Two Live Indy Events This Week: Cuba & Palestine
The Indypendent is hosting more live events this year featuring our writers, the people we’re writing about and other activists, organizers and left thought leaders you might find to be of interest.
Tomorrow (Tuesday), we'll host an online discussion from 7-9 pm via Zoom. Indy Editor-in-Chief John Tarleton will interview Danny Valdes about his February cover story on his recent trip to Cuba with an international delegation. Danny is a Cuban-American socialist organizer here in New York City. He also comes from a Cuban family that experienced repression and imprisonment at the hands of the Castro government, fled to Miami in 1967 and remains bitter to this day about their losses. Danny's cover story does a fascinating job of weaving the political and the personal as he draws on his access to top Cuban leaders as well as doctors, educators, community leaders and others doing the day-to-day work of building and sustaining a socialist system. To register to attend this free event, click here. We will be taking audience questions during the talk.
On Thursday, we will be at Starr Bar hosting a film screening of "Born in Gaza" followed by a panel discussion moderated by Indy Associate Editor Amba Guerguerian. Our panelists will be award-winning journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Palestinian writers Sarah Aziza and Farah Burqawi. The panel discussion will focus on life in Gaza pre-October 7th, including its beauty, culture and history. With in-depth knowledge of Gaza, the panelists will also describe the siege that Israel imposed on the Gaza Strip in 2006 following its withdrawal and Hamas’ election win. As Egypt prepares the Sinai Desert for potential Palestinian refugees in what is being described as a Second Nakba, we will also examine Israel’s ultimate goals with the current war.
Sliding Scale: $10-$50. Proceeds from this event will go to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund and The Indypendent. Starr Bar is located at 214 Starr Street a half block from the Jefferson stop on the L train.
I wish I could be there, but the commute's too far.