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Mon, 06/26/2017 - 6:00pm to 6:30pm
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City on Strike! Buenaventura, Colombia's Fight for Basic Public Services
After 3 full weeks on citywide strike, the people of Buenaventura, Colombia won significant funding to address the city's unreliable supply of potable water, lack of a fully equipped hospital, crumbling school buildings, and more. The strike won by paralyzing Colombia's biggest seaport despite massive assaults on the population by riot police firing U.S.-made munitions. Buenaventura's people were united, and they could not be defeated. Join us to hear more about successful resistance.
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