[NYTr] ANSWER: Rally to Support Bolivarian Revolution - Dec 1 - NYC

[All the News That Doesn't Fit]

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A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition - NYC - Nov 21, 2007
http://www.answercoalition.org/

Rally for Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution! 

Stop the U.S. gov't/media slander campaign!

Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007 -1:00 pm

Venezuelan Consulate
7 East 51th Street 
(between 5th Avenue and Madison Avenue) 
Manhattan

Take the E/V to 5th Ave or the 6 train to 51st St.
Contact 212-694-8720 or nyc at answercoalition.org for more information
or  to get involved.

On Sunday, December 2, the Venezuelan  people will go to the polls once
again to vote in a referendum to reform the country's  constitution.
People in the United States who support social justice need to stand 
with the Bolivarian Revolution in the face  of U.S. government threats
and media lies.

The Venezuelan public has expressed its political will over and over
again in the last several years. This process has involved millions of
people and been profoundly democratic. But because their will
contradicted the aims of U.S. imperialism, Washington and the corporate
media have slandered President Hugo Chavez and the Venezuelan
revolution.  They have grotesquely distorted, or simply invented, the
political reality in Venezuela. As the struggle over Venezuela's future
heats up -- and the traditional elite become more desperate to halt the
revolution's momentum -- the anti-Venezuela propaganda campaign will
intensify. There have been rumblings of another U.S.-backed coup
attempt. Progressive people in this country need to set the record
straight and stand up in defense of Venezuela's sovereignty. 

Venezuela's constitutional reforms  

The proposed reforms are aimed at building a "social economy,"
strengthening grassroots communal councils, allowing unlimited
presidential reelections so that option is "the sovereign decision of
the constituent people of Venezuela" (similar to the political process
in countries like England, France, Germany and Australia), lowering the
eligible voting age from 18 to 16, guaranteeing free university
education to the highest level, prohibiting foreign funding of
elections and political activity, and reducing the work week to 36
hours to promote more employment.

Unlike traditional political debates, the discussions of the reforms
occurred nationwide and involved massive public participation. In a
47-day period, some 9,020 public events were held. Over 10 million
copies of the reforms were distributed to the public, and one poll
found that over 77 percent of the Venezuelan people had read them. This
democratic and social campaign is not just a step forward for the
Venezuelan people. It is an example of what is needed by millions of
people around the world-and right here in New York City!

On Saturday, December 1, 2007 at 1:00 PM, the day before the referendum
in Venezuela, there will be an emergency support rally in front of 
the Venezuelan Consulate at 7 East 51th Street (between 5th Avenue and
Madison Avenue). The rally will begin at 1 pm, and then we will march
to CNN headquarters to protest the misinformation propagated by the
U.S. corporate media. 

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A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
http://www.answercoalition.org/
info at internationalanswer.org 

National Office in Washington 
DC: 202-544-3389
New York City: 212-694-8720
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