See below for information on two exciting Cuba solidarity tours! Che Guevara Volunteer Work Brigade Organized by the Canadian Network on Cuba Click Here for Information Contact by Phone: 778-882-5223 Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan to Cuba Organized by IFCO-Pastors for Peace Click Here for Information Contact by Email: cucaravan@igc.org Phone: 212-926-5757 (New York, NY) REPORT BACK June 26-28 3 Day Conference 50 Years Of Dynamism Of The Cuban Revolution * * * * * Conference Report Back HERE * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Conference Blog HERE * * * * * Organized by Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba CUBA SOLIDARITY ACTIVIST BANNED FROM CANADA! Alison Bodine is a U.S. citizen who was until recently a student at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Alison is an activist with the Free the Cuban 5 Committee - Vancouver. She has been targeted as a political activist after Canadian Border Services Agents found antiwar and Cuba solidarity materials in her car, and has been banned for two years from Canada. Visit her website to find out more about this important case of human and democratic rights! Cuban Embassy (Canada) Government of Cuba Granma International (English edition) Granma Internacional (Spanish) Juventud Rebelde Free The Five Pastors For Peace Canadian Cuban Friendship Association Canadian Network on Cuba Walter Lippman	Welcome to the website of Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba ~ VCSC, a Vancouver BC, Canada based organization dedicated to education, promotion and defense of the gains of the Cuban revolution. We organize events and actions in solidarity with Cuba several times a month in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland in BC, Canada. We hope you find our site useful in learning more about Cuba and Cuba solidarity! UPCOMING EVENTS! International Women's Day Unite for Women's Rights! Music, Speeches, & Food! SATURDAY March 6 6pm Collingwood Neighbourhood House 5288 Joyce St. (2 blocks South of Joyce Skytrain Station) Organized by: Solidarity Coalition for a United Latin America (SCULA) Long Live the Memory of Compañero Juan Almeida Bosque! September 12, 2009 Click Here to Read Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba Statement Against the Coup d’etat in Honduras Approved Unanimously by Participants of the 2nd International Che Guevara Conference Click Here to Read Fidel's Reflection on Coup d'etat in Honduras Click Here to Read Update in case of Cuban 5: US Government Denies for 10th Time Family Visitation Right to Cuban 5 Heroes CLICK HERE TO READ THE STATEMENT BY THE FREE THE CUBAN 5 COMMITTE - VANCOUVER Update in case of Cuban 5: US Supreme Court will not review the case of the Cuban 5 Heroes CLICK HERE TO READ THE STATEMENT BY THE FREE THE CUBAN 5 COMMITTE - VANCOUVER CUBA SOLIDARITY NEWS ! ACN - Cuban News Agency Covers the Story of the Vancouver Picket Action! Read the story on the ACN Website View PDF here News From Cuba Si VANCOUVER CUBA SOLIDARITY EVENT REPORT BACKS! January 14 REPORT BACK Free the 5 Cuban Heroes Held in US Jails! CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS January 8 REPORT BACK The Power of Community How Cuba Survived Peak Oil CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS December 31 REPORT BACK New Years Eve Party! 51 Years of the Cuban Revolution! CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS November 20 REPORT BACK Cuba Today Which Way Forward? CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS November 12 REPORT BACK Free the 5 Cuban Heroes Held in US Jails! CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS October 23 REPORT BACK From our Volunteer Trip to Cuba with the Che Brigade! CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS October 9 REPORT BACK Commemorate Ernesto Che Guevara CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS October 13 REPORT BACK Free the 5 Cuban Heroes Held in US Jails! CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS Defend Cuba! Get Involved! VCSC calls on all individuals and organizations with an interest in defending Cuba to come together in defense of Cuba to build a movement united with Cuba, with each other, and with all oppressed people worldwide against imperialism. We hold bi-weekly meetings open to anyone with an interest in Cuba solidarity work. Call 778 882 5223 for Date & Location Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba 778-882-5223 cubacommunities@yahoo.ca	Contact Us! 778.882.5223 cubacommunities@yahoo.ca PO Box 56067 1st Ave RPO, 1690 Nanaimo St Vancouver, BC, Canada V5L 5E2 Find Out About the Vancouver Free the Cuban 5 Campaign! CLICK HERE Cuba Solidarity Publications Cuban Revolution 101 5 Decades of the Cuban Revolution A Collection of Articles Written by Tamara Hansen, Coordinator of VCSC INCLUDING ARTICLES: ‘We Stand Firmly With Cuban People Against US Criminal Blockade’ – Speech By Tamara Hansen Who is Anti-Cuban Terrorist Luis Posada Carriles? Cuban Revolution: Workers State Defending, Expanding, and Consolidating Workers Rights Since 1959 July 26th 1953: Attack on the Moncada Army Garrison in Cuba Plan Bush: What is the US Government Planning for Cuba? A Tribute to Fidel What Does Sustainability Mean for Cuba? The Cuban Revolution & Women’s Liberation Elections Called in Cuba AND MANY MORE! For PDF version (5.1 MB) click here For info on articles and how to order this booklet click here Visiting Cuba Through the Eyes of a Young Canadian Activist Memoir of a Trip with Adventure, Education and Politics! How I Learned to Love Cuba! For PDF version in English click here For PDF version in Spanish click here To Download the Booklet as it appears in print click here VCSC History Booklet For PDF version click here INTERNATIONAL MEDIA COVERAGE OF OCTOBER 6th VANCOUVER PICKET ACTION FOR THE CUBAN 5! PressTV - Iranian International News Agency Covers the Case of the Cuban 5! August 17th, 2007 24HRS Newspaper Advertisement for the 24hr Vigil to Free the Cuban 5 Click Image to see up close! July 13th, 2007 - 24hrs Newspaper Article on the 18th Vancouver Free the Cuban 5 Picket Action! Click Image to read article! September 25th, 2006 - Metro Newspaper Opinion Editorial by VCSC Coordinator Tamara Hansen Click the image to read it! May 19th, 2006 - 24hrs Newspaper Advertisement for May 20th "US Hands Off Cuba & Venezuela!" Day of Action Click the image to see up close! December 13th, 2005 - Metro & 24hrs Newspapers Free the Cuban 5 Committee Picket at US Consulate in Vancouver Click the image to view coverage! Click the image to view coverage! August 17th 2005 - Metro Newspaper VCSC on the front cover on the case of the Cuban 5! Click the image to view the coverage!