Nov. 8: An Evening of Solidarity with Bolivarian Venezuela -update

Venezuela is the world's 5th largest oil exporter, yet 80% of its population lives in poverty. In 1998 President Hugo Chaves was elected to use the oil revenue to tackle poverty. In April 2002 a coup against him was defeated by the millions who took to the streets. A few months later the elite and the CIS paralysed Venezuela's oil company PDVSA to bring Chaves down. Oil workers took over and worked round the clock to recover production.

From: The Bolivarian Revolution, Enter the Oil Workers (Produced by the Bolivarian Circle of the Global Womens Strike)

Nov. 8, 6:30 pm

An Evening of Solidarity with Bolivarian Venezuela

Town Hall New York City
123 West 43rd St. (bt 6th Ave. & Broadway)
GET YOUR TICKETS NOW! $20/General Admission.

PROGRAM UPDATE!
Confirmed speakers from Venezuela, together for the first time in the U.S., many representatives of Venezuela's Bolivarian Movement: Elegua, Women's Drummer Group; Jorge Guerrero Veloz, Afroaraguenos Civil Assn., Presidential Comm. against Racism; Miguel Hernandez, Historian, Central Univ. of Venezuela, Leonor Osorio, NY Consul General, Bolivarian Government of Venezuela; Fermin Toro, Venezuelan Ambassador to the UN
Other speakers include: Padre Luis Barrios, NYC Council Member Charles Barron, Vinie Burrows, William Camacaro, Ramsey Clark, James Cockcroft, Peter Coyote, Jorge Farinacci, Danny Glover, Curtis Mohammed, Mumia Abu-Jamal's message, August Nimtz, Leonard Peltier rep., NY Rep. Jose Serrano, Chris Silvera, Lynne Stewart, Roger Toussaint, Rev. Lucius Walker, Leonard Weinglass, with cultural performers Welfare Poets and Elegua, from Venezuela.

For more info, write, call or email to:
Venezuela Nov 8
39 W 14th St-Suite 206
New York, NY 10011
212-633-6646
email: venezuela@globalsolidarity.info

Be a part of history!
Solidarity with Venezuela is needed now more than ever!
The U.S. government is openly increasing its hostility to the Venezuelan Government and is laying the basis for intervention, military or otherwise. Bush Administration officials and allies have issued bellicose statements aimed against Venezuelan leaders.
We can and must reverse this by showing our solidarity in every way possible! You can help turn the tide!
It is now up to us-the people in the U.S.-to do what is right, to do what is just, to do what is necessary, to be part of a powerful force that can bring about peace and justice in the region by strongly opposing U.S. plans to intervene in Venezuela, in violation of international law and that nation's sovereignty.

The Host Committee members for this historic event are Danny Glover, U.S. Rep. Jose Serrano, Ramsey Clark, Noam Chomsky, Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Howard Zinn, Rev. Lucius Walker, Padre Luis Barrios, Peter Coyote, Marcia Campos, August Mintz, James Cockcroft, James Petras and the Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle.