Veterans For Peace will hold its 2012 National Convention in Miami, Fla., August 8-11. The event, which includes speeches, films, workshops, and musical entertainment, is open to the public and will feature prize-winning novelist Alice Walker, film producer Phil Donahue, activist Roy Bourgeois, and many other speakers. The text of a public service announcement follows the list of speakers below.
The theme of this 27th annual convention will be "Liberating the Americas: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean."
"No region in the world these days," said Veterans For Peace President Leah Bolger, "is as much on the forward march toward liberation. We are in the third century of the struggle to abolish the Monroe Doctrine. Advances (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Uruguay) exist side-by-side with setbacks engineered by U.S. imperialism (Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay, etc.). We in the United States have a moral responsibility to change our government's view of Latin American and Caribbean nations as being our 'backyard' and sources of cheap labor and natural resources. It is time for our government to stop bullying the region and show respect and recognition for rights to national sovereignty."
The full schedule and registration information are available at http://vfpnationalconvention.org
Alice Walker
Pulitzer
prize winning novelist and poet, teacher, and activist. Ms Walker will
be a keynote speaker at the banquet Saturday, August 11th.
Phil Donahue
Media personality, writer, and film producer.
Mr. Donahue will present the film "Body of War," which he produced, Wednesday, August 8th.
Father Roy Bourgeois
Activist
and priest, founder of the human rights organization "School of the
Americas Watch." Father Bourgeois will be a keynote speaker at the
banquet Saturday, August 11th.
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