLN-Victoria, Full Outfit, Indigenous Rights and Action
Project (IRAP), Iranian Cttee Against War, Kla How Yah FM - Coop Radio
102.7FM, Korean Student Network Against War, La Vanguardia Newspaper,
Langara Students United Against War and Occupation (LSUAWO), Lisa
Barrett - Bowen Island City Councilor, MAWO-SFU Club, Milenio
Newspaper, Mobilization Against War and Occupation (MAWO),
Parksville/Qualicum Beach Kairos, Pastors for Peace, New Democratic
Party - Richmond Riding, ShahrvandBC Newspaper, Social Justice
Committee of the Unitarian Church of Vancouver, Students For Peace –
Kwalikum Secondary, Tim Louis - former Vancouver City Councilor, UBC
AMS Coalition Against War on the People of Iraq & Internationally -
CAWOPI, UBC Student Environment Centre, UVIC Students Against War,
Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group (VIPIRG), Victoria
Goods for Cuba, Victoria Peace Coalition (VPC), Victoria in Solidarity
with Venezuela, Work Less Party, Working TV, World Community
Development Education Society, Youth Third World Alliance (Y3WA)


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Background info on the blockade... /
Información histórica sobre el bloqueo…
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What is the US blockade on Cuba?
48 years ago the Cuban Revolution overthrew a corrupt US backed
dictatorship and started building a society based on meeting the needs
of the workers and peasant farmers of Cuba. The Cuban government took
back the land and resources of Cuba from big businesses and
corporations and put them into the hands of the people of Cuba. Cuba
has fought for real human rights, free and universal healthcare and
education, democracy and  environment. Ever since, the government of
the United States has done everything it possibly could to overthrow
the revolution and turn the country back into a US neo-colony. For 46
years the main strategy of the government of the U.S. has been an
economic blockade of Cuba; an attempt to starve and grind down the
Cuban people. The Cuban nation has paid a high cost, but the strategy
has failed and the Cuban revolution continues to advance. Today Cuba is
a leader in the world, with the lowest infant mortality rate and
illiteracy levels in Latin America and more doctors per person than
even the U.S.

How does the blockade work? What will the last 2 years of George W
Bush’s presidency mean for the blockade? Will the policy change under
the next US president? How will the Cuban government and society change
after President Fidel Castro’s retirement or death? What can people
in Canada do to help bring the blockade to an end? Join us for the
events to discuss these questions & more!

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¿Qué es el bloqueo de los EE.UU. en contra de Cuba?
Hace 48 años la Revolución Cubana derroco ha una dictadura corrupta
apoyada por los EE.UU. y comenzó a construir una sociedad a base de
las necesidades de los trabajadores y campesinos de Cuba. El gobierno
Cubano retomo la tierra y los recursos de las manos de las grandes
compañías y empresas y las puso en las manos del pueblo cubano.
Cuba ha luchado por verdaderos derechos humanos, acceso gratuito y
universal a la medicina y a la educación, la democracia y la
preservación del medio ambiente. Desde entonces, el gobierno de los
Estados Unidos ha hecho todo lo posible por reversar la revolución y
para convertir al país, de nuevo, en una neo-colonia estadounidense.
Por 46 años la estrategia principal del gobierno de los EE.UU. ha sido
el bloqueo económico de Cuba; intentando agotar al pueblo cubano a
través de la privación. La nación cubana ha pagado un precio alto,
pero la estrategia ha fallado y la Revolución Cubana continua
avanzando. Hoy Cuba es un líder mundial, con los niveles de mortalidad
infantil y analfabetismo más bajos de América Latina y mas doctores
por capita que los EE.UU.

¿Cómo funciona el bloqueo? ¿Qué significaran los últimos dos años
de la presidencia de George W. Bush para el bloqueo? ¿Cómo cambira la
política de los EE.UU. bajo el próximo presidente? ¿Cómo cambiara
el gobierno y la sociedad cubana después de la muerte o jubilación
del Presidente Fidel Castro? ¿Qué puede hacer la gente en Canadá
para acabar con el bloqueo? ¡Ven a los eventos para discutir estas
preguntas y más!

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