Sept. 16: Rally in solidarity with Cuba and Venezuela

Sept.16
Rally with Hugo Chavez and Ricardo Alarcon

Riverside Church
120th Street and Riverside Drive

Dear Friends and Supporters of Cuba Solidarity New York (CSNY),
ATTEND SEPTEMBER 16 RALLY AT RIVERSIDE CHURCH WITH HUGO CHAVEZ AND RICARDO ALARCON!

A broad coalition of organizations has announced that on Sept. 16 there will be mass rally in solidarity with Cuba and Venezuela that will feature major addresses by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Cuban National Assembly President Ricardo Alarcon. Both revolutionary leaders are scheduled to attend special events at the United Nations commemorating its 60th Anniversary.
Last week, in an arrogant decision flouting UN norms, the U.S. State Department refused President Alarcon an entry visa to attend a meeting of the Inter- Parliamentary Union. Nevertheless his request has been renewed to attend the UN General Assembly sessions and it is expected that Washington will be forced to issue a visa. Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque will also be in New York for the UN meetings.
If for security reasons, President Chavez is unable to attend, it has been confirmed that veteran popular leader and Venezuelan Vice-President Jose Vicente Rangel will take his place.
We are working with the expectation that both Chavez and Alarcon will be with us on Sept.16. In any case the event will happen and will be a powerful expression of both the historic social and political transformations roiling Latin America and the Caribbean and the growing solidarity movement in the U.S.

The event will be free, but individuals must obtain tickets through organizations, including CSNY. If you want to attend, please reply ASAP to cubasolidarityny@mindspring.com. These tickets will go fast and will be distributed on a first e-mailed, first served basis. Please try to include an individual name for each ticket requested.

The next meeting of the coalition organizing this event will be (tonight) Sept.8 at 6:30 PM at 1199/SEIU, 310 W. 43rd St., between 8th and 9th Aves, times Square subway stop.

In solidarity and struggle,
Ike Nahem
For CSNY

Cuba Solidarity New York P.O. Box 423 New York, NY 10044
cubasolidarityny@mindspring.com