Solidarity with Cuba, Venezuela
By
John Catalinotto
New York
Published Sep 15, 2005 1:01 AM
With the world summit
coming to the United Nations here, government leaders of many countries will be
in New York. This includes some of the heroes of the world’s workers and
oppressed peoples and also some of the worst criminals. There will be both
greetings and protests.
Leaders of the two popular revolutionary countries
of the hemisphere, socialist Cuba and Bolivarian Venezuela, plan to speak to the
progressive movement in New York.
On Saturday, Sept. 17, at 6 p.m., the
Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the U.S. invites people to a
special forum with President Hugo Chávez and community and religious
leaders on issues of poverty and justice in the globalized world.
The
meeting will be at the Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew United Methodist, 263
W. 86th St., between Broadway and West End Ave.
On Monday, Sept. 19, at
7:30 p.m., there will be a welcome for Ricardo Alarcón, the Cuban
National Assembly president, and for Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Pérez
Roque, at the Church of the Intercession, W. 155th Street and Broadway, in
Harlem, N.Y. Doors open at 6 p.m.
Attendance is by invitation only and is
being organized through those groups that have shown solidarity with
revolutionary Cuba or Bolivarian Venezuela, or both.
Chávez has
been a particular target of U.S. imperialism in the recent period, including a
public assassination threat by Pat Robertson, the racist fundamentalist with
close ties to the Bush administration. Cuba is a perpetual target of U.S.
imperialism, especially coming from the ever narrower circle of
counter-revolutionary Cuban terrorists centered in Miami.
Many New Yorkers
are hoping that, despite these security problems, they will have the opportunity
to hear the voices of and greet the leaders of the two countries in this
hemisphere that have expressed the hopes of humanity. For more information,
contact the International Action Center at (212) 633-6646.
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