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Latin America conference in London, December 5
Posted November 29th, 2009 by Megan RowlingLATIN AMERICA 2009: FACING THE CHALLENGES
SATURDAY 5TH DECEMBER 2009, 9.30AM-5PM
CONGRESS HOUSE, GREAT RUSSELL ST, LONDON WC1Y
http://www.latinamerica2009.org.uk/
PHONE 020 8800 0155 or EMAIL: office@cuba-solidarity.org.uk
FOR FULL DETAILS, BOOKINGS, ETC.
Latin America 2009 brings together trade unionists, NGOs, academics and progressive movements from Latin America and the UK to explore recent developments across the region.
Latin America 2009 features films, stalls, music, discussion on:
Honduras - the struggle for democracy
Cuba - 50 Years of Revolution and the fight against the US Blockade
Venezuela - deepening the revolution
ALBA - The Bolivarian Alternative For The Americas
Women In Latin America
Resistance To Neoliberal Agendas And Debt
DISCUSSION: Town twinning gives schools ‘food for thought’
Posted January 25th, 2009 by Megan RowlingJane Freeland, who convenes NSC’s Education Working Group, talked to Claire Plumb about how an interactive project led by the Leicester Masaya Link Group (LMLG) is helping British children learn about global citizenship. Claire recently led a Leicester City Council delegation to Masaya.
As part of our education campaign, the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign (NSC) and town twinning groups have been discussing how to make more strategic use of the experience of years of solidarity with municipalities and communities in Nicaragua. The insights of this work into Nicaraguan daily life illuminate more vividly than any abstract analysis how Nicaragua’s problems derive from global systems involving us all. LMLG’s Food for Thought programme is an innovative example of how solidarity links can be built which draw on the experiences of both communities and are truly reciprocal.
