[NYTr] Support Cuba and the Cuban Five! - Nov, Dec events Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:55:25 -0500 (CDT) Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit International Action Center - Oct 11, 2007 Support Cuba and the Cuban Five! To all progressives and to supporters of the Cuban Revolution: the IAC invites you to support two important upcoming events on Cuba . Details on both events follow./ 1. "Breaking the Silence: Canada-U.S. Solidarity Conference on the Cuban Five" in Toronto , Canada Nov. 9-11. The IAC will be organizing transportation to Canada . Call 212.633.6646 for more information. 2. Participate in the IV Cuba/Venezuela/North America / Mexico Conference in Tijuana , Mexico December 7, 8 and 9. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. The National Network On Cuba and the Canadian Network On Cuba are holding a joint conference on November 9-11, 2007: "Breaking the Silence: Canada-US Solidarity Conference on the Cuban Five". The conference will take place in Toronto, Canada.* Special participants will include family members of the Cuban 5.This will be a unique opportunity for people from the United States to meet and share experiences with the families of the Five. As most of us from the US have been unable to travel to Cuba and as the US has repeatedly denied visa requests for the families to come to the US, we have not had the ability to meet the families and they have not been able to meet the many people who have worked so hard in the cause of justice for the Five. The conference will also feature internationally known attorneys, intellectuals, religious and civic leaders. Plans include a public meeting, press conference, plenary, workshops, and a chance for brainstorming on ways for the two networks to work more effectively. 2. Cuba/Venezuela/Mexico/North America Labor Conference -- IV Conferencia Cuba/Venezuela/Mexico/Norte America* December, 7,8 and 9,? Diciembre,7,8 y 9 2007 B!La lucha obrera no tiene fronteras! The workers' struggle has no borders! U.S.-Cuba/Venezuela/International Relations FTAA/NAFTA: the ALBA Alternative Immigration between US/Latin America InmigraciC3n entre Estados y LatinoamC)rica In response to the repeated denial of visas by the U.S. State Department to tour the U.S., three Cuban leaders of the Confederation of Cuban Workers (CTC) will visit Tijuana, Mexico, a city 15 minutes from the San Diego US/ Mexico border. This conference will give people from North America (the United States , Canada and Mexico ) the opportunity to hear first hand from the Cubans about Cuba 's workers and their unions. Also, you will hear from leaders of the Venezuelan union, UNT, about the present situation of the Venezuelan revolution and the issues facing Venezuelan workers, representatives of Bolivia and Nicaragua discussing the social movements there, and the social and labor movements in the United States . The cost to attend is $55 per person to cover the expenses of the conference. En respuesta a la repetida negacion del otorgamiento de visas para visitar a los Estados Unidos de Norte America a 3 lideres sindicales Cubanos de la Central de Trabajadores de Cuba (CTC), ellos visitaran Tijuana, Mexico, una ciudad a 15 minutos de San Diego, CA. USA.la frontera Mexico/EE.UU.. Esta conferencia le brindarC! la oportunidad a las trabajadores de Norte America de obtener informaciC3n de primera mano sobre la situaciC3n de los trabajadores Cubanos y sus sindicatos y sobre la realidad cubana actual., ustedes escucharC!n de lideres sindicalistas Venezolanos de la UNT (UniC3n Nacional de Trabajadores), acerca de la situaciC3n actual de la Revolucion Venezolana. Invited Panelists/Invitados (partial): CUBA: Raymundo Navarro Fernandez, Director of Foreign Relations of the C.T.C. of Cuba ; Carmen Godines,Director of the Americas , Dept. of Foreign Relations of the CTC; Andres Luis Morejon Ballarte, Americas Depto. of ICAP VENEZUELA: Representantes de la U.N.T. de Venezuela, BOLIVIA: Representante Internacional de Bolivia, NICARAGUA: Maritza del Socorro Espinales, Secretaria General de la Federacion de Sindicatos Universitarios MEXICO/Estados Unidos: Elvira Arellano, Emma Lozano: La Familia Latina Unida, Chicago MEXICO: Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas (SME) SPONSORS (partial): U.S./Cuba Labor Exchange; Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas (SME); World Organization for the Right of the People to Healthcare, SEIU 1199 NY; National Network on Cuba (NNOC); Venezuela Solidarity Network (VSN); International Action Center (IAC); Cuba Solidarity New York (CSNY); Southwest Workers Union, San Antonio, Texas; C.O.M.P.A., Converjencia de los Movimientos de los Pueblos de Las Americas; Peace and Freedom Party - California; Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle of NY; CUSSP, Cuba-U.S. Sustainability Project Conference Registration/ Datos para su inscripciC3n a la Conferencia: Name/Nombre:______________________________________________________ Address/Direccion:__________________________City,State, Zip/Ciudad, Estado, Zona postal:_______________________ Phone/Telefono:__________Fax:___________ Email/Correo Electronico:_________________________________________ Union/Organization/Sindicato:___________________________ [ ]Enclosed is my registration fee of $ 55 U.S. dollars [ ]Envio mi registro y mi donacion de 55 dolares US y quisiera aportar la cantidad de $_______para aquellos participantes de bajo ingreso. [ ] I would like to give a donation of $ ________ for a low-income participant Mail your registration - EnvC-elo por correo a: US/Cuba Labor Exchange ? P.O. BOX 39188 ? Redford MI 48239 ? Phone/Fax: (313) 561-8330 ? Email: laborexchange@aol.com Reservations can be made at: Reservaciones de Hotel: Hotel Palacio Azteca Blvd Cuauhtemoc Sur #213 Colonia Davila 22400 Tijuana, Mexico Toll Free from USA 1 888 901 3720 Toll Free From Mexico 01 8000266660 Single/Sencilla Room $86US Dollars Double/doble Room $119 US Dollars (This will included two breakfasts and one dinner) (Este precio incluye dos desayunos y una cena) * ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us Our main website: http://www.blythe.org List Archives: http://blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/ Subscribe: http://blythe-systems.com/mailman/listinfo/nytr =================================================================