[olympiaworkers] Revolutionary from Honduras speaking on uprising there!

Honduran Gerardo Torres: A Decade of Refounding, Youth in the Revolution!
Evergreen, Lecture Hall 1, 5PM, Monday, April 18

Gerardo has been active in the non-violent resistance since the first day of
the coup and is one of the young leaders of the Resistance. He will be able to
give you an eye-witness account of Repression and Hope in Honduras today and
the people's dream to "refound the State" based on justice and equality.

Honduran Gerardo Torres is:

1. Responsible of the relations with the people of the United States and
Canada, member of the International Commission of the National Front of Popular
Resistance (Frente Nacional de Resistencia Popular) of Honduras.

2. General Secretary of the Political Organization Los Necios (Organización
Politica Los Necios - OPLN).

3. Member of the Analysis Commission of the National Front of Popular
Resistance (Frente Nacional de Resistencia Popular) of Honduras.

4. Coordinator of Political and Ideological Education of the National Front of
Youth Movements in Resistance (Frente Nacional de Juventudes en Resistencia) of
Honduras.

On June 28, 2009, democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya was rousted
from his bed by armed soldiers and flown into exile. His crimes? Raising the
minimum wage, joining the ALBA cooperative trade alliance, converting the US
Palmerola Air Base into a civilian airport, and supporting a referendum where
voters could decide if they wanted to call a constituent assembly to write a
new constitution.

In the nearly two years since the coup, repression has increased to levels
seldom seen before. But the coup was also a catalyst for the coming together of
a massive popular resistance of students and youth, landless peasants, union
workers, teachers, artists, gays and lesbians and many more.