Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1. Solidarity Rally!
Venezuelan Democracy vs. Harper Conservative Hypocrisy
Thursday, February 25 at 5pm
365 Bloor St. East (at Sherbourne)
In front of Venezuelan Consulate
Conservative Minister for the Americas Peter Kent has publicly criticized Venezuela as
'undemocratic' for applying its laws to TV and radio broadcasters. Kent and his fellow Harper
Conservatives shouldn't speak about democracy when it has closed parliament for months to
avoid being investigated for complicity in handing over detainees to torture in Afghanistan.
People in Toronto, Montreal and Caracas, Venezuela will be demonstrating in support of the
democratic people's movement in Venezuela and exposing the hypocrisy of the Harper
Conservatives who wage war in Afghanistan while avoiding public accountability at home.
** During the eleven years since Hugo Chavez was elected as President of Venezuela, his
country has become a focus of hope and controversy on a world scale.
At the Copenhagen climate conference, Venezuela helped lead the countries calling for
international social and ecological justice.
** Throughout these years, popular participation and control has been the strength and promise
of Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution.
** Federico Fuentes and Kiraz Janicke, both well-known writers on Venezuela, will give, their
participants' report on the gains of grassroots movements and the challenge they face.
They will also discuss the dangers that Venezuela faces against U.S. intervention
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3. Venezuela's Revolution -- The Second Decade -- Teach In
The challenge of solidarity: Attend these events to participate, to learn and to help all of us rise
to the challenge of solidarity -- building a movement against imperialism.
Organized by: OPIRG, Centre for Social Justice, Barrio Nuevo, Hands Off Venezuela/Louis
Riel Bolivarian Circle, Latin America Solidarity Network--Toronto, Socialist Project,
Venezuela We Are With You Coalition, Latin@s Canada. Co-sponsored by Toronto, Bolivia
Solidarity, Toronto Haiti Action Committee