Venezuela: “We live under a financial dictatorship, under an ongoing business coup”

Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was founded in Venezuela in 1890. “We live under a financial dictatorship, under an ongoing business coup  - they do not produce enough because they do not want to, because they wish to see us Chavistas defeated” SISTERS OF THE SACRED HEART IN VENEZUELA Translated by Stansfield … Continue reading Venezuela: “We live under a financial dictatorship, under an ongoing business coup”

Discussion With Cubans About Life Under Blockade During the Changing US-Cuban Relations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeRqQnBBpAo&t=69s This workshop with Cubans will present their separate views on how they see the process of re-establishing relations with the US. This includes explaining what remains unchanged with with US blockade, and the continuing damage this inflicts on Cuba. They will give their views on the daily life of the Cuban people, the economic … Continue reading Discussion With Cubans About Life Under Blockade During the Changing US-Cuban Relations

Defending their Gains – Cuban, Venezuelan, US Workers Against the 1%

Thursday May 19th, 6:30-8:30 pm Debs Hall, Workers United, 333 S. Ashland Felipe Perez Cruz, Member of National Union Cuban Historians (UNHIC) and Cuba Writers and Artist Union (UNEAC) Jesus Rodriguez Espinosa, Consul General, Consulate of Venezuela in Chicago Richard Monje, Manager and International Vice President, Chicago and Midwest Regional Joint Board, Workers United, SEIU Cuban working people still must struggle to … Continue reading Defending their Gains – Cuban, Venezuelan, US Workers Against the 1%

Open Letter to President Obama to Take Concrete Action on Ending the US Blockade/Embargo on Cuba, and to Return Guantanamo to Cuba

Open Letter to President Obama to Take Concrete Action on Ending the US Blockade/Embargo on Cuba, and to Return Guantanamo to Cuba We welcome President Obama’s decision to travel to Cuba for talks with the Cuban government. We undersigned organizations and individuals call on President Obama to take concrete actions on two outstanding issues to … Continue reading Open Letter to President Obama to Take Concrete Action on Ending the US Blockade/Embargo on Cuba, and to Return Guantanamo to Cuba

Propaganda as “News”: Ecuador Allegedly Sells its Amazon Rainforest to China

Propaganda as "News": Ecuador Sells out Indigenous and the Environment to China Stansfield Smith, Chicago ALBA Solidarity Committee, administrator of the Facebook groups "Friends of Ecuador -North America" and "Friends of Evo's Bolivia," leader of former Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban 5, has been on delegations to Cuba, Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia in 2015. … Continue reading Propaganda as “News”: Ecuador Allegedly Sells its Amazon Rainforest to China

Venezuela:  Reportback From Election Delegation, the Role of US Interference, and the Economic Situation

Saturday, January 16th at 6:00 PM Stan Smith was a member of a delegation from the US, photos College of Complexes, weekly free speech forum Dappers East Restaurant, 2901 W. Addison (3600 north, between California and Kedzie) http://www.collegeofcomplexes.org  Article written by Stansfield Smith after being on a Dcember delegation to Venezuela http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/01/06/lessons-we-can-learn-from-the-electoral-setback-in-venezuela/

Lessons We Can Learn from the Electoral Setback in Venezuela

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/01/06/lessons-we-can-learn-from-the-electoral-setback-in-venezuela/ The most important lesson for solidarity activists and opponents of the US Empire is the crucial role of our international solidarity in defending Third World countries under threat. The constant corporate media disinformation war on target countries such as Venezuela is as much a weapon of aggression and a tool for regime change as … Continue reading Lessons We Can Learn from the Electoral Setback in Venezuela