Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution
2.00 – 4.30pm Saturday 25 July
Congress House, Great Russell St , London WC1B 3LS (tube station: Tottenham Court Rd)
On 19 July tens of thousands of Nicaraguans will gather in Managua to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship and the coming to power of the Sandinistas. Join us to celebrate the astonishing achievements against tremendous odds of the Sandinista government in the 1980s, the legacy of the Revolution today within the Latin America context and NSC’s contribution to the global solidarity movement.
¨ Launch of the film ‘American Sandinista’ about the US war of aggression against Nicaragua through the life of US volunteer Ben Linder, murdered by the contra in 1986. The film will be introduced by the director Jason Blalock
¨ Grace Livingstone, author of ‘ America ’s Backyard: from the Monroe Doctrine to the War on Terror’
¨ Francisco Dominguez, Latin America Department, Middlesex University
¨ Alicia Sandino, charge d’affairs Embassy of Nicaragua
plus Jeremy Corbyn MP/
Further information: Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign, campaigns@nicaraguasc.org.uk, Tel 020 7561 4836
www.nicaraguasc.org uk
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