Keeping Up With Latin America
Recent events in Chile, such as the ITT plot, the Kennecott copper impounding, and the international credit blockade, have reminded us that U.S. intervention abroad takes many forms. For the...
...Has local affiliates across the U.S...
...government agencies in Latin America, and we hope that this interrelationship will be reflected in organizing activities...
...Hyattsville, MD 20782 COMMUNITY ACTION ON LATIN AMERICA (CALA) 731 State St...
...address...
...737 New York, NY 10011 (212) 691-2880 VENCEREMOS BRIGADE Box 4705 San Francisco, CA 94101 (415) 658-2647 and Box 3749 Merchandise Mart Chicago, IL 60654 An independent radical anti-imperialist research organization focusing on U.S...
...domination of Latin America with Cuba as historical background...
...A the continuing policies of repression and terror in GuatemaBerkeley, CA 94702 la and the role of U.S...
...Others who are working on specific projects want to know where to write for specific information and other resources...
...In response to this growing interest, a number of campus- and communitybased groups have been formed with specific focus on Latin America and the role of U.S...
...Will also use other media for disseminating this information...
...6020 Wilderton Outremont, Quebec, Canada COMMITTEE AGAINST REPRESSION IN BRAZIL Works to build solidarity and support for the democratic re(CARIB) sistance movements in Brazil through a political education Box 426 campaign aimed at building an awareness among the American Hyattsville, MD 20782 people about their involvement and responsibility regarding the Brazilian situation...
...0 Toronto 16, Ontario, Canada Leads campaigns in Canada for release of political prisoners in Latin America...
...Undertakes research on U.S...
...Membership is mainly Latin 983 Columbus Ave...
...CANADIAN COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE TO LATIN AMERICAN POLITICAL PRISONERS Box 128, Stn...
...4) build an understanding of revolutionary movements elsewhere in Latin America...
...For the past several years, national public attention has been focused rimarily on U.S...
...Maintains open offices at Farragut St...
...exile groups...
...1972...
...Our U.S...
...Recently published pamphlet on Repression in Argentina...
...Has prepared several documents on the Dominican Republic...
...military intervention in Indochina...
...Also prepares slide shows and occasional literature on Latin America and sponsors speakers...
...Coordinates its work with U.S...
...Even within these guidelines, we realize that this is by no means a complete list, and we will try to update it from time to time, We would greatly appreciate hearing from you if you know about other groups that we have left out...
...312) 348-3370 COMITE SOLIDARITE AVEC BRESIL Publishes and distributes materials on Brazil...
...Montreal 129, Quebec, Canada FRIENDS OF HAITI A non-profit organization dedicated to bringing to the attenBox 365 tion of the American people, documented facts of the Haitian Hopewell Junction, NY 12533 situation past and present, through newsletters and a program on WBAI radio in New York City and through the use of Teleprompter's CATV public access TV also in NY City...
...address...
...CALIFORNIA NETWORK Coalition of anti-imperialist research/action groups in 2700 Bancroft Way California supporting relationships between Latin AmericaBerkeley, CA 94704 oriented and Chicano groups...
...We are not including groups in the following categories: political parties...
...New York, NY 10014 (212) AL5-7966 A non-profit tax exempt organization whose purpose is to make available a comprehensive collection of documents and study materials about revolutionary Cuba...
...Seeks to 1) circulate information about life in Cuba and on the churches in Cuba...
...domestic problems and the operations of U.S.-based multinational corporations and U.S...
...2) help coordinate speaking engagements...
...We also hope that this list will be useful to activists and researchers who do not consider themselves specialists on Latin America...
...Meetings are generally the first Friday evening of each month and are open to the public...
...Also has speakers bureau and film bureau on Third World cinema...
...COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE TO LATIN AMERICAN POLITICAL PRISONERS (USLA) Box 2303 New York, NY 10001 and 150 5th Ave...
...Montreal 129, Quebec, Canada CHICAGO AREA GROUP ON LATIN AMERICA Publishes a newsletter ($5 individuals, $10 institutions) and (CAGLA) helps operate New World Resource Center, a bookstore and store2546 North Halsted front which hosts films, lectures and seminars (open to the Chicago, IL 60614 public 12-8 daily...
...Does occasional media pro(415) 845-2727 grams...
...Contributions for the newsletter on any aspect of U.S...
...imperialism in Latin America...
...Los Angeles, CA 90024 (213) 392-8881 473-9522 TRICONTINENTAL FILM CENTER 244 West 27th St., 5th Floor New York, NY 10001 (212) 989-3330 and Box 4430 Berkeley, CA 94704 (415) 548-3204 UNION OF RADICAL LATIN AMERICANISTS (URLA) c/o Edelstein - CCS University of Wisconsin, Green Bay Green Bay, WI 54302 (414) 465-2550 U.S...
...EDITIONS LATIN AMERICA Publishes and distributes pamphlets such as "The Political Box 218, Stn...
...30 - ECUMENICAL PROGRAM FOR INTERAMERICAN COMMUNICATION AND ACTION (EPICA) 1500 Farragut St...
...imperialism in Peru are welcome...
...Publishes monthly newsletter ($5 individuals, $10 institutions...
...A Berkeley, CA 94702 Publishes quarterly Brazilian Information Bulletin on repression in Brazil and U.S...
...Upon return to the U.S...
...American...
...Maintains an open office and research/ reference library from Wed.-Fri...
...Publishes USLA Reporter five times a year ($2 for 10 issues for individuals, $5 for institutions), fact sheets on individual countries...
...Also distributes "Dominican Republic: Oppression and Struggle" (a resource packet, $2 plus $.50 postage...
...coordinates U.S...
...Also coordinates speaking tours (currently sponsoring a tour by an Argentinian speaking on "Repression in Argentina and the Fight Against It...
...NW Washington, D.C...
...Since its founding in 1969 it has enabled some 2,000 North Americans to work and learn in Cuba...
...Sponsors periodic conferences...
...and Haiti" and the monthly newsletter, Voice of Haiti...
...An anti-imperialist political education project in solidarity with the Cuban Revolution and other Third World struggles for national liberation...
...boycott of Chile, or upcoming congressional hearings on Latin America...
...New York, NY 10025 (212) 749-6513 and Box 226 Berkeley, CA 94701 (415) 849-1414 PERU INFORMATION COMMITTEE Box 24921, Village Stn...
...Maintains files and open office at 5th St...
...political, economic and military support for the military dictatorship there.($3 individuals and $5 institutions) AMERICAN FRIENDS OF GUATEMALA Publishes Guatemala Report to inform North Americans about Box 2283, Stn...
...Speakers on the films and related issues may also be arranged, either free or at minimal expense...
...CENTER FOR CUBAN STUDIES 186 West 4th St...
...AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BRAZIL Box 2279, Stn...
...We are often asked by our readers, both in Latin America and in the U.S., for names of other North American movement groups concerned with Latin America...
...COMMON FRONT FOR LATIN AMERICA (COFFLA) A group mainly of Latin Americans, which prepares booklets Box 426 and does other work in the Washington, D.C...
...Also provides information for persons intending to visit Cuba...
...A voluntary group of people interested in Latin American issues, with particular emphasis on Canadian involvement in Latin America...
...Structured around country sub-groups of which Brazil, Chile and Peru are functioning and Mexico, Guatemala, Argentina and Puerto Rico are in fromation...
...CENTER FOR INFORMATION ON LATIN Formerly published a bimonthly newsletter, Grito y Fusil, in AMERICA (CILA) French, Spanish and English (discontinued as of Oct...
...and coordinates its work with Canadian counterpart (see above...
...The Brigade is currently recruiting for tile 6th contingent to work in Cuba in Spring 1973...
...distributes literature and arranges speaking tours for Brazilian exiles...
...Formerly Third World Cinema) Distributes such films as "Blood of the Condor", "Mexico: the Frozen Revolution", "El Chacal de Nahueltoro", "Culebra: The Beginning", "Memories of Underdevelopment" and "Brazil, No Time for Tears...
...area...
...support for the Bertrand Russell Tribunal's investigation of the dictatorship's crimes against the Brazilian people...
...members disseminate information about the Cuban Revolution and other anti-imperialist struggles and help organize the next contingent of Brigade recruits...
...Also distributes "Cuba: 100 Years of Struggle" (a resource packet, $2...
...Open M-F 11-5:30...
...An organization of academics and others specializing in Latin American studies...
...Box 576, Stn...
...In Cuba, Brigade members take part in collective physical work, political presentations, and visits to schools and other work centers...
...New York, NY 10025 LATIN AMERICAN POLICY ALTERNATIVES GROUP (LAPAG) 2205 San Antonio St., Rm 108 Austin, TX 78705 (515) 478-7946 LATIN AMERICAN WORKING GROUP (LAWG) Box 6300, Stn...
...operations in Latin America and on the homefront operations of major industrial/financial interests...
...Maintains a reading room and sponsors the following activities: film showings, lectures, seminars, speakers bureau...
...LATIN AMERICA PROJECT (LAP) A newly formed Boston area group focusing on Chile and Puerto Cambridge-Goddard Graduate School Rico...
...and 5) expose and combat church involvement in and support for U.S...
...Activists in North and Latin America want to know the names of groups which can: 1) mobilize public opinion around specific issues such as human rights in specific countries, the U.S...
...Acts as a caucus within the Latin American Studies Association (LASA...
...National organization meets at LASA national meetings...
...imperialism in Peru, Notas de la Metropoli, edited exclusively for a Peruvian audience and distributed in Peru among labor, student, church and other groups...
...Maintains research/ reference libraries open to movement researchers and organizers and produces biweekly radio program (KPFA Berkeley...
...and 3) help distribute important documents and literature on Latin America...
...Nevertheless, some sectors of the anti-war movement have developed a broader anti-imperialist consciousness, creating more interest in the subtler, daily forms of U.S...
...A Toronto 1, Ontario, Canada (416) 925-7912 LOS ANGELES GROUP FOR LATIN AMERICAN SOLIDARITY (LAGLAS) 18302 Plummer St...
...Prepares, reprints, and distributes literature and audio-visual material (including Brazil slide/ cassette presentation...
...interests there...
...Northridge, CA 91324 (213) 886-6661 NON-INTERVENTION IN CHILE (NICH) c/o CALA 731 State St...
...Aims to facilitate communication among radical Latin Americanists, to bring about a reorientation of teaching and writing in the field of Latin American studies toward anti-imperialism, and to make the skills of radical Latin Americanists available to organizers...
...Organizes educational, research and action projects in Southern California to develop a public consciousness about socio-economic conditions in Latin America and to expose and oppose political repression and U.S...
...imperialism in Peru and is preparing a slide show...
...To have included any of these categories would have meant greatly expanding the list or acquiring information which we do not have at this time...
...Sponsors a weekly half-hour radio program, a speakers bureau, a Third World film series, and a public research/reference library...
...Publishes URLA Newsletter quarterly...
...Holds meetings open to the public every two weeks on Sundays at 8 PM...
...Madison, WI 53703 Program Coordinator: (608) 256-7589 Research Coordinator: " 256-6381 CUBA RESOURCE CENTER Box 206, Cathedral Stn...
...Increasingly we see the integral relation between U.S...
...N Distributes materials on Latin America in Montreal area...
...This list is not intended to be comprehensive...
...Coordinates Third World Awareness/Action Workshops...
...Publishes a newsletter in Spanish on U.S...
...Madison, WI 53703 Organizes education, research and action projects in the Austin area, aimed at reaching the campus community and middle America, showing how the Latin American policies of North American institutions contribute to the oppression of Latin Americas...
...Distributes: "Cuba in Transition" and other literature...
...counterpart (see below...
...Activities include petition campaigns, conferences and demonstrations at the local level, involving students and community- 31 - groups in an effort to counteract lack of information and misinformation in the media about the transition to socialism taking place in Chile...
...New York, NY 10025 An independent research/action collective oriented toward putting events in Latin America into a context that a wide public (particularly in the Madison area) can relate to and understand...
...3) end measures taken by the U.S...
...NORTH AMERICAN CONGRESS ON LATIN AMERICA (NACLA) Box 57 Cathedral Stn...
...interests in supporting these policies ($3 individuals, $5 institutions...
...Coordinates exchanges of books and other materials with Cuban institutions and publishes a bulletin...
...Leads campaigns in the U.S...
...for release of political prisoners in Latin America...
...Particular focus on Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Cuba...
...Study and discussion guides, publicity materials, program notes, and other documentation on the filmmakers and the political situations their films explore are available on request...
...Latin American bureaus of Churches and labor unions...
...Members ($2 minimum) receive a brochure "The U.S...
...After the 6 week work period the Brigade travels around Cuba for two weeks...
...government to isolate and undermine the Cuban Revolution...
...A national project which grew out of the CALA-Sponsored Madison conference on Chile and which is coordinated by CALA...
...Memberships of $15, up...
...third world groups (mainly Chicano and Puerto Rican) within the U.S...
...Has chapters across the U.S...
...Publishes a monthly Report and specialized pamphlets and writes articles for mass circulation publications...
...of Social Change 5 Upland Road Cambridge, MA 02140 LATIN AMERICAN FORUM Sponsors weekly forum in Spanish...
...Has regular meetings, usually Wednesday evenings, and conducts research, publishes a monthly newsletter ($2 per year), coordinates NICH (see Non-Intervention in Chile, below), and sponsors a Latin American film series, a speakers bureau and conferences (on Chile last year and on "Alternative Models of Development" later this year...
...Distributes a slide presentation on Brazil...
...2) effect a more positive understanding of the Cuban Revolution...
...A coalition of Latin America-oriented groups in the Los Angeles area...
...Distributes the complete text of ITT memos ($1.50 plus 25C postage...
...readers, many of them recently returned from visits in Latin America, are interested in knowing about groups working in their communities, through which they can keep up their contacts with and interest in Latin America...
...N Economy of Population Control" and a recent one on Brazil...
...Movement groups, unlike university institutions, are not listed in any widely distributed directory...
...We hope that the following list will help meet their needs...
...20011 Publishes EPICA Reports monthly...
Vol. 6 • November 1972 • No. 9
