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A.N.S.W.E.R. Speakers Available Interested in spreading the word about the war administration in the United States and building a movement to stop it? Organize a teach-in or an event. A.N.S.W.E.R. has a number of speakers who are available to speak at events. Call 415-821-6545 for more info. Why We Say Bring the Troops Home Now Workshop and Political Analysis on Latin America—San Francisco Saturday, August 21 11 a.m. Presentations about Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Venezuela There is a revolution underway in South America and Cuba, but most of the world doesn't know what is going on in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Venezuela. These countries have been improving the living conditions of their people and in order to do so they have to end a long term dependence on the United States. Because of their success, the U.S government is trying everything possible to destroy these democratically elected governments and to justify a military intervention the U.S. has been using the media to portray them as dictatorships, involved with drug dealing and terrorists. It is extreme important for those of us in the United States to demand non intervention of the U.S in any of these countries. For that, we need to inform the people about the truth: that these countries in South America together with Cuba represent the best hopes and aspirations not only for the Latin America people but for the people of the whole continent. Sponsored by Bay Area Latin America Solidarity Coalition (http://balasc.org) Contact: balasc@balasc.org -------- Taller y Análisis Políticas Sobre América Latina—San Francisco Sábado, 21 de Agosto 11 a.m. Presentaciones sobre Argentina, Bolívia, Brasil, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua y Venezuela En América del Sur y en Cuba hoy en dia se vive un proceso revolucionário pero la mayoría del mundo no sabe lo que está pasando en Argentina, Bolívia, Brasil, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua y Venezuela. Estos países han estado mejorando las condiciones de vida de sus pueblos y para lograrlo han tenido que pener fin a su dependencia de los Estados Unidos. Debido a su éxito, el gobierno de EE.UU. está tratando todo lo posible para destruir estos gobiernos elegidos democráticamente y en orden de justificar una posible intervención militar han estado utilizando los medios de comunicación que presentan estos gobiernos como dictadores, nacotraficantes y terroristas. Es de gran importancia que los que estamos en este pais demandemos la no intervención en los asuntos internos de esos paises. Si nosotros queremos lograr esto necesitamos informar al pueblo de EE.UU. la verdad: que estos paises en América del Sur junto con Cuba representan las mas altas esperanzas y aspiraciones de los pueblos no solo de América Latina sino de todo el continente. Coalición en Solidaridad con Latinoamérica de la Área de la Bahía, (http://balasc.org) 'Faubourg Tremé—The Untold Story of Black New Orleans'—San Francisco Thursday, September 9, 7:30 p.m.
A documentary film about the radical Black history of New Orleans on the sixth anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy "Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans" was largely shot before the Katrina tragedy but edited afterward, giving the film both a celebratory and elegiac tone. It is a film of such effortless intimacy, subtle glances and authentic details that only two native New Orleanians could have made it. During slavery, Faubourg Tremé—a neighborhood near the French Quarter—was home to the largest community of free Black people in the Deep South and a hotbed of political ferment. Black and white, free and enslaved, rich and poor co-habitated, collaborated and clashed to create much of what defines New Orleans culture up to the present day. The film tells the history of the radical roots of this New Orleans community, where during slavery Black people could earn their freedom and purchase a house, where sit-ins, almost a century before Rosa Parks, won the integration of public transportation. The film concludes with the new challenges facing the Black community after the Katrina disaster. It does not just commemorate but reminds us that U.S. society still confronts the same battles that the residents of Tremé have waged through two centuries—demands for economic justice, voting rights, equal education, decent public services—in short, full citizenship for African Americans. 2007, 67 min. Call 415-821-6545 for more info. Sponsored by the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) ------- DVD available for purchase: 'Palestine, Sudan and the Myth of a Humanitarian U.S. Foreign Policy'
At exactly the same time that the U.S. government is pretending to be concerned about suffering in the Darfur region of Sudan, it has joined with the European Union (EU) and Israel in seeking to strangle the Palestinian people. While calling for armed intervention to relieve the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, the U.S. and EU have cut off food, medicine and other critically needed materials to the Palestinian people. Israel has sealed off Gaza, one of the most densely populated and impoverished parts of the world; hospitals have run out of many medicines, malnutrition is spreading rapidly and poverty is soaring. Now, signs have begun to appear at anti-war demonstrations reading, “Out of Iraq In to Darfur.” What are the common aims that link together these seemingly contradictory U.S. policies? What should the position of the anti-war movement be? Speakers include Jess Ghannam, Free Palestine Alliance and A.N.S.W.E.R.; Isma’il Kamal, co-founder, Sudanese-American Society, and Richard Becker, Western Regional Coordinator, A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition. $15 — DVD (28 min) To purchase a copy, call 415-821-6545 or email answer@actionsf.org. Statements of Five Cubans Sentenced in Miami for Defending Cuban and U.S. Citizens From Terrorism — A Must Read!
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RESISTING THE EMPIRE
A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition On March 20, the anti-war movement returned to the streets with renewed militancy. In Washington, D.C., a march of 10,000 was led by a contingent of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans. The San Francisco and Los Angeles protests each drew 5,000 people in opposition to the continuing occupations of Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine. End the U.S. Blockade of Cuba and Free the Five
Free all political prisoners The struggle to free Mumia on Death Row "We stand with Mumia as we stand with all those around the world who are resisting the U.S Empire." —Gloria La Riva The Case of the Angola Three National Coalition to Free the Angola Three The National Coalition to Free the Angola Three was formed in 1999 to find justice for three innocent and wrongfully convicted men locked down at Angola, the Louisiana State Penitentiary, for nearly three decades. All three men—Herman Wallace, Albert Woodfox and Robert King Wilkerson—fought for prison reform in the early 1970s. As a result, they were targeted by prison officials who eventually framed them for crimes they did not commit. Each has remained principled and politically active in spite of their brutal, long-term confinement. Robert King Wilkerson was released on February 8, 2001. Today, Wilkerson—along with this coalition—is dedicated to finding justice for Woodfox and Wallace, and exposing the prison industrial complex for what it is. "Arbitrary Cruelty, Louisiana Style" (PDF version) Protest at Angola Prison Court of Appeals Ruling
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