Author: ChicagoALBASolidarity

formerly Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban Five

Chicago celebrates the Return of the Cuban 5, Steps Ending the US Travel Ban and Blockade against Cuba – and Opposes US Sanctions on Venezuela

On Tuesday, December 23 at the Chicago Consulate of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela over 100 people turned out to celebrate Cuba’s victory and to oppose the new sanctions on Venezuela. Let's not allow the US government to take its boot off the neck of Cuba, just to put it on Venezuela's. The freeing of … Continue reading Chicago celebrates the Return of the Cuban 5, Steps Ending the US Travel Ban and Blockade against Cuba – and Opposes US Sanctions on Venezuela

Ten Years of ALBA: Building a Better World South of the Border

http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/12/19/building-a-better-world-south-of-the-border/ https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/ten-years-alba%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99s-achievements-celebrated Stansfield Smith, Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban 5, and member of the Latin America Solidarity Coalition. This week we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of ALBA (Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America), an anti-imperialist and anti-neoliberal alliance of Latin American countries. ALBA, meaning dawn in Spanish, is a … Continue reading Ten Years of ALBA: Building a Better World South of the Border

The Achievements of Correa’s Ecuador and Evo Morales’ Bolivia

Saturday November 29,  6 pm College of ComplexesHilltop Restaurant, 2800 W. Foster (at California) Report back on trips to both countries by Stan Smith, Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban 5 Evo Morales’ Bolivia and Rafael Correa’s Ecuador provide us with examples of how governments representing the 99% can take decisive action against corporate control … Continue reading The Achievements of Correa’s Ecuador and Evo Morales’ Bolivia

Presentation on the ALBA Countries at SOA Watch Protest

Our task is to oppose imperialist meddling, but  “The challenges Bolivia faces cannot be simply reduced to a question of “imperialist meddling”: they are a direct result of centuries of colonialism and imperialist oppression, which have entrenched  Bolivia in its role within the world economy as a dependent raw commodity exporter. Any chance Bolivia has … Continue reading Presentation on the ALBA Countries at SOA Watch Protest

DePaul Fall 2014 Film Series: Peoples’ Struggles in the Americas

DePaul University Schmitt Academic Center Room 254 2320 N. Kenmore Avenue. Chicago (2 blocks west of Fullerton Red Line) Sundays  at  2pm   October 26              Revolutionary Medicine : The Story of the First Garifuna Hospital Speaker from Honduras Solidarity Network Revolutionary Medicine is a 45-minute documentary by Beth Geglia and Jesse Freeston, who had been … Continue reading DePaul Fall 2014 Film Series: Peoples’ Struggles in the Americas

Fall 2014 Film Series: Peoples Struggles in the Americas

  DePaul University Schmitt Academic Center Room 254 2320 N. Kenmore Avenue. Chicago (2 blocks west of Fullerton Red Line) Sundays  at  2pm  October 26         Revolutionary Medicine: The Story of the First Garifuna Hospital  Speaker from Honduras Solidarity Network Revolutionary Medicine is a 45-minute documentary by Beth Geglia and Jesse Freeston, who had been … Continue reading Fall 2014 Film Series: Peoples Struggles in the Americas

Book Review: Latin America’s Turbulent Transitions – The Future of Twenty-First-Century Socialism

http://www.coha.org/latin-americas-turbulent-transitions-the-future-of-twenty-first-century-socialism-2013/ Stansfield Smith, Guest Scholar for the Council On Hemispheric Affairs. Latin America’s Turbulent Transitions – The Future of Twenty-First-Century Socialism (2013) 208pp $29.95 Roger Burbach, Michael Fox, Federico Fuentes Fernwood Publishing, Halifax, Winnipeg; Zed Books, London, New York   Latin America’s Turbulent Transition is a well-written and highly informative book for comprehending the “new” Latin … Continue reading Book Review: Latin America’s Turbulent Transitions – The Future of Twenty-First-Century Socialism

Cuban Five August-September Leafletting and Outreach

Chicago Air and Water Show Protest Saturday Aug. 16  10am-12 noon Sunday Aug. 17  10 am 3pm east end of North Avenue pedestrian bridge call Stan Smith, 773-322-3168   National Lawyers Guild Convention Chicago September 3-7 http://www.nlg.org   Free Cuban Five Protest   -- 16th year since their arrest Friday, September 12, 4pm- 6pm Federal Plaza, Adams … Continue reading Cuban Five August-September Leafletting and Outreach