PUBLIC CONFERENCE, Satuday 2 December
Time: 9.30am - 5.00pm
Venue: TUC Congress House, Great Russell Street London WC1B 3LS
Entrance: £10 (£6 concs.)
Directions: Nearest tube station: Tottenham Court Road.
From the Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela
to Colombia's
resistance to US-backed repression. From Cuba's
experience of socialism and the fight against the blockade to Evo Morales'
victory in Bolivia.
From the struggles for indigenous peoples' rights, to the fight to control its
destiny - Latin America is changing.
From the southernmost tip of Pategonia to the Mexican-US
border, the continent is fighting back. Progressives are on the offensive and
people are challenging the US
neoliberal agenda for the region.
Speakers include:
Tariq Ali, Broadcaster, author of Pirates of the Caribbean, Axis of hope
Aida Avella, former Colombian congresswoman, President, Patriotic Union
Victoria Brittain, Journalist and Playwrite
Colin Burgon MP, Chair, Labour Friends of Venezuela
Barry Camfield, Assisstant General Secretary, UNISON
Jeremy Corbyn MP, Vice Chair, All Party Latin America Group
John Crabtree, Research associate, Oxford University Centre for Latin American
Studies
Cesar Navarro, Frances O'Grady, Deputy General Secretary, TUC
Hugh O'Shaughnessy, Journalist and Author
Harold Pinter, Playwrite, director, actor, poet and political activist
Wayne Smith, Former Chief of Mission, US interest section, Havana
Keith Sonnet, UNISON Deputy General Secretary
Ruth Winters, President, FBU
Call the bookings hotline on 020 7435 7241
To download a flyer click one of the following links:
For a JPG version:
www.justiceforcolombia.org/pdfs%20reports+mags/LA2006.jpg
For a PDF version:
www.justiceforcolombia.org/pdfs%20reports+mags/LA2006.pdf