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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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