[antiwar-van] MARCH 11: Armando Choy - Chinese-Cuban General @ VPL!

[Tamara Hansen]

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OUR HISTORY IS STILL BEING WRITTEN:
The Story of Three Chinese-Cuban Generals in the Cuban Revolution
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HEAR ARMANDO CHOY: Chinese-Cuban leader and author

SUNDAY MARCH 11
*2:30 PM*
VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY
Alice MacKay Room (Lower Level)
350 W Georgia St.

Armando Choy, Gustavo Chui and Moisés Sío Wong – three young rebels of
Chinese-Cuban ancestry - threw themselves into the 1956-58 Cuban
revolution that brought down the Batista dictatorship. They all became
generals in Cuba’s army, helped lead 375,000 Cuban volunteers in the
fight to defeat South African apartheid’s invasion of Angola, and play
leadership roles in Cuba today. OUR HISTORY IS STILL BEING WRITTEN,
published by Pathfinder Press, tells their story. 

The three describe how Cuba’s Spanish colonial rulers brought over
150,000 Chinese indentured labourers to work as virtual slaves. They
tell the story of the thousands of Chinese-Cubans who participated in
the war of independence against Spain and in the 1956-58 revolution.
They explain that it was only because of Cuba’s socialist revolution
that “discrimination–against blacks, against Chinese, against women and
against the poor–was ended.”


Other speakers include:
== KARIN LEE: film-maker, “Canadian Steel, Chinese Grit”; “Comrade Dad”
== GRACE SCHENKEVELD: co-chair Head Tax Families Society of Canada
== SID TAN: chairperson, Chinese Canadian National Council
== MARY-ALICE WATERS: editor, “Our History”; president, Pathfinder
Press

Sponsored by:
== ACCESS: Association of Chinese Canadians or Equality and Solidarity 
Society
== Canadian-Cuban Friendship Association
== Pathfinder Books 
== Vancouver and District Labour Council
== Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba
== Vancouver Public Library


For more information: Tel: 604-324-2671 www.pathfinderpress.com

Also see: www.vancubasolidarity.com


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