Category: Venezuela

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

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

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

Ecuador and Bolivia: The Distortions of Ben Dangl and Upside Down World

In The Politics of Pachamama: Natural Resource Extraction vs. Indigenous Rights and the Environment in Latin America,  Dangl makes claims such as “indigenous movements have resisted extractivism in defense of their rights, land and the environment” as if  the indigenous movement is opposed to what Dangl calls “extractivism.” Dangl must be counting on being able … Continue reading Ecuador and Bolivia: The Distortions of Ben Dangl and Upside Down World

Loyola African-Women-Labor-Latin America Film Series Jan-June 2014

Loyola Film Series: Winter-Spring 2014 Afro-American, African, Women, Labor, and Latin America Sundays, 2pm Loyola University (downtown) Corboy Law Center, room 422, 25 E. Pearson Street, Chicago (one block north of Chicago & State Red line L stop) January 12   Negroes with Guns: Robert Williams and Black Power (2004) Williams was a NAACP leader in … Continue reading Loyola African-Women-Labor-Latin America Film Series Jan-June 2014

Afro-American, African, Women, Labor, and Latin America Film Series

Sundays,  2pm Loyola University (downtown) Corboy Law Center, room 422,   25 E. Pearson Street, Chicago January 12     Negroes with Guns: Robert Williams and Black Power (2004) Williams was a NAACP leader in the late 50s –early 60s South who advocated Blacks arm themselves for self-defense as a practical matter of survival against the … Continue reading Afro-American, African, Women, Labor, and Latin America Film Series