LL:DDN: Celebrate 40 years of the Cuban revolution
1999 is the 40th anniversary of the Cuban revolution. Since the triumph of January 1, 1999, Cuba has gone forward in leaps and bounds in providing its people with a standard of living which is the envy of many people in the world, if not their leaders. For 40 years, Cuba has had to suffer the relentless hostility of the US government. Until 1989, Cuba could balance this hostility with a favourable relationship with the Soviet Union. However for the past ten years Cuba has been going it alone. Cubans have faced this challenge with creativity, commitment and revolutionary consciousness. They suffered great privations initially but have now turned the corner and are on the way to a secure social and economic future. Cubans see globalization as an historical necessity and are actively working to define the next logical step - a cooperative globalization that respects people and the environment - a liberated world. On October 9, Sydney Australia-Cuba Friendship Society (ACFS),and other groups supporting Cuba are putting on a multi-media event to celebrate the Cuban revolution. Everyone is invited to come along and see and hear why this tiny island nation is a comparative giant in international affairs. Find out about the ACFS Brigade to Cuba and other activities. October 9, 7pm, Great Hall, Building 4, University of Technology, Harris Street, Ultimo LL.NJ -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: work/study brigade to cuba
Spend the New Year in the new society Every year since 1983 the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society has organised a group to visit Cuba as an expression of solidarity. This year the brigade will be in Cuba for three weeks and will participate in a range of activities. These include voluntary work with Cuban cooperative farmers, family stays, visits to farms, industrial enterprises, health, scientific and education institutions, meetings and seminars with political activists and leaders, visits to tourist attractions such as Cuba's famous beaches and mountains plus lots of music, dancing and free time. The group leaves on Boxing Day (December 26, 1999) and gets back to Australia on January 24, 2000. The cost of the tour is A$3670 all inclusive. For more information, ring the State Coordinators on the following numbers: Adelaide Ricardo Fredes (08) 8388 9581 Albury Peter Hood (02) 6021 3520 Brisbane Dita Petersen (07) 3893 2854 Canberra Daniel Bravo 0414 472 137 Melbourne Maree Delloro (03) 9478 9473 Newcastle Ruth Davies (02) 4957 7514 Perth Lefke Kailis (08) 9367 2622 Sydney Ingrid Paling (02) 9744 6665 Auckland Jill Ovens (9) 846 9389 Christchurch Annalucia Vermunt (3) 377 3834 Hamilton Helen Ritchie (7) 825 7470 Wellington Jim Coad (4) 384 8120 -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDN: cuba festival
the 8th annual festival de cuba amigos de cuba, the cuba solidarity committee and the australia-cuba friendship society present the AUTHENTIC cuba festival, on saturday, november 6 from 6pm until late. dance to the rhythms of son, salsa, charanga and timba with bands charanga libre and cachavacha at addison road community centre main hall, 142 addison road, marrickville. sponsored by the cfmeu, tickets are $8 at the door and latin-american food and drinks will be on sale. proceeds go towards solar electricity projects in 3 rural medical clinics in granma province in cuba. LL.NK -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDN: Communities/Identities/Inequalities in West. Sydney Conference
Communities, Identities and Inequalities in Western Sydney Conference. November 15-16, 1999, at the University of Western Sydney Macarthur, Bankstown Campus, Bullecourt Avenue, Milperra. The conference includes community, academic and activist speakers on a range of issues including crime and youth, indigenous issues, migrants, health, women and education. Keynote address by Associate Professor Jock Collins, author, Migrant Hands Cosmopolitan Sydney. All sessions are in Building 2, Faculty of Health Studies, Lecture Theatres 2 or 5, (LT2 or LT5) Registration fees: unfunded - 1 day $30, 2 days $50, funded - 1 day $55, 2 days $100 For more information and/or to register, phone 02 9772 6577 or email k.mcqueenuws.edu.au LL.NK -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDN: abduction of cuban child
dear friends, below you will see the text of two letters sent from cuba regarding the abduction of a cuban child by united states authorities. this shameful act has been brought to you by the government that is so loudly full-on about family values and human rights abuses! would they have done the same had the child been haitian or mexican? no way...he would have been back to his family faster than you can say human rights violation! we will be demonstrating against this act of abuse outside the us consulate at the mlc centre, 19-29 martin place, sydney on friday, december 10 at 5pm. please give your support to this action by coming along to the demonstration and by passing on this information through your networks, putting resolutions to your union meetings and publicising this outrage in every possible way. if you can't be at the demonstration but wish to be involved in helping elian to return to his family, please contact the australia cuba friendship society at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or at po box k364, haymarket, 1240, nsw. yours in solidarity with cuba, joan silk, secretary, acfs sydney branch Letter by Dr. Ricardo Alarcon de Quesada, Speaker of the National Assembly of People's Power of the Republic of Cuba, to all members of Parliament in the world. Dear Members of Parliament, Cuba has repeatedly denounced the double standard policy that the United States government pursues towards Cuba with regards to immigration. While the nationals of other countries are quickly deported when they illegally enter that country, the Cubans are immediately granted permission of residence in compliance with the so-called Cuban Adjustment Act thus undermining the migratory agreements signed by both countries while encouraging illegal migration. This has lately given rise to a new phenomenon: the illegal smuggling of aliens when unscrupulous individuals wanting to profit from others and despising human life have come from the United States and surreptitiously enter our territory on speed boats to fetch Cuban citizens that they take to that country on payments of 8,000 to 10,000 US dollars per person. Most often, the travelling takes place on overcrowded boats and not few people, women and children included, have perished during such trafficking in humans. In addition to this, over two thousand weekly hours of radio stations programming invade our radio-electronic space as part of a campaign that repeatedly incites to ignore the established procedures for a legal and safe migration in accordance with aforementioned agreements signed by the United States and Cuba. The trafficking in humans is conducted on rudimentary and unsafe vessels, either built or stolen in our country by people who receive money from and act in complicity with others living in the United States of America. Last November 22, ancillary troops of our Coast Guard Forces detected, within our jurisdictional waters, a vessel carrying a group of people to Florida. As the efforts to persuade them to abandon their undertaking failed --and in compliance with the well-known conduct observed in such cases to avoid the use of force and intimidation to prevent accidents-- it was decided to escort them up to the international waters. Additionally, an immediate communication was forwarded through the established channels, that is, fax and telex to the U.S. Coast Guard Service patrolling the seas adjacent to Cuba about the presence and characteristics of such vessel navigating towards Florida "with a group of about 13 people, including children, on the northern coast of Matanzas province with the intent to illegally enter the territory of the United States of America. A few days later, on November 25, we learned that the U.S. Coast Guard Service had rescued, near the coast of Florida, three survivors of a shipwreck and that five-year-old Eli1n Gonza1lez Brotins was one of them. That child was being illegally carried aboard that vessel by a man named L'E1zaro Munero Garcia who had close personal relations with the child's mother already divorced from the boy's father, Juan Miguel Gonz=E1lez Quintana, a resident in the city of Cardenas, Matanzas province, Cuba. The father had a very close relationship with his son whom he constantly visited as he properly discharged his obligations as a parent. The child's grandparents, on both sides of the family, had also a very close and loving relationship with him as they live in the same city. They, too, have been deprived of the boy's presence. Neither the father nor any other relative was consulted about the child's departure. The father's permission was not requested to take his small son to the United States of America, least of all to carry him there illegally and by irresponsible and risky means. The two persons responsible for illegally taking the child, that is, the mother and her friend, perished in the shipwreck. Once again the United S
LL:DDN: cuba event, sydney
Commemorating the attack on the Moncada barracks in Cuba, on July 26, 1953 - the spark that set off the Cuban revolution. Live music with Latin band Mojito, and DJ Specs Food and drinks available Saturday July 22 from 7pm until late Villawood Senior Citizens Centre Villawood Road, Villawood $8 entry Organised by the Australia Cuba Friendship Society, the Committee in Solidarity with Cuba, Western Suburbs and Amigos de Cuba LL.NG -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDN: cuban sport exhibition
Come and visit the Cuban Sport Exhibition Centre COMET building, 6-8 Railway Street, Lidcombe (near the railway station) Wednesday September 13 - Monday, September 25 Exhibition Centre open 2-8pm every day * Against the commercialisation of sport! * For the right of poor countries to participate equally in the Olympics! Meet members of the Cuban Olympic team Talks by Cuban officials and activists including Humberto Rodrigues Jose Ramon Fernandez Mirta Muniz Alicia Corredera Autographed posters and free memorabilia, film showings, book launch, public meetings Organised and sponsored by Australia Cuba Friendship Society (Sydney branch) and Ocean Press. Sponsored by COMET Training For more information ring 0412 787 708 LL.NI -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:REM: program for cuban sport exhibition
Calendar of events for the Cuban Sport Exhibition Centre COMET building, 6-8 Railway St, Lidcombe (near the railway station), Sydney Organised and sponsored by Australia Cuba Friendship Society (Sydney branch) and Ocean Press. Sponsored by COMET Training The Exhibition Centre will be open between 2 and 8pm from September 13 - 25, 2000 Wednesday September 13 , 7pm - official exhibition launch. Join members of the Cuban delegation, Cuban Consuls and activists at the launch Saturday September 16, 6pm - Jose Ramon Fernandez. Talk by Cuban revolutionary and President of the Cuban Olympic Committee Sunday September 17, 3pm - Cuban movie and discussion Monday September 18, 6pm - Alicia Corredera from ICAP will discuss solidarity with Cuba around the world Tuesday September 19, 6.30pm - Humberto Rodriguez, Cuban Minister of Sport talks about the commercialisation of sport Wednesday September 20, 7pm - Mirta Muniz. Talk and discussion by Cuban journalist and activist Thursday September 21, 6.30pm - "Making History" book launch Friday September 22, 6.30pm - Movie night Saturday September 23, 6.30pm - Cuban celebration. Join with the Cuban delegation to celebrate achievements at the Olympic Games Sunday September 24, 4pm - Cuban movie. Also Amigos de Cuba BBQ at Addison Rd Community Centre, Addison Rd, Marrickville Monday September 25, 7pm - Official close of exhibition Wednesday September 27, 7pm - Jose Ramon Fernandez at The Edge Theatre, Newtown Saturday September 30 - BBQ with Jose Ramon Fernandez n.b. Program is subject to change. Please ring 0412 787 708 for updated information -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:INFO: Not just a tourist!
Experience the social, political and cultural life of revolutionary Cuba. Visit Cuba with the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society's 18th annual Work/Study Tour, December 27, 2000 to January 28, 2001. $3,650 ex Syd/Melb/Adel/Bris The Work/Study Tour shows how Cuba has transformed itself over the last 40 years from underdevelopment and poverty into an example for the rest of the world. Cuba has achieved: -lower infant mortality than most parts of the United States -more teachers and doctors per capita than any other country -a country without homelessness For further information Adelaide - Naomi 08)8267 3915 Albury - Peter 02)6021 3520 Brisbane - Dita 07)3893 2854 Canberra - Daniel 0410 472 137 Melbourne - Maree 03)9478 9473 Perth - Lefki 08)9367 2622 Sydney - Ingrid 02)9744 6665 Auckland - Fiona 09)620 9872 Christchurch - Dennis 03)388 7288 Hamilton - Helen 07)825 7470 Wellington - Jim 04)384 8120 -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDN: bay of pigs 40th anniversary celebration
A conference on "Gir=F3n: Forty Years Later" was held on March 22-24 in Havana, Cuba to mark the defeated, US-sponsored, counter-revolutionary invasion at Playa Gir=F3n near the Bay of Pigs, four decades ago. Participants in the meeting included former top advisers to U.S. President John F. Kennedy and CIA officials; commanders and other combatants of the Cuban forces in the April 1961 battle; members of the Brigade 2506 invasion unit; and academics from both the United States and Cuba. Cuban President Fidel Castro joined in much of the conference. On the very eve of the US-backed invasion attempt, on April 16, 1961, Castro, as the young leader of the revolution, had rallied the Cuban people in a speech explaining that the revolution was socialist. Castro personally oversaw the command of the victorious Cuban forces that repelled the invasion. The Australia-Cuba Friendship Society in Sydney is holding a celebratory event on the 40th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs at 7 pm, Saturday, April 21st in the Edge Theatre, King St, Newtown. Guest speakers will include the new Cuban Consul-General to Australia, Sicilia Fernendez Dominguez, and Peter Ross from the Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies at UNSW. The event will also include video clips, songs, poems, photographs and literature on revolutionary Cuba and the Bay of Pigs. A central organiser of the Havana conference was Jose Ramen Fernendez, today a vice president of Cuba, and at the time commander of the main column that repelled the CIA-organised forces at Playa Gir=F3n. Fern=E1ndez recently spoke at ACFS events in Sydney while here as president of the Cuban Olympic Committee. In a recent testimony, Fern=E1ndez points out that "from a strategic and tactical point of view, the enemy's idea was well-conceived=85What they lacked was a just cause to defend." With an invasion force of 1500 Cuban-born exiles, the Kennedy administration aimed to entrench a beachhead on an isolated piece of Cuban territory to set up a "provisional government". This would then have called for direct military intervention by Washington and its closest Latin American allies to restore the old propertied classes and military command to power. In this way the White House and CIA hoped to overturn the Cuban revolution and wipe out its example. But they underestimated Cuba's workers and peasants. In less than 72 hours Cuba's popular militias, Revolutionary National Police, and Rebel Army routed the invaders, inflicting what Fidel Castro termed "Yankee imperialism's first great defeat in the Americas." Building on this victory, the Cuban people transformed both their country and themselves. In the process, they inspired millions of working and democratic-minded people and youth across the world. They showed it is possible to stand up to the enormous might of the U.S. government, to tackle seemingly insurmountable odds - and win. For more information, contact Ron Poulsen (02) 9798 8740 or 0413 450 981 Or Rebecca Pinkstone (02) 9565 1197 or 0419 256 572 -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDN: celebrate the cuban revolution!
Celebrate the Cuban revolution! On July 26, 1953, Fidel Castro led a group of 100 men and women in an attack on the Moncada barracks near Santiago de Cuba. Although its immediate aims were not achieved, the attack was a spark which set off the Cuban revolution. Join us to celebrate at the Villawood Senior Citizens Centre, Villawood Road, Villawood, Sydney at 7pm on Saturday night, July 21. Food and drinks will be available and there will be live music from Latin band Cafe Sur and Group Candombe. Entry is $5 with under-12s free. Organised by the Committee in Solidarity with Cuba (Western suburbs), Amigos de Cuba and the Australia Cuba Friendship Society (Sydney). contact 9565 1197 for more information. -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDN: Cuban speaker in Sydney
Fernando Duque, a representative of the Cuban Institute in Solidarity with the Peoples (I.C.A.P.), will be visiting Australia and New Zealand on a speaking tour in late March.He will be the guest speaker at a public event organised by the Australia Cuba Friendship Society (A.C.F.S.)in Sydney at the CFMEU building, 12 Railway St, Lidcombe at 6.30pm on Saturday, April 6. All welcome . -- -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDN: cuban minister for youth speaks in sydney
The Australia Cuba Friendship Society is hosting a public meeting for Otto Rivero Torres, First Secretary of the Union of Young Communists of Cuba and Cuban Minister for Youth. The meeting will commemorate the 41st anniversary of the 1962 victory of the Cuban people over the Bay of Pigs invasion carried out by mercenaries trained and armed in the United States. Rivero will explain the current international campaign to free five young Cubans convicted and jailed in the United States today for defending their homeland from terrorists based in Miami. He will discuss the central role played by Cuban youth in the expansion of education and culture in Cuba today through programs like the University for All. Otto Rivero Torres First Secretary of the Union of Young Communists of Cuba, Cuban Minister for Youth 7 p.m., Thursday 18 April 2002 Room 33, Trades Hall 4 Goulburn St, Sydney For more information contact: 9698 8119 . -- -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDN: close pine gap - no star wars
CLOSE PINE GAP NO STARS WARS Information Evening Thursday, 6 June 6 - 7.30 pm Boardroom, Level 3, 410 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills (near the corner with Devonshire Street. If you arrive after 6 pm and the front door is locked, please dial 65 on the dial system on the left) info on Pine Gap - buses - costs - timetable - ideas for actions - legal matters - affinity groups - and more Australian Anti-Bases Campaign Coalition PO Box A899, Sydney South NSW 1235. Phone: (02) 9212 0800. Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDN: solidarity gathering for latin america
Solidarity gathering - Latin America and the Struggle against Neoliberalism Millions of people throughout Latin America are being dispossessed by neoliberal economic policies, plunder from the west and repression from within their own countries. But at the same time they are increasingly challenging the system, their rulers and United States intervention in the region. They are doing so while proposing, in practice, new and autonomous ways of struggle through popular grassroots organisations. In Sydney an event has been organised to show solidarity with Latin America and the struggle against neoliberalism. Representatives from popular and grass roots organisations will provide first hand accounts of their experiences. This event will also be held a week later in Melbourne. Special guests are: from Argentina - Hebe Bonafini, President of the Plaza del Mayo Association (Mothers of the Disappeared); from Chile - Maria Panchillo Neculhual, member of the Xeg Xeg Mapuche Development Corporation; Columbia - Carlos Olaya, executive member of the National Food Industry Workers Union. Also a video will be shown on the effects of NAFTA on workers, farmers and indigenous people in Mexico. The event will be held at the University of Technology (UTS) Sydney, Guthrie Theatre, Building 6, Harris Street, Ultimo at 2pm Saturday, June 29, 2002. Entry is by $5 donation and food and drinks are available. Organised by the Latin American Popular and Indigenous Network and the support group for Argentina's Mothers of Plaza del Mayo. For more information phone - 9698 8119 or 9558 7694 -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDN: Sydney ACFS activities
Just a reminder about the Australia Cuba Friendship Society activities coming up soon. There is a film night being held at the Tom Mann Theatre at 7pm on Friday 22nd November. The Consul-General of the Republic of Cuba in Sydney, ACFS and the Committee in Solidarity with Cuba invites you to come along to see several recent Cuban documentaries. We hope that these will provide an insight into the island's present reality, its epic history, the ongoing fight against the U.S. blockade, Cuba's unique take on the arts, music and sport.So come along and enjoy an evening getting to know one of the most popular and attractive islands in the Caribbean. Refreshments will be available ENTRY:$10.00 STUDENT/PENSIONER $5.00 Tom Mann Theatre 128 Chalmers Street Surry Hills We are holding an art show and auction this coming Saturday, November 23 at the Benledi Room, Glebe Library 186 Glebe Point Road, GLEBE from 2pm - 6pm (Auction at 5pm) The purpose of the auction is to raise money for our project in Cuba, the Mariana Grajales Primary School located in the Australia Sugar Mill in the Matanzas Province. The school was opened in 1954 and serves nearly 300 students. The current school facilities such as furniture, water supply, electricity, kitchen and bathrooms are outdated, in poor condition and insufficient for the increasing population in the rural area. The school was also severely damaged by Hurricane Michelle with many students having to relocate to schools further away from their homes. This function will be opened by the Cuban Consul-General in Australia and will feature live music and a speaker on education in Cuba. All are welcome. The Australia Cuba Friendship Society will also be having its end-of-year party at the Spanish Club on Sunday, December 8th. This is an annual event with music, dancing and general good times to celebrate solidarity with Cuba and the Cuban revolution. Put it in your diary now - and stay tuned for bands, times, etc. .. -- -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDN: cuban trade unionists speak in sydney
A delegation of Cuban trade union representatives will be in Sydney as part of a tour organised by the Construction, Forestry, Mining Energy Union (CFMEU). The delgation includes: - Pedro Ross Leal, the General Secretary of the Cuban Confederation of Workers, Member of the Cuban National Assembly a member of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party - Rafael Mesa Bravo, Secretary of the Cuban Construction Workers Union - Hilda Chacon Bravo, the International Relations Representative (Asia Pacific) for the Cuban Confederation of Workers A dinner talk sponsored by the CFMEU, the Australia Cuba Friendship Society, Amigos de Cuba the Committee in Solidarity with Cuba (Western Suburbs) has been organised. Speacial guests will be Pedro Ross Leal, Rafael Mesa Bravo and Hilda Chacon Bravo. The details are as follows: Dinner Welcome Topics include: - International Workers Solidarity - The future of Socialism in the World - War, Peace National Sovereignty Date: Sunday, March 30, 2003 Time:6.00pm Where: Greek Community Club 206 Lakemba Street, Lakemba Cost: $20.00 (dinner included) Entertainment will be provided by Latin Band. Seats are limited bookings are essential. For bookings further information, contact Nick Rawson 0414 691 732, Hugo Nardini 9822 5891/ 0408 964 953, Jodie Coleman 9749 0406 (for credit card bookings), Mara Ochoa on 9602 0450 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] or Joan Silk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] .. -- -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL:DDN: honey for ochun
On Saturday, November 29, the Sydney branch of the Australia Cuba Friendship Society will be showing a recent Cuban film 'Honey for Ochun'. This film is directed by Humberto Solas who also directed the acclaimed film Lucia, and stars Jorge Perugorria, recently seen in the wellknown Cuban film 'Strawberries and Chocolate'. The film will be shown at the CFMEU building, 6-12 Railway St, Lidcombe at 7pm, $10 entry. . -- -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
