5/24 Imperialist War on Cuba and Venezuela: Afro-Caribbean Socialist Women Fight Back
_"Imperialist War on Cuba and Venezuela: Afro-Caribbean Socialist Women
Fight Back"_
Join the Boston branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation for a
special panel discussion on empire, race and socialism in Cuba and
Venezuela. In conjunction with Witness for Peace New England, the July
26th Coalition of Boston, and the Boston Venezuela Solidarity Committee,
we are honored to host Jourdy James Heredia, subdirector of the Global
Economy Research Center in Havana; Gisela Arandia, president of the
Cuban chapter of the Regional Articulation of Afro-descendants in Latin
America and the Caribbean; and Jeanette Charles, international
solidarity liaison with Venezuelanalysis.com.
Fri. May 24th
Encuento 5, 9A Hamilton Pl. (near Park St.)
7 PM
In the face of escalating US economic warfare against these sister
nations, three radical Black women of the Caribbean and its diaspora
will discuss the impacts of unilateral coercive sanctions on the Cuban
and Venezuelan peoples; anti-racism and reparations within both
revolutionary processes; and the ongoing construction of socialism,
anti-imperialist solidarity and racial liberation throughout the Americas.
This event will be held in both English and Spanish, and interpretation
will be provided.
Food and drink will be served, and unfortunately encuentro5 is not
wheelchair accessible.
Jeanette Charles is a daughter of the Haitian Diaspora and was raised in
working class Black and Brown Los Angeles, California. Charles currently
serves as the International Solidarity Liaison for Venezuela Analysis
and has worked as a writer and editor contributing to issues on
Afro-Venezuelans, sex and gender diversity movements, land recuperation
processes and the current political climate. She's worked in solidarity
spaces with African and Indigenous peoples across Latin America and the
Caribbean as a popular educator, human rights advocate and organizing
solidarity brigades. She's lived, worked and studied in Venezuela for
extended periods of time since 2010.
*
Jourdy Victoria James Heredia *received a PhD**in Economic Sciences from
the University of Havana and a PhD in Economic Sciences from the
University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. She is the subdirector
and lead researcher of the Global Economy Research Center in Havana,
Cuba and Associate Professor at the University of Havana. She is a
member of the editorial group of Cuba's World Economic Issues Journal
and of the Foreign Policy Experts group organized by Cuba's Higher
Institute for Foreign Relations. She has won the Annual Prize of the
Cuban Academy of Sciences on two occasions (1999 and 2000) and the
EU-LAC Foundation Prize in 2015. She has over 30 years of experience
researching issues of European integration. She is the author of
numerous articles in national and international journals and also of two
books (The Euro Zone Crisis: Economic Foundations and Lessons for Latin
America; and Food Security in the the European Union, Latin America and
the Caribbean: The Cases of Cuba and Spain). She has lectured in
universities throughout the world, including in Spain, Jamaica, Canada,
Germany, China and Kenya.
*Gisela Arandia* is an author and researcher on issues of race and
identity based out of UNEAC, the National Union of Artists and Writers
of Cuba. She is currently the president of the Cuban chapter of the
Regional Articulation of Afro-descendants in Latin America and the
Caribbean (ARAC). She manages theConcha Mocoyu Yoruba Cultural Center,
an innovative project which brought foreign funding down to the
neighborhood level in Havana in order to support a critically needed
self-apprenticeship program based in African roots. She holds a degree
in journalism and has been a researcher and writer about race and Black
people in Cuba since 1989. She published her book “Afro-Cuba Today” in
2013, and also researches Black feminism, Black communities in poor
neighborhoods and the impact of mass media on the self-esteem of
Afro-descendent people. She does action research and combines academic
work and social activism. She has conducted research at Center for
United States Studies at the University of Havana, the École des Hautes
Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, and the Center for Cuban Studies
at Florida International University, studying the Black Cuban community
in Miami. She has participated in many international conferences on
Afro-descendants in Africa, Latin America and the United States, and in
2017, she received her doctorate from the University of Havana.
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Fight Back"_
Join the Boston branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation for a
special panel discussion on empire, race and socialism in Cuba and
Venezuela. In conjunction with Witness for Peace New England, the July
26th Coalition of Boston, and the Boston Venezuela Solidarity Committee,
we are honored to host Jourdy James Heredia, subdirector of the Global
Economy Research Center in Havana; Gisela Arandia, president of the
Cuban chapter of the Regional Articulation of Afro-descendants in Latin
America and the Caribbean; and Jeanette Charles, international
solidarity liaison with Venezuelanalysis.com.
Fri. May 24th
Encuento 5, 9A Hamilton Pl. (near Park St.)
7 PM
In the face of escalating US economic warfare against these sister
nations, three radical Black women of the Caribbean and its diaspora
will discuss the impacts of unilateral coercive sanctions on the Cuban
and Venezuelan peoples; anti-racism and reparations within both
revolutionary processes; and the ongoing construction of socialism,
anti-imperialist solidarity and racial liberation throughout the Americas.
This event will be held in both English and Spanish, and interpretation
will be provided.
Food and drink will be served, and unfortunately encuentro5 is not
wheelchair accessible.
Jeanette Charles is a daughter of the Haitian Diaspora and was raised in
working class Black and Brown Los Angeles, California. Charles currently
serves as the International Solidarity Liaison for Venezuela Analysis
and has worked as a writer and editor contributing to issues on
Afro-Venezuelans, sex and gender diversity movements, land recuperation
processes and the current political climate. She's worked in solidarity
spaces with African and Indigenous peoples across Latin America and the
Caribbean as a popular educator, human rights advocate and organizing
solidarity brigades. She's lived, worked and studied in Venezuela for
extended periods of time since 2010.
*
Jourdy Victoria James Heredia *received a PhD**in Economic Sciences from
the University of Havana and a PhD in Economic Sciences from the
University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. She is the subdirector
and lead researcher of the Global Economy Research Center in Havana,
Cuba and Associate Professor at the University of Havana. She is a
member of the editorial group of Cuba's World Economic Issues Journal
and of the Foreign Policy Experts group organized by Cuba's Higher
Institute for Foreign Relations. She has won the Annual Prize of the
Cuban Academy of Sciences on two occasions (1999 and 2000) and the
EU-LAC Foundation Prize in 2015. She has over 30 years of experience
researching issues of European integration. She is the author of
numerous articles in national and international journals and also of two
books (The Euro Zone Crisis: Economic Foundations and Lessons for Latin
America; and Food Security in the the European Union, Latin America and
the Caribbean: The Cases of Cuba and Spain). She has lectured in
universities throughout the world, including in Spain, Jamaica, Canada,
Germany, China and Kenya.
*Gisela Arandia* is an author and researcher on issues of race and
identity based out of UNEAC, the National Union of Artists and Writers
of Cuba. She is currently the president of the Cuban chapter of the
Regional Articulation of Afro-descendants in Latin America and the
Caribbean (ARAC). She manages theConcha Mocoyu Yoruba Cultural Center,
an innovative project which brought foreign funding down to the
neighborhood level in Havana in order to support a critically needed
self-apprenticeship program based in African roots. She holds a degree
in journalism and has been a researcher and writer about race and Black
people in Cuba since 1989. She published her book “Afro-Cuba Today” in
2013, and also researches Black feminism, Black communities in poor
neighborhoods and the impact of mass media on the self-esteem of
Afro-descendent people. She does action research and combines academic
work and social activism. She has conducted research at Center for
United States Studies at the University of Havana, the École des Hautes
Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, and the Center for Cuban Studies
at Florida International University, studying the Black Cuban community
in Miami. She has participated in many international conferences on
Afro-descendants in Africa, Latin America and the United States, and in
2017, she received her doctorate from the University of Havana.
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