Category: Speaking tours, webinars, protests, forums,

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 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

Presentation on Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban Five Upcoming Work

May 4, 2013 We have the upcoming five days for the Cuban 5 in Wash DC. Danny Glover, Dolores Huerta, Glen Ford, Angela Davis, Ramsey Clark will be there.  If you cannot go, you can encourage others to go, you can publicize it, you can encourage your contacts in the DC area to go, you … Continue reading Presentation on Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban Five Upcoming Work

Presentation on Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban Five work

We have the upcoming five days for the Cuban 5 in Wash DC. Danny Glover, Dolores Huerta, Glen Ford, Angela Davis, Ramsey Clark will be there.  If you cannot go, you can encourage others to go, you can publicize it, you can encourage your contacts in the DC area to go, you can donate to … Continue reading Presentation on Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban Five work