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How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Wed, 06/06/2007 - 10:03pm.

Start: Jun 11 2007 - 7:30pm

[via email:]

Gas prices, the rapidly evolving power crunch, climate disruption getting you down?
Come see a film that explores how Cuba is dealing with these challenges!

Monday June 11th
Traditions Fair Trade Cafe
300 5th Ave & Water St
Downtown Olympia
Special screening of the documentary
"The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil"
Doors: 7:15pm
Event: begins at 7:30pm
Donations gratefully accepted
Afterwards there will be a brief Q&A and Rick Fellows will talk about his upcoming Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba. www.ifconews.org
The kick off for that is July 3rd.
Info about the film at www.powerofcommunity.org/cm/index.php
Sponsored by Media Island International
questions/details call (360) 352-8526

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Whitewash?

Submitted by Scott Haley on Fri, 06/08/2007 - 11:09pm.

Is this going to be the kind of thing in which people pretend that Cuba is not a totalitarian dictatorship?

Why don't you go and see for

Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Fri, 06/08/2007 - 11:17pm.

Why don't you go and see for yourself Scott. Then you can report back to us on what you see.

In the Course of Events

It can't be that great...

Submitted by Norm on Mon, 06/11/2007 - 9:39pm.

If people are willing to swim to Florida, and risk their life, in order to leave the country.

I got little sleep Sunday

Submitted by Scott Haley on Mon, 06/11/2007 - 6:27pm.

I got little sleep Sunday night, so I'm really drowsy now.

Do we refuse to read

Submitted by Phil Owen on Mon, 06/11/2007 - 10:06pm.

Do we refuse to read Dostoevsky because of the excesses of Russia? Does the state of democracy (ie notably shitty) in Cuba have any bearing on the fact that we could learn a great deal from their ecological innovations? Let's be a little more shrewd.

The Canaanite's Call

Good point

Submitted by Norm on Mon, 06/11/2007 - 11:18pm.

We are drifting.

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