Docummentary: the Genocide of a Left wing Alternative in Colombia

dublin | worker & community struggles and protests | event notice Wednesday July 13, 2011 18:05 by Grupo Raíces - Grúpa Fréamhacha, Justice for Colombia raices2007 at gmail dot com

Grupo Raíces (Grúpa Fréamhacha) and Justice for Colombia presents "El Baile Rojo" of Yesid Campos.

Venue: Liberty Hall, Connolly Room
Date: Thursday, July 28th
Time: 6pm

FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION:

“El BAILE ROJO -THE RED DANCE” (2003)

A documentary about a political party in Colombia called Unión Patriótica (Patriotic Union). About 4,000 of its members were killed in a genocide managed by politicians, paramilitaries and the state military in a plan cynically called “The Red Dance”.

The meeting will be chaired by SIPTU’s General President, Jack O’Connor and will be addressed by Aida Avella, former member of the Unión Patriótica who is now living in exile after miraculously surviving an attack in 1994.

Venue: Liberty Hall, Connolly Room
Date: Thursday, July 28th
Time: 6pm

Organise: Grupo Raíces (Grúpa Fréamhacha) and Justice for Colombia