LASC is looking for simultaneous translators (English/Spanish) for the plenary sessions. Anyone that volunteers for this may enter the conference for free.
The Americas have a strong legacy of resistance. From the Mapuche struggle for land and autonomy against the conquistadors to the successful fight to force U.S.-owned Occidental Petroleum out of Ecuador earlier this year; from Simon Bolivar's struggle for freedom from Spain and slavery to the Cuban, Sandinista, and modern day Bolivarian Revolutions -- no decade has passed without seeing people coming together to fight subjugation. Millions of Latin Americans, dispossessed by Neoliberal Capitalism, imperialist looting, militarization and repression are defying the racist system of violence and domination with increasing frequency and effectiveness. Popular movements are gaining influence throughout the hemisphere.
Participants in the Latin America Solidarity Coalition conference will exchange information on the state of the campaigns against military, political, and economic U.S. Intervention in Latin America and the Caribbean and develop action plans. Art and culture, which is an integral part of grassroots movement building throughout the Americas, will be a strong component of the conference.
LASC IV will be a space for reflection and discussion about vision, strategy and tactics, with workshops featuring activists with decades of experience addressing some of the most pressing issues on the left. Where do we want to go and how do we plan to get there? What does it mean to be anti-capitalist in terms of our daily practice? How do we implement strategies that challenge current power structures without falling into the reformist trap? How do we build multi-cultural, multi-ethnic movements?
The
Conference will also take place the same weekend as the Coalition of Immokalee
Workers (CIW) are organizing a huge protest targeting the McDonalds Corporation.
For more information visit http://www.ciw-online.org/2007truthtour/index.html
SUPPORT THE ORGANIZING EFFORT
National and local grassroots organizations that practice the solidarity
model of organizing and agree with the core principles of the Latin America
Solidarity Coalition see www.lasolidarity.org are invited to
join the LASC
and participate in planning and shaping the conference.
To join the LASC IV
planning list, send an email to lasc4-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or
check out the archive at http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/lasc4.
If you individually or
organizationally are able to contribute financially to this project, please send
a check or money order to LASC, c/o CISPES, 168 7th st. 3rd fl, Brooklyn, NY
11215. The organizing of a national conference like this is a huge undertaking
and wouldn't be possible without the support of grassroots activists. Your
contribution will help to cover the expenses for outreach materials,
transportation costs, food, money for scholarships and equipment needs.