VENEZUELA AND FRIENDS

Date:                    Saturday 29 October 2011, 10.30 to 17.00

Followed by:         SOCIAL -  salsa lessons at 5 pm; music and dancing from 6 onwards

Venue:                 STUC, Woodlands Road, Glasgow

 Venezuela under Hugo Chavez has halved poverty, provided healthcare to millions for the first time and eliminated illiteracy

But when we hear about it in the British media it's normally in negative terms suggesting it's a dictatorship. Lies! It has a thriving democracy with elections, referenda and a diverse media.

Faced with hostility, Venezuela has turned away from the USA and forged the ALBA alliance with other radical Latin American countries, which is showing the world that 'a better world is possible'!!!

VENEZUELA AND FRIENDS

AGENDA

Chaired by Phil McGarry

10.30   Registration

11.00   Opening Plenary

VENEZUELA IN THE 21 st CENTURY  – improving lives, setting an example

speakers:

ñ      Frieda Park, joint secretary, SVSC speaker

ñ      Sandra White MSP, Glasgow Kelvin

ñ      Brian Wilson, former MP and UK minister

ñ      Alvaro Sanchez, Venezuelan Embassy

12.30   lunch; DVDs (SVSC AGM at start of this)

13.15   Plenary

THE EXPERIENCE OF STRUGGLE AND DEMOCRACY – making the alternative in Latin America

ñ      Diana Raby, author of Democracy and Revolution

ñ      Iain Bruce, author of The Real Venezuela

14.00   Workshops

ñ      The significance of the Latin American alternative - Diana Raby

ñ      Grassroots transformation in Venezuela - Iain Bruce

ñ      Transforming lives through making music – El Sistema and The Big Noise

ñ      Latin American friends – Cuba spreads health in Venezuela and the Caribbean

15.00   tea break

15.15   Final Plenary

GETTING FRIENDLY WITH VENEZUELA

speakers:

ñ      Colin Burgon, former MP for Elmet, Labour Friends of Venezuela

ñ      Dave Moxham, Deputy General Secretary, STUC

ñ      Matt Willgress, VSC (invited)

17.00   Salsa lessons

18.00   Social, dancing, bar

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