Wednesday, November 02, 2005

U.S. and Venezuelan Progressives to Gather in NYC for Solidarity Event

On November 8, 2005 in the famous Town Hall in Times Square, New York City, a historic event in solidarity with the Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela will take place.

This event will feature speakers from Venezuela's Bolivarian Movement, together for the first time in the United States, including Noly Fernandez, Director, Indigenous Health Care; Gonzalo Gomez, Aporrea; Guillermo Guevara, National Assembly Representative for Indigenous Rights; Jorge Guerrero Veloz, Afroaraguenos Civil Assn., Presidential Committee Against Racism; Miguel Hernandez, Historian, Central University of Venezuela; Leonor Osorio, NewYork Consul General, Bolivarian Government of Venezuela; Martin Sanchez, Venezuelan Consul for the City of Chicago; Fermin Toro Jimenez, Venezuelan Ambassador to the United Nations.

Others on the program include: Padre Luis Barrios, New York City Council Member Charles Barron, Vinie Burrows, William Camacaro, Ramsey Clark, Professor James Cockcroft, Peter Coyote, Ben Dupuy, Jorge Farinacci, Bill Fletcher, Teresa Gutierrez, Curtis Mohammed, Mumia Abu-Jamal's message, Professor August Nimtz, Marlene Jean Noel, representative of Leonard Peltier New York Representative Jose Serrano, Chris Silvera, Lynne Stewart, Roger Toussaint, Reverend Lucius Walker, and Attorney Leonard Weinglass.

The Unfolding Revolution in Venezuela: The Return of Solidarity and Internationalism