To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Jim Odling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:18:34 -0000 Subject: [CubaLosAngeles] LA Cuba Coal. meets 5PM Sat. Dec. 2 Food & Film to Celebrate Fidel's 80th
Extended Meeting of the L.A. Coalition in Solidarity with Cuba will celebrated the 50th anniversary of the landing of the yacht Granma. As well as dinner, a film, and a birthday cake for Fidel. 5 PM to approx. 7:30 PM at 3339 Descanso Dr. in Echo Park/Silverlake, Call 213-383-9283 fo more information. Proposed Agenda for the business part of the meeting (before the film and dinner): 1.Details on the Cuba/Venezuela/NorthAm Labor Conference in Tijuana Dec. 8-10 2. Plans for the Dec 30 Que Viva Cuba party at Workmen's Circle!!!!! Film: " Those I left behind " A documentary by acclaimed Filmmaker Lisandro Perez-Rey The documentary traces the travels and disappointments of parents and siblings as they try to negotiate the new law. It exposes the cruel limits on travel to Cuba by the US government. But the star of the film is Carlos Lazo, the Iraq War veteran who has spent the past two years campaigning against the new restrictions on travel to Cuba. At first, there was an outcry, with many Cuban Americans openly protesting for the first time against a Republican administration. Many Cuban Americans quickly learned to circumvent the restrictions by going with ''religious'' organizations or flouted the law by traveling through third countries and finding other ways to get money to relatives. Their own problems resolved, many stopped agitating. Lazo was one of the few who refused to break the law and instead set about trying to change it. NOTE: This film contains criticism of the Cuban government. Those who cannot abide any criticism of the Cuban government will not appreciate such words in the film. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
