Stansfield Smith, Chicago ALBA Solidarity Some alternative media have exposed the US government and its corporate media fake news reporting on Russian “election interference,” on Venezuela, the war on Syria, China’s Xinjiang and Hong Kong, Nicaragua, Palestine, among others. One of the longest running media disinformation campaigns has been directed at Cuba, well covered in … Continue reading A Case Study of Corporate Media Disinformation: Keith Bolender’s “Manufacturing the Enemy: The Media War Against Cuba”
Category: Latin America
Report Back from the Ongoing National Strike in Colombia
Report Back from the Ongoing National Strike in Colombia Sunday January 12 3-5 pm UE Hall, 37 S. Ashland John Ocampo, organizer with UE, has recently returned from Colombia. The corporate press has not been reporting on the weeks-long national strike in Colombia which has shaken up the country. What little coverage we see is … Continue reading Report Back from the Ongoing National Strike in Colombia
Chicago ALBA Solidarity $1000 Matching Fund to send food to the Children of Venezuela
Chicago ALBA Solidarity has a $1000 match for the Manitos Children’s Fund, which focuses on the children of Venezuela who are suffering most under US sanctions, now an economic blockade. They are not getting enough to eat and many are sick or dying from lack of access to medicine. The Manitos Children’s Fund works directly with Venezuelan … Continue reading Chicago ALBA Solidarity $1000 Matching Fund to send food to the Children of Venezuela
The Coup in Bolivia: Lessons for our Movement
Stansfield Smith, Chicago ALBA Solidarity The US engineered another coup, this time Bolivia, and again our movement could not effectively counter pro-coup propaganda the US was selling to the public, let alone taking any action to stop it. Our imperative need for much greater long-term cooperative work to combat US interventions is evident. Needed is … Continue reading The Coup in Bolivia: Lessons for our Movement
Evidence talks: US Government Propelled Coup in Bolivia
By W. T. Whitney Jr. Evidence talks: US Government Propelled Coup in Bolivia By W. T. Whitney Jr. A coup on November 10 removed the socialist government of Bolivian President Evo Morales. The U.S. government made preparations and orchestrated the final stages of the coup. It was in charge. In power for almost 14 years, … Continue reading Evidence talks: US Government Propelled Coup in Bolivia
No to the US Backed Military Coup in Bolivia! US Hands off Bolivia!
The Disputed Presidential Election On October 20, Bolivians voted for their president and congress. Evo Morales, the first indigenous president in a country with the largest indigenous proportion in Latin America won. His main opponent, former president Carlos Mesa, was vastly preferred by Washington. The final vote had Morales with 47.1% and Mesa with 36.5%. … Continue reading No to the US Backed Military Coup in Bolivia! US Hands off Bolivia!
Rally: No to the coup in Bolivia! US Hands off Bolivia!
No to the coup in Bolivia! US Hands off Bolivia! Wednesday, November 13 4:30 – 6 PM Federal Plaza 219 S. Dearborn, Chicago A U.S.-backed military coup is being carried out in Bolivia right now. Rightwing forces within Bolivia Bolivia have mobilized to overthrow the progressive, indigenous, president of Bolivia, Evo Morales. Evo has consistently opposed … Continue reading Rally: No to the coup in Bolivia! US Hands off Bolivia!
Q & A Session with Charlie Hardy, Reportback from a month in Venezuela
Monday, November 4, 6-8 pm Chicago Public Library, Sulzer Branch auditorium 4455 N. Lincoln Avenue , Chicago (near Montrose and Western stops on the Brown Line) Charlie Hardy, long time resident of Venezuela, author of Cowboy in Caracas, and frequent speaker on Chavista Venezuela, will be in Chicago just after spending October in Venezuela. He will … Continue reading Q & A Session with Charlie Hardy, Reportback from a month in Venezuela
Kevin Zeeze of Embassy Protector Collective and PopularResistance.org Speaking in Chicago & Illinois October 23-26
Kevin Zeese, co-director of Popular Resistance, has been in the forefront of numerous struggles for peace and social justice, from the recent People’s Mobilization to Stop the US War Machine and Save the Planet outside the United Nations to his role in the Venezuela Embassy Protection Collective in Washington. Popular Resistance itself has been an … Continue reading Kevin Zeeze of Embassy Protector Collective and PopularResistance.org Speaking in Chicago & Illinois October 23-26
Some Questions on Oscar Figuera’s “The Crisis of Rentier Capitalism in Venezuela”
https://orinocotribune.com/some-questions-of-oscar-figueras-the-crisis-of-rentier-capitalism-in-venezuela/ Some Questions on Oscar Figuera’s “The Crisis of Rentier Capitalism in Venezuela” Stan Smith, Chicago ALBA Solidarity The secretary-general of the Venezuelan Communist Party (PCV), Oscar Figuera, in a recent interview stresses the need to build a broad anti-imperialist alliance of workers, campesinos, the communal movement, and all those committed to progressive social change. … Continue reading Some Questions on Oscar Figuera’s “The Crisis of Rentier Capitalism in Venezuela”
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