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DESCRIPTION:PDA (Progressive Democrats of America – San Francisco) presents a free 
 public forum: US–CUBA DÉTENTE: \nPromise and Peril\n\nChange is coming 
 to Cuba: Diplomatic relations with the US have formally been restored and 
 there is renewed pressure by North American and foreign companies to pursue 
 investment opportunities on the island. However, the US embargo remains in 
 place and individual travel is still restricted. Additionally, the US must 
 agree to close Guantanamo if normal relations between the two countries are 
 to be established.\n\nCan social and economic change come to Cuba without 
 compromising its revolutionary heritage? What role can US progressives play 
 in supporting the island’s transition to a more economically advanced and 
 politically open system? \n\nFeatured speaker BILL HACKWELL is a widely 
 published and exhibited social documentary photographer who lives in the 
 San Francisco Bay Area. Most of his work focuses on social change in the 
 struggle against oppression in the U.S. and abroad. He has worked as the 
 photographer for a number of non-profit and humanitarian aid groups working 
 in many parts of the world.\n\nThe program will include a panel discussion 
 by several Bay Area activists who recently toured Cuba with CodePink-Women 
 for Peace. Last November, the CodePink tour was part of a delegation to 
 Guantanamo that protested the US Naval base and prison camp. They also 
 visited Caimanera, a small town that abuts the base, and learned how the 
 local economy could be vastly improved if that land, located on a critical 
 part of the bay, were returned to Cuba.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/01/13/18781763.php
SUMMARY:US–Cuba Détente: Promise and Peril
LOCATION:St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church  •  2097 Turk St. (at Lyon), San 
 Francisco\nMuni lines #5, 24, 31, 38, 43  •  Some street parking 
 available\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/01/13/18781763.php
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