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Pastors for Peace - The 18th Caravan to Cuba
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Pastors for Peace was created in 1988 to deliver humanitarian aid to Latin America. It has organized more than 40 caravans to Mexico and Central America and now 18 to Cuba. Pastors for Peace is part of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization which has been on the front lines of challenging the US government for oppressive policies toward Cuba and other Latin American countries for 40 years. Catherine Steel, Dana
Lubow and Nancy Abbey visited Silver City recently enroute to their rendezvous at the
Texas / Mexico border with 125 other "Caravanistas" travelleing
to Cuba along 14 routes and visiting 200 US and Canadian cities along the
way.
The United States embargo of Cuba - now almost 50 years old - has been a tremendous burden on the Cuban people but has not broken their spirit nor prevented them from becoming one ogf the most advanced societies in Latin America, and indeed the world, with high marks for literacy, higher education, assistance to other nations, life expectancy, infant mortality, and continuing resistance to US imperial aggression. Nancy, Catherine, and Dana share their experiences of multiple trips to Cuba, the workings of the Caravan and prospects for revocation of US policies intended to crush Cuba and restrict freedom of travel and association for American citizens. And for the attentive, curious, and prersistent reader - Red Diaper Babies are considered, generally, as children of socialist, radical, progressive or, most narrowly, US Communist Party member parents. Visit the previous RFS! interview with Dana Lubow on her Cuba experiences and The Bookmobile which she has purchased, outfitted and drove on this Caravan but was thwarted in delivering to Cuba due to mechanical problems. The Bookmobile has been fixed and it will be driven in the next caravan for delivery to Cuba to serve rural areas on Granma province. Enjoy the bookmobile pics below. Mouseover the small pics to see them enlarged. Click here to watch or here to listen to the program.
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Pastors for Peace Click here for Caravan to Cuba flyer Click here for Dana Lubow's update on the Bookmobile Click here to contact Nancy Abbey at WILPF Cuba Committee Click here for Dana Lubow's database of Cuban websites Click here for Previous RFS! Dana Lubow interview on Bookmobile and more Cuba Links Click here for National Committee to Free the Cuban 5 Click here for The National Network on Cuba Click here for National Lawyers Guild / Cuba page Click here for US State Dept plan to undermine Cuban gov't Click here for Guardian article on US Plan to undermine Cuba Click here for IndyMedia's Cuban org statements at World Social Forum Click here for Santa Cruz / Cuba Sister City program Click here for The Canadian Network on Cuba Click here for Ottawa Canada Network on Cuba Click here to Send a Piana to Havana! Click here for Ben Treuhaft - founder of Cuba Solidarity.net |
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