World Youth Festival - Venezuela, August

[Severian]

A worldwide gathering of anti-imperialist youth groups will be happening August 7-15 in Venezuela....the location gives those attending a chance to learn more about the far-reaching struggles by working people in Venezuela, and extend solidarity to them. As well as meeting other activists from around the world, all that.

Other recent World Youth Festivals were held in Cuba in 1997 - with 12,000 participants - and Algeria in 2001 - with 7,000 participants. At one time, they were mostly held in Soviet-bloc countries, and limited mostly to the youth groups of Moscow-oriented parties, but it's become a broader-based thing since.

the Festival's website (in english, spanish, or french) (http://www.caracas2005.info/index.php)

statement calling the conference (http://www.caracas2005.info/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=2)

US National Preparatory Committee - [email protected]

Some other countries' preparatory committees are linked on the site here (http://www.caracas2005.info/modules.php?name=Web_Links&l_op=viewlink&cid=2)

If your country ain't listed, there's likely to be somebody going anyway...

Article about the conference, from the Militant (http://www.themilitant.com/2004/6803/680350.html)

Edited to correct date.

[codyvo]

Yeah I might go to Caracas, Venezuela for the World Youth Festival but I think the date is Aug. 17-25 not 5-13 but i'm not sure.

[Guest_chebol]

Actually,
the dates have changed to the 13-16, finishing on the day after the anniversary of the referendum victory (Chavez will attend the closing ceremony).

Anyone from Australia (or indeed elsewhere- we are getting inquiries from around the world) interested in coming along, or in helping fundraise (or even just finding out more about Venezuela and Chavez), the Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network is organising a solidarity brigade, starting from July 26, and ending in time to attend the festival. If you can't afford to come, we are holding film screenings and public meetings to help raise $ and solidarity.
Check out http://venezuelasolidarity.org/ for more info.

[Zingu]

http://www.revolutionaryleft.com/index.php?showtopic=30144

[guerillablack]

I would definately go if i didn't have summer school.

[Severian]

The latest articles I can find on it say the date's been changed...to August 7-15.

Prensa Latina (Cuba) (http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B77772FE9-384B-41A2-94E6-3CDD16F0C0CD%7D&language=EN)

People's Weekly World (http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/6646/1/258)

The Militant (http://www.themilitant.com/2005/6912/691252.html)

Chebol, is that the same conference?

Zingu, I didn't realize there was an earlier thread, thanks.

[Zingu]

No problem, its a really, really old thread anyways.

[bayano]

im in the organizing committee from chicago