US SANCTIONS AGAINST VENEZUELA AND OTHER CURRENT LEGAL ISSUES

Presentations by Judy Somberg & Susan Scott, National Lawyers Guild.

Tue. September 13 – Sargent Hall, Room 365, Suffolk Law School – 120 Tremont Street, Boston, MA

In March 2016 the US government renewed sanctions against Venezuela. What exactly are these sanctions and what effect do they have on the political and economic situation in Venezuela? Meanwhile, inside Venezuela, the National Assembly has enacted a series of laws attempting to undermine the Bolivarian constitution. The Supreme Court has ruled some of those laws unconstitutional. What is happening in the current disputes among the executive, legislative, judicial, electoral, and citizens’ power branches?

Judy Somberg, of Cambridge, and Susan Scott, of Inverness, CA, working with the National Lawyers Guild International Committee, have brought several delegations to Venezuela and have hosted US speaking tours of a Venezuelan Supreme Court judge, the President of the Electoral Council, and other Venezuelan lawyers.

Co-sponsored by: Venezuela Solidarity Committee and Massachusetts Chapter National Lawyers Guild

Recent Past Events:

The People’s Resistance to the Venezuelan Food Crisis

Report back and report from the trenches
At Encuentro 5 – 9A Hamilton Place, Boston, MA (Park Street T station)
Saturday, July 30, 2016 – 4PM – 6PM

More info: click here.

2016: MAY 1st DAY OF ACTIONS PLANNED FOR EAST BOSTON, CHELSEA, AND EVERETT BEGINNING AT 2:30 PM

WHAT: May Day Commemorations and Celebrations
WHEN: Sunday, May 1, 2016
WHERE: Gather at Chelsea City Hall at 2:30 PM
(Feeder marches from Everett to Chelsea and on to East Boston at 3:PM)
Major Rally: Piers Park, 95 Marginal St., East Boston at 5PM.

CONTACT: Boston May Day Committee at (617) 922-5744 or (857) 334-5084 and email to info@bostonmayday.org.
(The Venezuela Solidarity Committee supports this event and will contribute a speaker on the issue of Venezuelan Workers in the Bolivarian Revolution)

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Boston Socialist Unity Project Conference
“Building Socialism. Building our Movements”

Sat. April 30, 2016 – 9AM – 4PM
Old South Church, 645 Boylston St., Boston, MA

Jorge Marin, from the Venezuela Solidarity Committee will be a featured speaker and will lead a workshop entitled “Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution”

For information and to register go to http://www.bostonsocialistunity.org