>From: NY Transfer News <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News That Doesn't Fit > > > Please forward or repost > > > The Brecht Forum and NY Transfer News > present > > Accidental Internationalist > > REFLECTIONS OF AN AMERICAN WORKER IN THE CUBAN REVOLUTION: > WORK, LIFE AND GARDENS IN HAVANA > > A Talk by Mike Fuller > > Friday, January 5, 2001 - 7:30 p.m. > > Brecht Forum - 122 West 27 Street, 10th Floor > between 6th and 7th Avenues, New York City > > >Mike Fuller is a United States citizen who has been living and working in >Cuba since 1994, despite the U.S. government's blockade of and restrictions >on travel to that island. > >Fuller will offer some insights on living and working in Cuba and being a >full-fledged participant in the day-to-day social and economic life of the >island. This translator, editor, interpreter and English teacher will >reflect upon his jobs, family life and peak experiences over the last six >years of massive transformations in Cuba. Tracing his personal history in >U.S. and international progressive movements, he will discuss recent >activities on that island and search for common spaces with participants. > >Fuller's talk is not meant to be a highly theoretical analysis, but rather >an easy-going conversation about one person's life as a modest melody of >resistance and an invitation for others to sing along. > >In addition to discussing his personal experiences in the Revolution, Fuller >will also speak about the new Urban Garden Movement presently taking form in >Havana. > >Since the collapse a decade ago of the Soviet Union, and the subsequent >shortages of fuel, fertilizers and pesticides, the Cuban government has >gradually made a shift from conventional growing of food crops to organic >farming. Cuba is the only country in the world where the use of organic >methods is national agricultural policy. > >As part of this policy, the government has also encouraged the development >of a widespread urban gardening movement, to help provide Cuba's city >dwellers with a reliable supply of fresh organic produce. Mr. Fuller will >speak about this popular activity and will give a slide presentation showing >the work being done in some of Havana's varied community gardens. > >Mike Fuller currently collaborates in Havana with Prensa Latina, a Cuban >news agency; the Jose Marti International Journalism Institute; Infomed, the >Ministry of Public Health telecommunications system; the National >Translation and Interpretation Team; and Cubalinda.com, a travel agency set >up by former CIA officer Philip Agee, designed to encourage Americans to >resist the blockade and travel to Cuba. > >Suggested admission to this talk is on a sliding scale of $6-$10. Proceeds >will benefit the new Urban Gardening Project at the Jose Marti Journalism >Institute in Havana. A wine-and-cheese reception will follow the talk. > >Learn more about Cuba's Gardens at http://www.blythe.org and click on >the Accidental Internationalist link. > >For more information, call the Brecht Forum: 212-242-4201 >or email NY Transfer News: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -30- > >================================================================= > NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems > Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us > 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 > http://www.blythe.org e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >================================================================= > > >-------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~> >eGroups eLerts >It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free! >http://click.egroups.com/1/9698/0/_/_/_/977896871/ >---------------------------------------------------------------------_-> > >Post comments to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Send an email to subscribe: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To unsubscribe from this CubaNews group, send an email to: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for geopolitics. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________
