The US corporate press is continually full of anti-Chavista propaganda, just as it was against Qaddaffi. One purpose of this propaganda is drive a wall between the solidarity of the US people with Venezuela. In this they have in a large part succeeded. We must recognize that the US cannot invade a country without neutralizing the … Continue reading Report from Delegation to Venezuela
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Tour of Jesse Freeston and Dr. Luther Castillo, “Resistencia” and “Revolutionary Medicine”
Free Simón Trinidad! Support Peace in Colombia! Simón Trinidad (Ricardo Palmera), is a political prisoner, a member of the FARC-EP, who has been held in solitary confinement by the United States government for over 10 years. The Colombian government and the FARC-EP have been locked in a civil war for over 50 years. A former … Continue reading Tour of Jesse Freeston and Dr. Luther Castillo, “Resistencia” and “Revolutionary Medicine”
Venezuela is not a Threat, We are Hope
Venezuela no es una Amenaza, Somos Esperanza Maximilien Sánchez Arvelaiz Ambassador designate, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Thursday, May 14 at 7:00pm DePaul University, Schmitt Academic Center, Room 164 2320 N. Kenmore, Chicago Sponsored by DePaul University Department of History, & Chicago Stands with Venezuela follow us on Facebook: Chicago Stands with Venezuela
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
Report on the New Economic and Social Changes in Cuba
Report on the New Economic and Social Changes in Cuba Thursday July 24, 7pm Loyola University downtown Corboy Law Center Room 423 25 E. Pearson (one block north of Chicago and State L stop) Trip Report - with photos – Stan Smith, member of the June "Witness for Peace" People to People Education delegation … Continue reading Report on the New Economic and Social Changes in Cuba
Burkina Faso and Thomas Sankara
Burkina Faso remains one of the ten least developed countries of the world. The 1983-87 Burkina revolution, Sankara acknowledged, was occurring in a backward, agricultural, semi-feudal country where there was not yet ‘an organized working class, conscious of its historic mission.” He sought to build a national economy based more on domestic markets and interests. … Continue reading Burkina Faso and Thomas Sankara
Presentation on North Korea and US War Threats
to Anti-War Committee, Minneapolis July 27, 2013 http://www.fightbacknews.org/2013/7/29/st-paul-program-threat-war-korean-peninsula Thank you for inviting me for speaking on the DPRK, the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, or North Korea, this day, 60 years since the DPRK defeated the US war on their country. We should remember too, yesterday was the 60th anniversary of the rallying cry of … Continue reading Presentation on North Korea and US War Threats
Presentation: What North Koreans Think
Presentation at African Liberation Day
This I believe is the 50th anniversary of ALD being held on May 25. It is not a happy time for African liberation. The rich white man’s plunder and destruction of Africa has not ceased. Over 5 million have been killed in the Congo, the land of Lumumba, in imperialism’s looting of their resources. … Continue reading Presentation at African Liberation Day
Chicago ALBA Solidarity 