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The 18th Caravan to Cuba
w/ Caravanistas
& Red Diaper Babies
Nancy Abbey,
Catherine Steel
& Dana Lubow
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
of 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.
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for 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
