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Left Forum: Lessons from Latin American Social Movements for the US

Super User March 15, 2010 Super User

Latin American social movements have resisted the harmful effects of neoliberalism for decades. Many have also built viable alternatives to this destructive economic model. This panel and discussion will focus on such resistance and alternatives in Latin America and look at what activists and leftist in the US could learn from these movements and experiences in Latin America.

Panel is on Saturday, March 20, 10:00 AM - 11:50 PM, Pace University, W612, Organized by Toward Freedom and Between The Lines Radio

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Vermont Event: Report Back From Human Rights Delegation to Honduras

Super User February 23, 2010 Super User

Fear and Defiance in Post-Coup Honduras

Monday, March 1st, 7pm, FreeBurlington College 95 North Avenue, Burlington, VTCommunity Room

Call 802-881-3293 for more info.

"Nos tienen miedo porque no tenemos miedo." (They are afraid of us because we are not afraid.)  – Slogan chanted by activists in the grassroots movement for democracy in Honduras The Honduran oligarchy and their military, backed by Washington, have long ruled their country by spreading fear and violence. But when they overthrew the democratically elected president, Manuel Zelaya on June 28, 2009, they awakened a new spirit of resistance.

Burlington resident Peter Lackowski recently returned from a two week Rights Action delegation in Honduras. On this trip he met with many of the people who are creating a brave new movement which aims to break free of the US empire, the Honduran elite and establish a real democracy in their country. At this event Lackowski will cover the events leading up to the coup and the various maneuvers of Zelaya and his supporters. He will share stories and analysis from interviews with the people he met, both activists and others, on the strategy of the resistance and what people in the US can do in solidarity. read more

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Venezuela Speaks! Voices from the Grassroots – Vermont Event Announcement

Super User January 21, 2010 Super User

Toward Freedom presents:

Venezuela Speaks! Voices from the Grassroots
Book Presentation & Discussion
Join co-authors Carlos Martinez, Michael Fox, and photographer Sílvia Leindecker

Monday, February 1st
6:30pm at Burlington College
Free

Community Room
95 North Avenue, Burlington, VT
Burlington.edu
Call 802-540-2516 for more info.
Organized by Toward Freedom

While Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez continues to capture headlines, a much larger story involving a wider cast of characters has gone largely ignored. Venezuela Speaks!, published by PM Press, is a collection of interviews with activists and participants from across Venezuela’s social movements. From community media to land reform, cooperatives to communal councils, from the labor movement to the Afro-Venezuelan network, Venezuela Speaks! sheds light on the complex realities within the Bolivarian Revolution. read more

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Savagery and Silence in the First World

Super User November 2, 2009 Super User

In America – in my country – I fear we are losing the battle for our humanity. Some say we have already lost it.

Deep down I think they may be right.

Such is the level of violence, voyeurism and detachment displayed this October in Richmond, California, when at least two dozen students cheered, laughed or simply stood by and watched as a 15-year old girl was repeatedly raped, beaten and brutalized by an “unknown number of assailants.”

This horrific act of terrorism took place in the parking lot of Richmond High School, just yards away from where the school was holding its annual homecoming dance. read more