July 12, 2007

Event: THE LEFTWARD TIDE IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE FUTURE OF SOLIDARITY

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Friday July 27 

8:00pm Old Cambridge Baptist Church
1151 Mass Ave, Cambridge

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Lorena Peña
Deputy to the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) From the Salvadoran leftist party, FMLN

Vijay Prashad
"Dispatches from Latin America: On the Frontlines Against Neoliberalism"

With music by local activist/musician Sergio Reyes

Times are changing in Latin America! Join us as we discuss the rise of leftist governments in the hemisphere and the challenge they pose to United States imperialism. The solidarity movement has accompanied the people of Latin America through decades of political turbulence--What is its role for the future?

This event is sponsored by CISPES, the Committee In Solidarity with the People of El Salvador.

For more information, contact Boston CISPES:
617.576.1709 * [email protected]

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