<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body> Hey Cristobal...you should go and report back! Or one of the NYC LOBsters should go. Please, Seriously, Joanna <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Cseniornyc@aol.com">Cseniornyc@aol.com</a> wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid12c.65bfc92a.30521b51@aol.com"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name="GENERATOR"> <div>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 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:cubasolidarityny@mindspring.com. ">cubasolidarityny@mindspring.com. </a> 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. ></div> <pre wrap=""> <hr width="90%" size="4"> ___________________________________ <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk">http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</a></pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>