Oscar Olivera the Executive Secretary of the Federation of Factory Workers from Cochabamba, who in 2000 led the citizens’ uprising against the sale of Cochabamba’s water reserves to Bechtel and Roland Denis venezuelan marxist, working for indigenous rights in Venezuela, "making the Revolution within the Revolution" will be answering questions about the last developments over indigenous struggle in Bolivia andVenezuela in an open forum at Rampart this sunday in "Bolivia is not for Sale Event".
Bolivia is not for Sale
The Indigenous Struggle against Imperialismo, is an open forum part of 'Bolivia is not for Sale'. Event organise by Bolivia Solidarity Campaign, this sunday 9th from 3pm
at : Rampart Social Centre 15 Rampart Street, E1 2LA
Nearest tube Whitechapel, also near Shadwell DLR
3pm ¡Bolivia no se vende! DVD (30min)
3.30pm Talk
Oscar Olivera (Bolivia)
Carlos Cruz (Colombia)
Juan Carlos Piedra (Ecuador)
4.30pm Open Forum
5.30 Party with the band Expresión Bolivia.
Press Release Bolivia Solidarity Campaign
World-renowned Bolivian activist Oscar Olivera will speak at the British Parliament, Monday 10th July, the meeting will be hosted by Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn.
Oscar Olivera is the Executive Secretary of the Federation of Factory Workers from Cochabamba, In 2000 he led the citizens’ uprising against the sale of Cochabamba’s water reserves to Bechtel. Oscar has received the Lettelier Moffit Award of Human Rights (2000) and the Goldman Environmental Award (2001), two prestigious honors in the fields of human rights and environmental protection respectively.
Oscar is also a co-writer of the book Cochabamba, where he declares in one of its chapters “The Water Coordinadora in Cochabamba proved able to emerge on the scene of struggle with such force because, starting five years earlier, organizational structures were built from below-from every peasant union, factory union, and outlying neighborhood. These structures had clear objectives: to defend what belongs to the collective; to defend social rights; to defend traditional customs and practices grounded in assembly-based self-governance; and to promote effective collective mobilizations. Only this patient work-ant-like, honest, clear, and committed-could have resulted, years later, in the only workers', peasants', and popular organization that has proven itself capable of throwing out a foreign corporation, defeating the state, and, for one week, replacing the state with forms of assembly-style self-government.”
For more information, please contact:
Amancay Colque, Bolivia Solidarity Campaign: Mobile: 07962041388;
amancay@blueyonder.co.uk boliviasc@postmaster.co.uk
boliviasc.org.uk
The Indigenous Struggle against Imperialismo, is an open forum part of 'Bolivia is not for Sale'. Event organise by Bolivia Solidarity Campaign, this sunday 9th from 3pm
at : Rampart Social Centre 15 Rampart Street, E1 2LA
Nearest tube Whitechapel, also near Shadwell DLR
3pm ¡Bolivia no se vende! DVD (30min)
3.30pm Talk
Oscar Olivera (Bolivia)
Carlos Cruz (Colombia)
Juan Carlos Piedra (Ecuador)
4.30pm Open Forum
5.30 Party with the band Expresión Bolivia.
Press Release Bolivia Solidarity Campaign
World-renowned Bolivian activist Oscar Olivera will speak at the British Parliament, Monday 10th July, the meeting will be hosted by Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn.
Oscar Olivera is the Executive Secretary of the Federation of Factory Workers from Cochabamba, In 2000 he led the citizens’ uprising against the sale of Cochabamba’s water reserves to Bechtel. Oscar has received the Lettelier Moffit Award of Human Rights (2000) and the Goldman Environmental Award (2001), two prestigious honors in the fields of human rights and environmental protection respectively.
Oscar is also a co-writer of the book Cochabamba, where he declares in one of its chapters “The Water Coordinadora in Cochabamba proved able to emerge on the scene of struggle with such force because, starting five years earlier, organizational structures were built from below-from every peasant union, factory union, and outlying neighborhood. These structures had clear objectives: to defend what belongs to the collective; to defend social rights; to defend traditional customs and practices grounded in assembly-based self-governance; and to promote effective collective mobilizations. Only this patient work-ant-like, honest, clear, and committed-could have resulted, years later, in the only workers', peasants', and popular organization that has proven itself capable of throwing out a foreign corporation, defeating the state, and, for one week, replacing the state with forms of assembly-style self-government.”
For more information, please contact:
Amancay Colque, Bolivia Solidarity Campaign: Mobile: 07962041388;
amancay@blueyonder.co.uk boliviasc@postmaster.co.uk boliviasc.org.uk
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