Cubans are coming to Manchester!

On 24th February 3 Cuban revolutionaries will be arriving in Manchester for the local leg of a national speaking tour in Britain. They are: Orlando Borrego - Che Guevara's deputy and closest collaborator from 1959-65; Jesus Garcia - People's Power assembly delegate and philosopher; and Yoselin Rufin Diaz - a young woman student leader. This speaking tour is a once in a lifetime opportunity to hear about the Cuban revolution from people who are part of it!

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rebel music night poster

film showing flyer

All three Cubans will be speaking at this meeting:

Sunday 24th February
2pm at the Mechanics Institute, Princess Street/Major Street, Manchester
Doors open at 1, wheelchair access available

If you are not there then you will definitely miss out.

There are also meetings with the Cubans at Manchester University and MMU Crewe on Monday 25th.

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3 events to publicise and fundraise for the speaking tour. All welcome:

Rebel Music gig
with the Rebel Music Allstars, and local bands Frazer King and Death to the Ghosts
Friday 25th January
8pm at Che bar, Piccadilly, Manchester
£4 on the door

Mass leafletting with stalls and music
Saturday 26th January
12-3pm, Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester

The Power of Community
a film about Cuba's response to the oil crisis
Sunday 27th January
2pm at Cross Street chapel, off Market Street, Manchester

Be there and be a part of this historic event!

Rock around the Blockade
e-mail: ratb@riseup.net
Homepage: http://www.cubansarecoming.org

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news

18.01.2008 13:14

boycot this as their carbon footprint must be huge and their setroying the planet

james

a better reason to boycott

18.01.2008 14:21

is due to the fact this event fetishises the authoritarian government of Fidel Castro. I for one will NOT be going.

against repression in ALL its forms
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These men

18.01.2008 20:02

are supporters of Castro's regime, so presumably they are in favour of

no free speech,
no free press,
no free trade unions,
no free elections,
no freedom to travel abroad,
no freedom to use the internet,
and no freedom to form political parties.

Anyone attending this event, unless they are young, naive studenty types who know no better, should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves.

By the way, there is no blockade of Cuba, just as there is no Havana Indymedia site.

simon

So what are your improvements ?

20.01.2008 23:32

Other than having " the highest life expectancy in latin america "...." there is a helluva lot of room for improvement "
Is that it?
The only positive change since the massive repression pre-revolution is that people live longer.
You must try harder.
No one claims Cuba to be a "socialist paradise " , so why do you use that stupid phrase?
There is always " room for improvement ".
Another one.
Name me anything that cannot be improved.
Your "arguments" are vague, always negative and too simplistic.
What do you mean?

daggle

Improvements would include...

21.01.2008 01:42

Being able to criticise the leader of your country without running the risk of being thrown into prison, for starters.

Another would be allowing Cubans to leave without requiring permission from the State.

Also, becoming more tolerant of LGBT people in the country, rather than brutally surpressing them is another good one.

against repression in ALL its forms

Can you travel without permission of the state ?

21.01.2008 21:43

Unfortunately , Cuba being a third world little island ,means that the Cuban people are not in the position to take cheap 'Easyjet' flights to Haiti.

Due to certain outside influences , Cuba is not allowed , or should I say is hindered in its natural economic development by the most " civilised western democracies" , as well you know.

Why do you never speak of this or attack countries who openly allow terrorists free passage to train and attack Cuba from their shores.

Why is Cuba not allowed to either evolve or fail naturally and by its own hand ?

My opinion is that the the leaders of the so called " western democracies " , and their neanderthol ideas would be extinct within a very short time , if Cuba were allowed the freedom that you "seem" to be championing.

By the way , I know of no one who has (independently) criticised Castro and been imprisoned.

Another myth promoted readily.

And I'm sorry I dont know LGBT.

Do you believe Cuba as a sovereign state should be allowed to evolve or fail without interference ?

daggle

yeah, but...

23.01.2008 18:17

you can't hide behind the fact that global capitalism is unjust and environmentally destructive (which it is) when faced with genuine criticisms of an authoritarian regime. Just because you are anti-capitalist does not mean you have to fully support every alternative system going, not matter how repressive they may be. Don't get me wrong: some fairly inspiring stuff has come out of Cuba ("the power of community" gives one example), but i'm just growing tired of seeing such polarised debate.

andyb

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