Dear Friends: A Latin America Solidarity Gathering will take place mid-year in Melbourne.
Between 4 and 7 July 2002, a series of events will take place at Trades Hall and other venues around the theme of solidarity with social struggles in Latin America. This gathering will feature visits by Hebe de Bonafini, president of Argentina's Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Association, Francisco Caquilpan, president of the Xeg-Xeg Indigenous Mapuche Development and Communications Corporation of Chile, and Carlos Alberto Olaya Rodriguez, executive member of the National Food Industry Workers Union of Colombia. Prior to this significant event, a conference benefit featuring Latin American dance orchestra "Banana 6" will be held from 7.30pm on Saturday 22 June at the Maritime Union of Australia Hall, 46-54 Ireland Street, West Melbourne ($15/$12). For more information please contact conference organisers, or visit the Gathering website at http://www.geocities.com/latingathering2002/ In Solidarity Chilean Popular and Indigenous Network Support Group for Argentina's Mothers of Plaza de Mayo CHILEAN POPULAR AND INDIGENOUS NETWORK Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 9481 2273 / 0401 558 373 Postal: PO Box 813 North Melbourne 3051 SUPPORT GROUP FOR ARGENTINA'S MOTHERS OF PLAZA DE MAYO Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 9370 4298 Postal: PO Box 12273 A'Beckett Street Melbourne 3000 -- 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
