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   Vol.66/No.13            April 1, 2002 
 
 
Calendar
 
 
Make plans to attend the upcoming
Regional Socialist Conference
'From the Escambray to the Congo': Report from Cuba
Join the Socialist Workers Party and the Young Socialists
Build the world communist movement

Conference location: Youth Center, 2020 S. Blue Island, corner of 21st St. and Blue Island, just east of Ashland, in the Pilsen community.
Saturday, April 6, 4:00 p.m. Reception and dinner, 5:30 p.m. Program, including question and answer period

Mary-Alice Waters, Editor, From the Escambray to the Congo by Víctor Dreke; member of Political Committee of the Socialist Workers Party
Jack Barnes, National Secretary, Socialist Workers Party
Arrin Hawkins, YS leader and participant in Havana book fair
Linda Joyce, Pathfinder Reprint Project volunteer and participant in Havana book fair
Program chaired by: Joel Britton, meatpacker, one of illegally terminated AMPAC workers; leader of the Socialist Workers Party

Sunday, April 7
8:30 a.m. – Meeting of young socialists

11 a.m. – Class on 'Cuba and the Coming American Revolution'

Sponsored by the Socialist Workers Party branches and Young Socialists chapters in the region.
The event will coincide with a meeting of socialist workers who are members of the United Food and Commercial Workers union.
 

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Montreal

Build the World Communist Movement
Join the Young Socialists and the Communist League

Come and Celebrate:
* The publication in French of the History of American Trotskyism by
James. P. Cannon
* The moving and opening of the Montreal Pathfinder bookstore in the
workers district of Villeray
* Send off the Young Socialists and Communist League delegations to
Haiti and New Caledonia
Speakers and other details to be announced.
Sponsored by the Communist League and the Young Socialists. For more
information, Tel: (514) 284-7369.


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Protest in New York to demand:
U.S. Navy out of Vieques and all of Puerto Rico

Mon., April 1, 4:30 p.m.
At the Office of Federal Affairs in Puerto Rico, 3 Park Avenue (between 33rd and 34th Streets), Manhattan
Vieques Support Campaign
Tel: (212) 677-0619 or (718) 601-4751
 
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Protest the Israeli Invasion of Palestine; End the Occupation.
Mark Palestinian Land Day, commemorating massive demonstration in March 1976 by Palestinians inside Israel to defend their land against confiscations.
Saturday, March 30.

Los Angeles:
1:00 p.m. Federal Building in Westwood--Wilshire Blvd. and Veteran St.
Tel: (714) 636-1232.

Washington:
1:00 p.m. Freedom Plaza, 13th and Pennsylvania Ave.
Sponsored by American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.
Tel: (202) 244-2990. For New York buses, call (917) 768-6009.


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Widows’ March to Demand Black Lung Benefits for Miners and their Families
April 1 —1:00 p.m. rally in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, at the Holiday Inn
April 15 — Final protest rally at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
 
For more information, contact Kawawha Valley Black Lung and Disabled Workers Association at (304) 595-2280. Funds for the widows’ walk can be sent and made out to NBLA c/o Thomas Ellis, P.O. Box 632, Royalton, IL 62983.

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You are invited to attend an
International Socialist Conference

Keynote presentations * Classes * Workshops * Social Events
Pathfinder and other literature tables
July 25-27 at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio
See directory for contact information

Where the film Lumumba is playing
To find out, go to:
http://www.zeitgeistfilm.com/current/playdates/lumumba.playdates.html  
 
 
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