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^{Bringing the 60’s to the 21st Century:
The New Independence Movements}
 

Sunday December 2^nd 2:30 PM
 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LIBRARY

6120 s vermont AVE, LA 90044

▲ Andaiye will speak about a post Walter Rodney Caribbean, including the new independence grassroots movement in Haiti, and its relationship to movements in Central and South America. 

Andaiye was a founding member of the Working People’s Alliance with Walter Rodney, the author of “How Europe Underdeveloped Africa”, who was assassinated in Guyana in 1980. She is co-founder and coordinator of Red Thread (RT) in Guyana, a self-help income-generating group bringing low-income women together across violent Afro/Indo racial divides. Andaiye represented CARICOM (joint Caribbean governments) at the UN World Conference on Women in Beijing, 1995.

▲ Selma James will speak on Rediscovering the Arusha Declaration, the basis of African Socialism. She says: “To spell out the leadership of Julius Nyerere, the Mwalimu, the teacher, and of Africa – this is a real breakthrough for the movement…”

Selma James is a movement strategist and lifelong campaigner for women’s rights and anti-racism. She was for many years the colleague and wife of influential Marxist organizer, historian and critic CLR James. She is the author of “The Power of Women & The Subversion of the Community”, “Sex, Race & Class” and other classics.  She is the international coordinator of the Global Women's Strike and works closely with grassroots women and men in the Venezuelan Revolution.

tRANSLATION OF English to Spanish available

Wheelchair accessible • Donation $10 • No-one turned away

* * * * * * Reception for speakers after main event * * * * *
 

►See clips of new film on the grassroots movement in Oaxaca, Mexico

►Margaret Prescod, host of “Sojourner Truth” on KPFK Radio, will chair
►Coordinated by the Global Women’s Strike and Women of Color in the Global Women’s Strike

KPFK Radio 90.7 FM is the media sponsor

Contact 323-276-9833   la@crossroadswomen.net   www.globalwomenstrike.net

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