BY JOE YOUNG
MONTREAL - Two young Cubans are touring across Canada
November 1-29, speaking on "Youth and the Cuban Revolution."
They will be speaking at campuses and community meetings in
Montreal, Quebec City, Drummondville, and Three Rivers, Quebec;
Ottawa, Toronto, and London, Ontario; and Vancouver, British
Columbia.
Juan Carlos Frómeta de la Rosa is the coordinator of the Americas section of the International Relations Department of the Union of Young Communists (UJC). Raiza Rodríguez González is a member of the National Secretariat of the Federation of University Students (FEU) and a masters student in sociology at the University of Havana.
Among those who have invited them to speak in Canada are the Canadian Federation of Students; the University Students Federation of Quebec; the College Students Federation of Quebec; Howard Hampton, leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party; the Vancouver and District Labor Council; the Southern Ontario Region of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women; the Young Socialists; and many others.
Frómeta and Rodríguez are beginning their tour in Montreal with meetings at three university and two college campuses the first week in November.
They will also address the Montreal Council of the Confederation of National Trade Unions (CSN) and meet with a group of garment workers who are members of the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees. They will return to Montreal for a public citywide meeting November 27.
After Montreal, the two will go to Quebec City for a public meeting and then to Drummondville where they will speak at a college and a high school as well as visiting a farm.
The Cuban youth leaders will be in Toronto November 11-15. During that time they will address a public meeting at the University of Toronto, participate in a reception at the Native Youth Center, meet members of United Steelworkers of America Local 5338, and speak on two other campuses. On November 16 they are invited to London, Ontario, to speak to members of the Canadian Auto Workers and at a public meeting.
Their visit to Vancouver will include three campus meetings, a citywide meeting, and a presentation to the Vancouver and District Labor Council. In addition, Frómeta and Rodríguez will attend the annual meetings of the Canadian Federation of Students in Ottawa and of the University Students Federation of Quebec in Montreal.
Those who wish more information on the tour can call (514) 938-1480.
Joe Young is a member of the United Steelworkers of America.