Dear John,
I wanted to make sure you saw our
invitation to join this Tuesday's CODEPINK Congress Calling Party for a
conversation on the progressive wave in Latin America and the
upcoming People's Summit in Los Angeles, a grassroots
alternative to the Summit of the Americas. Join us as we mobilize for
peace!
Chat with peacemakers and experts
this Tuesday, May 31st at 5 pm PT/8 pm
ET:
After you RSVP, take action
23 Cubans have been denied visas to attend the People’s Summit for
Democracy in Los Angeles. This delegation represents a broad swathe
of the Cuban people - precisely the same people that the U.S.
government shamelessly claims to advocate for when it justifies its
aggressions against Cuba. Demand that Secretary Blinken allow
Cuban artists, academics & activists to attend the People's
Summit!
As Chair of the Ninth Summit of the Americas, the United States
refuses to allow Cuba, Venezuela or Nicaragua to participate in the
June meeting in Los Angeles. In response, Mexico says it won't
participate either. Sounds like the summit - a huddle of arms buyers
& free market cheerleaders - could be a bust. Enter the People's
Summit, a grassroots alternative, slated for June 8-10th, also in LA.
The People's Summit will include discussions of the changing landscape
in Latin America, where progressives in Chile and Honduras are winning
elections to challenge neoliberalism, militarism and
privatization.
Join us on CODEPINK Congress for a discussion with special guests
Manolo de los Santos of The People's Forum and Francesca Emanuele of
the Center for Economic and Policy Research. This call will also be
hosted by Leonardo Flores, who is a Latin America campaign coordinator
with CODEPINK.
Featuring
Manolo de los Santos is the
Co-Executive Director of The People's Forum and a key organizer of The
People's Summit, a progressive gathering June 8-10 in Los Angeles to
counter to the official Summit of the Americas. Manolo is a popular
educator and organizer from the Caribbean who is engaging a new
generation of internationalists.
Francesca Emanuele is a researcher
with the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a progressive think
tank founded by economists Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot. Francesca is
also a Peruvian journalist, Colombia election observer, and a Ph.D.
student of Anthropology at American University in Washington, DC.
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Leaders
Join our CODEPINK Congress Google Group, a space for sharing events
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support for demilitarization and progressive foreign policy! Sign up
here as a volunteer organizer.
Finally, if you missed our last meeting, you can view it here on YouTube. View the entire CODEPINK
Congress archives here.
Onward toward peace and
justice,
Medea, Marcy, Hanieh, Shea, and the
entire CODEPINK team
