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DESCRIPTION:Friends in solidarity --\n\nSAVE THE DATE for the 2007 CISPES Fall 
 Tour\nThursday, November 1 at 7:00 pm\nJosefina Lazo, Leader in the 
 Salvadoran National CD/DVD Vendors Movement\nThe Women's Building, San 
 Francisco\n\nFrom the frontlines of the Salvadoran resistance to US 
 intervention and police brutality --- Josefina Lazo will speak about the 
 newly formed Street Vendors Union in response to violent police raids in El 
 Salvador, endorsed by the US State Department and Department of Homeland 
 Security. \n\nAfter a tumultuous summer challenging the Salvadoran 
 government's efforts to implement the Bush Administration-inspired 
 "anti-terrorism" law, Bay Area CISPES went full force into a successful 
 Week of Action in October.\n\nOur October 9 protest was part of a national 
 mobilization to drop all charges against the 13 water-privatization 
 protesters who are being tried as terrorists. We made so much noise at the 
 Salvadoran consulate that they sent the State Department down to find out 
 who was causing all the trouble. See video coverage of the San Francisco 
 protest at http://www.cispes.org or 
 http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/10/10/18453235.php (thanks, 
 Bill!)\n\n\nIn the wake of those actions, Bay Area CISPES welcomes Josefina 
 Lazo on her national grassroots tour of the U.S. this month. Josefina Lazo 
 , a leader of the National Vendors Movement, will criss-cross the country 
 this fall as part of the "We are NOT Terrorists – Organizing is 
 Democracy!" tour. CISPES is proud to host this amazing social movement 
 leader, and you can find out more about her on our webpage at 
 http://www.cispes.org.\n\nJosefina will conclude her tour in Ft. Benning, 
 Georgia, where she will speak at the gates of the School of the Americas 
 about the effort to close the new International Law Enforcement Academy in 
 El Salvador (more info about the SOA vigil here, and about the ILEA 
 here.)\n\nJosefina will be speaking about how police repression in El 
 Salvador is being used against incredible social movement organizing, 
 especially in the informal sector, and the critical role of international 
 solidarity.\n\nPlease join us on Thursday, November 1 at 7:00pm at the 
 Women's Building in San Francisco (3543 18th Street, at Valencia). Sliding 
 scale $5-$25, all are welcome regardless of ability to pay. Funds from this 
 event will go directly to the frontlines of resistance to free trade and 
 privatization in El Salvador.\n\nCome out and support vibrant Latin 
 American social movements as they continue the tide of change in the 
 continent, towards a more just and humane world. Si se puede!\n\n\nBay Area 
 CISPES, Committee in Solidarity with the People of El 
 Salvador\n\nhttp://www.cispes.org\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/10/26/18456300.php
SUMMARY:CISPES fall tour featuring Josefina Lazo -- "We're Not Terrorists, We're Organizers!"
LOCATION:Women's Building - Audre Lorde room; 3543 18th street & Valencia; San 
 Francisco\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/10/26/18456300.php
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