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* Films4Cuban5 presents* * * * MAESTRA* * (Teacher)* * ** Saturday, October 27, 7 pm* ** * At the Home of Rachel and Jay* * 601- 9th Street, Santa Monica, California* * one block E of Lincoln, one block N of Montana* * Southeast Corner, Easy Parking * ** * * * Before Film:** Meet at Izzy's Deli, 15th and Wilshire 5:00 PM * * Free street parking @ Izzy's Deli , rear lot, computer store lot on 15th. * * After Film:** Discussion, end the embargo on CUBA COFFEE , gourmet cookies.* ** * * * * * RSVP: [email protected] 310-780-7363 (first 20)* * * Maestra * (Teacher)* ** * Cuba, 1961: 250,000 volunteers taught 700,000 people to read and write in one year. 100,000 of the teachers were under 18 years old. Over half were women.* * MAESTRA explores this story through the personal testimonies of the young women who went out to ** teach literacy in rural communities across the island - and found themselves deeply transformed in the process.* ** * Documentary 2011 Spanish w/ English subtitles 33 minutes * * Film preceded by 18 minute Cuban 5 Documentary * * $10 donation * * ** Includes $5 reduction on "End the Embargo on Cuba" coffee* * and/or "Cuban 5" all cotton T shirts and DVDs.* ** * For the Cuban 5 defense* * www.thecuban5.org/* ** * In September 1998, five Cuban men were arrested in Miami by FBI agents. Gerardo Hernandez, Ramón ** Labañino, Fernando Gonzalez, Antonio Guerrero and René Gonzalez were accused of the crime of ** conspiracy to commit espionage. * * RENÉ González Sehwerert, one of Cuba's five anti-terrorist heroes, released from prison * * October 7, 2011 having served in full the brutal and unjust sentence he was given.* * Leonard Weinglass presente!* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * -- *A means can be justified only by its end. But the end in its turn needs to be justified. (Also quoted as "The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.") Leon Trotsky Their Morals and Ours (1938)* [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
