Our History Is Still Our History Is Still Being Written: The Story of Three Chinese-Cuban Generals in the Cuban Revolution - March 25 March 25, 2007

Our History Is Still Our History Is Still Being Written: The Story of Three Chinese-Cuban Generals in the Cuban Revolution

Sunday March 25

2 P.M. - 4 P.M.

Reception to follow

Claude T. Bissell Bldg 140 St. George St. Rm 205
University of Toronto (North end of Robarts Library)

Admission by donation (suggested $5)

Film: Chinese Restaurants – Cuba
Music: Chinese Opera
Dance: Afro Cuban Dancers

Speakers:

Laureano Cardoso: Consul General, Cuban Consulate Toronto
Colleen Hua: President, CCNC; Head Tax Redress campaign
Cheuk Kwan: Filmmaker, Chinese Restaurants: On the Islands
Mary-Alice Waters: Editor, Our History; president, Pathfinder Press

Armando Choy, Gustavo Chui and Moisés Sío Wong – three young rebels of Chinese-Cuban ancestry – threw themselves into the 1956–58 Cuban revolution that brought down the Batista dictatorship.

They all became generals in Cuba’s army, helped lead 375,000 Cuban volunteers in the fight to defeat South African apartheid’s invasion of Angola, and play leadership roles in Cuba today. Our History is Still Being Written, published by Pathfinder Press, tells their story.

The three describe how Cuba’s Spanish colonial rulers brought over 150,000 Chinese indentured labourers to work as virtual slaves. They tell the story of the thousands of Chinese-Cubans who participated in the war of independence against Spain and in the 1956-58 revolution.

They explain that it was only because of Cuba’s socialist revolution that “discrimination—against blacks, against Chinese, against women, against the poor—was ended.”

Sponsored by:

Chinese Canadian National Council
Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter
The Chinese Magazine at the University of Toronto
Free the Cuban Five Committee Toronto
Pathfinder Books

For more information:

416-417-3475, 647-292-2557
or 416-596-0833 ext 3

Official Website: http://ccnctoronto.ca