[lbo-talk] Chavez to Speak in NYC's Riverside Church on Sep. 16th

[Cseniornyc at aol.com]

Dear Friends and Supporters of Cuba Solidarity New York  (CSNY),
>
> ATTEND SEPTEMBER 16 RALLY AT RIVERSIDE CHURCH WITH HUGO  CHAVEZ AND 
> RICARDO
> ALARCON!
>
> On Friday evening  September 16only 9 days from this emailingthose of 
> us in
> the  New York-New Jersey region, joined by solidarity activists from 
>  across
> the U.S. will have an opportunity to attend an extraordinary and  
> historic
> event. A broad coalition of organizations has  announced that on 
> September
> 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. The September 16 solidarity event will be at  the
>
> RIVERSIDE CHURCH IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK at 120th Street and  Riverside
> Drive where the Upper West Side and Harlem meet in  Manhattan.
>
> 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 Hugo 
> Chavez
> and Ricardo Alarcon will be with us on  September 16. In any case the
> September 16 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 United
> States.
>
> The September  16 event will be free, but individuals must obtain 
> tickets
> that  will be issued through organizations, including CSNY. If you want 
>  to
> attend, please reply ASAP to cubasolidarityny at mindspring.com.   These
> tickets will go fast and will be distributed on a first emailed,  first
> servedbasis. Please try to include an individual name for each  ticket
> requested.
>
> The next meeting of the coalition  organizing this event will be 
> Thursday,
> September 8 at 6:30 PM  at the 1199/SEIU Building, 310 W. 43rd St., 
> between
> 8th and 9th  Avenues, times Square subway stop.
>
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