To move forward our global struggles and resistances in unity!

"First Nations people, Grassroots movements and popular governments can change the world"...

"Capitalism is in crisis but has not been defeated. It reinvents itself seeking other avenues of release. It organizes its fury against the undisciplined, rebellious peoples. It tries incessantly to recolonise them, to make them submit, to control them." …

The Latin American Solidarity Network (LASNET) in collaboration with other networks and groups is holding a gathering in solidarity with the Latin American & Asia Pacific struggles and resistances, which include Australian social movements who continue to battle tirelessly to reach justice and dignity for all those that suffer under and resist against neoliberalism.

The Third Latin American & Asia Pacific Solidarity Gathering will take place next October 23, 24, 25 at Victoria Trades Hall, corner of Victoria & Lygon Streets, Carlton South, Melbourne – Australia

Two prominent leaders from Colombia and Chile will attend this important gathering:
Dubán Veléz, Colombia trade union representative from Sinaltrainal: National Union of Food Industry, and member of CUT-Antioquia in Colombia),
Pascual Pichun a Mapuche authority elder from Mapuche Indigenous people in Chile-Argentina

Some main themes:

"People's Struggles against Multinationals, New Imperialist experiments economies";
"Social and grassroots movements building popular/community alternatives";
"Exploring people's power from progressives Latin American Countries";
"Women, Indigenous and Workers organising for new Alternatives";
"Environmental, Social and grassroots movements building popular/community alternatives";
“Food sovereignty, Human rights, Civil liberties...
What we can do to fight Climate Change?”

Friday 23, from 6:30pm: Cultural Reception and welcome to country to international and national speakers;

Saturday 24, 10:30am-6pm: Main sessions, round tables, film documentaries, Latin food, cultural expressions;

Saturday 24, 7:30pm: Dinner-Cultural Night Peña

Sunday 25, 11am-6pm: Resolutions, planning for the future, get together, music, poetry, Andean music;

Australian grassroots solidarity activists will be joined by activists and organisers from Latin America & Asia Pacific region to plan, evaluate and celebrate the growing of Latin America and Asia Pacific solidarity movement in Australia.

At this gathering will be international activists from the social movements from Colombia a representative from the Union movement (Sinaltrainal: National Union of Food Industry, member of CUT-Colombia), Chile a Mapuche Indigenous authority, A Chilean Film maker, From Bolivia, Bounganville, West Papua. And to be confirmed from Japan, New Zealand, Peruvian Amazon indigenous representative and a member of the resistance front from Honduras.

Registration is $30, $20 concession and $15 students Whole Gathering, One day Gathering $15, Conc./Students $10, Diner-Peña $15, $10 Conc./students, Only Friday $10, $5 Conc./Students. Send check or money order to LASNET, P.O. Box 813, North Melbourne, VIC. 3051. Or make direct deposit to our account; name LASNET BSB 633-000 A/C 133147793.

More Info please call Lucho Riquelme 0400 914 944 land line (03) 9481 2273, Rodrigo Rojas 0414 970 418, Canopy 0448 712 420 or
Juliet Armatolos 0423 911 338.

Latin American Solidarity Network (LASNET),
lasnet@latinlasnet.org, www.latinamericansoldaritynetwork.org
Building Solidarity with Latin America
Building Bridges… Organising Globally… The Power of Grassroots/Community Organisations