Cuba Hurricane Relief & Reconstruction Campaign In just over two weeks time, Cuba sustained damage from hurricanes Fay, Gustav, Hanna and Ike. This left the country and people with the largest destruction seen on the island in over 40 years. Click Here to Read More & For How You Can Help By Sending Donations Pastors for Peace Emergency Reconstruction Caravan to Cuba Help Cuba Rebuild! Click Here for How You Can Get Involved! IMPORTANT NEWS! 500,000-Strong Student Movement in Canada Demands: Free the Cuban 5 NOW! Read the Canadian Federation of Students statement here REPORT BACK June 13 & 14 2 Day Conference CHE GUEVARA Thinker and Fighter! Are His Ideas Relevant for the 21st Century? * * * * * Conference Report Back HERE * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Conference Blog HERE * * * * * Co-organized by Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba Free the Cuban 5 Committee Vancouver ~Members of the Canadian Network on Cuba~ VCSC Statement: WE STAND WITH FIDEL’S DECISION February 19, 2008 Today in his latest “Reflections of the Commander in Chief” Fidel Castro made an important decision...(continue reading) 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! Support the Five Heroes Freedom Fund! The National Committee to Free the Five in the US has called for a massive fundraising campaign to raise $250 000 for mass public awareness about the case of the Cuban 5! Click Here for more info and to donate! See below for information on two exciting Cuba solidarity tours! 17th Che Guevara Volunteer Work Brigade Summer 2009 Organized by the Canadian Network on Cuba Click Here for Information Contact by Phone: 778-882-5223 Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan to Cuba Summer 2009 Organized by IFCO-Pastors for Peace Click Here for Information Contact by Email: cucaravan@igc.org Phone: 212-926-5757 (New York, NY)	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! ★ MONDAY JANUARY 5 ★ "Dynamism of the Cuban Revolution" FILM & FORUM 6:30pm Britannia Community Centre 1661 Napier St at Commercial Dr ★TUESDAY JANUARY 6 ★ "Women & the Cuban Revolution" POETRY, LIVE MUSIC, SPEAKERS & DISCUSSION 6:30pm Chilean Housing Coop 2390 School Ave (behind the Safeway at Kingsway and Tyne) ★WEDNESDAY JANUARY 7 ★ "Cuba in Defence of Self-Determination from Guantanamo to Palestine" MULTIMEDIA & SPEAKER 6:30pm Britannia Community Centre 1661 Napier St at Commercial Dr Event organized by Mobilization Against War & Occupation (MAWO) ★THURSDAY JANUARY 8 ★ "Free the 5 Cuban Heroes Held in U.S. Jails" PICKET ACTION 4:00pm United States Consulate 1075 W. Pender St Downtown Vancouver * * * * "Free the 5 Cuban Heroes Held in U.S. Jails" FILM SHOWING 7:00pm Joe’s Cafe 1150 Commercial Dr at William St ★FRIDAY JANUARY 9 ★ "Fidel in the Battle of Ideas" FILM & FORUM 6:30pm Chilean Housing Coop 2390 School Ave (behind the Safeway at Kingsway and Tyne) ★SATURDAY JANUARY 10 ★ "Cuba: A Revolution in Motion" FILM & DISCUSSION 7:00pm Mt. Pleasant Neighbourhood House 800 E. Broadway Ave (two blocks east of Fraser St) Organized by: Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba In Coordination with: Free the Cuban 5 Committee-Vancouver & Solidarity Coaltion For a United Latin America Picket Action & Film Showing to Free the 5 Cuban Heroes! Thursday January 8 4pm United States Consulate 1075 W. Pender St Downtown Vancouver FILM SHOWING 7:00pm Joe’s Cafe 1150 Commercial Dr at William St Organized by: Free the Cuban 5 Committee - Vancouver CUBA SOLIDARITY NEWS ! 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! 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! December 11 REPORT BACK Coordinated Picket Actions in Vancouver and Montreal to Free the Cuban 5 CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS December 07 REPORT BACK Che Guevara Volunteer Work Brigade Report Back! CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS November 22 PHOTOS FROM CELEBRACIÓN CULTURAL LATINO AMERICANO CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS November 13 REPORT BACK Coordinated Picket Actions in Vancouver and Montreal to Free the Cuban 5 CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS November 7 REPORT BACK "Lucia" Monthly Cuba Cultural & Film Nights CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS October 26 PHOTOS HERE RADIOTHON '08 "Today for Cuba, Tomorrow for You" CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS October 10 REPORT BACK Commemoration of the 41st Anniversary of the Assassination of Ernesto Che Guevara CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS October 6 REPORT BACK Part of the International Month of Action to Free the Cuban 5 CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS September 12 REPORT BACK International Day of Action Free the Cuban 5 CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS REPORT BACK First Poetry Night for the Cuban 5 CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS CLICK HERE TO VIEW CUBAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE SEPTEMBER 12 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION IN VANCOUVER August 30 REPORT BACK Cross Canada Day of Action Free the Cuban 5 CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS August 1 REPORT BACK "Hillside of the Himalayas" Monthly Cuba Cultural & Film Nights CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS July 26 REPORT BACK Cross Canada Day of Action Free the Cuban 5 CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS July 25 REPORT BACK July 26 Movement Celebration CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS July 4 REPORT BACK "Septembers & More" & "Mission Against Terror" Monthly Cuba Cultural & Film Nights CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS June 15 REPORT BACK Pastors for Peace 19th Friendshipment Caravan Peace Arch Border Crossing CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS Organized by Victoria Goods for Cuba, Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC) and other Cuba solidarity groups June 13-14 REPORT BACK Che Guevara: Thinker & Fighter - Are His Ideas Relevant for the 21st Century? In honor of Che's 80th Birthday 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 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 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 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!