[pr-x] July 26: What is Happening in Cuba? A Panel Discussion

[Tamara Hansen]

 *** Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba received thebelow e-mail announcement about an important online event for Cuba. We haveendorsed this event and encourage everyone to attend!

 

What is Happening in Cuba? 

This is thelatest panel discussion hosted by the IMG. See our poster here:

https://geopoliticaleconomy.org/what-is-happening-in-cuba-july-26-panel-discussion/

 If you arewondering why 9 AM -11 AM EST, the reason is that we are fortunate to have theIMG sponsoring this events that also has its contacts in Europe, Asia, Asia,other regions with their own time zones. We apologize if the time of the eventis inconvenient in your part of the world. Please note that if it isinconvenient for you, you will find recordings of this events at the GERPwebsite: 

https://geopoliticaleconomy.org/ 

The Panel willtake place Monday, July 26 at 6:00-8:00am (Pacific / Vancouver time) 

 

Click here to register to attend this event. It isfree. 

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-is-happening-in-cuba-tickets-163955498309 

About this event 

A majordisinformation campaign is re-interpreting the current unrest in Cuba asanti-government, even claiming photos of pro-government demonstrations asanti-government. In fact, its causes lie in the 60-year old blockade, furthertightened by Trump and continued under Biden even during the pandemic. It isasphyxiating Cuba’s normal social and economic development. Cuba has weatheredthe fall of the Soviet Union and the Special Period that followed. How are theGovernment and people dealing with this new challenge? 

The experts onthis panel discuss the current situation, misunderstandings about it and whatis really going on in Cuba. 

Speakers 

Arnold August is a Montreal-based authorand journalist (MA Poli Sci, McGill University). He has written three books onCuba: 1. Democracy in Cuba and the 1997-98 Elections, 2. Cubaand Its Neighbours: Democracy in Motion (“A tour de force from anexpert who clearly know his field well”, Tony Kapcia, University ofNottingham), 3. Cuba-US Relations (“Any open-minded discussionabout the asymmetrical Cuba-U.S. relations should start with this highlyreadable, informative book”, James D. Cockcroft, three-time Fulbright Scholar).Arnold, an award-winning journalist, is published in English, Spanish andFrench in North and South America, Europe and the Middle East. 

Claudia Chaufan, Argentinian MD, PhD is AssociateProfessor of Health Policy at York University, Canada. She researches thegeopolitical economy of global health and is actively involved withorganizations working on antiwar, anti-colonial and anti-imperialist struggles. 

Keith Bolender, award winning journalist andauthor on Cuba-USA relations, including “Voices From the Other Side”, “CubaUnder Siege” and “Manufacturing the Enemy; The Media War Against Cuba”. He haswritten extensively for the past 20 years on Cuban issues for the Toronto Star,The Guardian, Florida Sun Sentinel, the Council for Hemispheric Affairs, NorthAmerican Council on Latin America, Monthly Review, Progresso Weekly. Lectureron Cuba-USA relations throughout North America and the UK, including at theUnited Nations, European Union and the Scottish National Parliament. Member ofthe Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA) on their roster of experts for CubanAffairs. 

Wendy Holm is an award-winning Canadian Agrologist, ResourceEconomist, Journalist and Author who has been working with Cuban agriculturalcooperatives for 23 years. Since 1999, she has taken over 1,000 Canadianfarmers, chefs and students to Cuba in 57 Delegations to learn about Cuba’sleadership in sustainable farming practices. Organizer of two Havana conferences(2011, 2014) on Cuba's new cooperative path, Wendy also taught a University ofBritish Columbia field studies course in sustainable agriculture in Cuba everyMay from 2005 to 2016. During this time, Wendy also organized and led twointernational projects to support Cuban agricultural cooperatives. The first -an international dairy project - won a CIDA International Cooperation Award forsustainability. In the second, Wendy worked with Saint Mary's University andCuban partner ANAP (National Association of Small Farmers) to develop a Cubanversion of the Coop Index, a diagnostic tool to support farm cooperatives asCuba embarks on its road to a more cooperative, people-centred economy. 

Claude Morin is a retired professor from the History Departmentat Université de Montréal where he taught for more than three decades. He holdsa doctorate in history from the Université de Paris-X. His main research fieldswere colonial Mexico, then Cuba, the Caribbean and Central America in the 20thcentury. He is the author or editor of six books and some forty articles orchapters in collective works. He has commented and still comments on LatinAmerican news in the print and electronic media. He also led groups on culturaltrips to Latin America. 

Moderator 

Radhika Desai is a Professor of PoliticalStudies at the University of Manitoba. She is also the Director of theGeopolitical Economy Research Group. She is the author of GeopoliticalEconomy: After US Hegemony, Globalization and Empire. 

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