(The following article is from the October 16-31, 2009, issue of People's Voice, Canada's leading communist newspaper. Articles can be reprinted free if the source is credited. Subscription rates in Canada: $30/year, or $15 low income rate; for U.S. readers and  overseas readers - $50 per year. Send to: People's Voice, c/o PV Business Manager, 133 Herkimer St., Unit 502, Hamilton, ON, L8P 2H3.)


Yard Sale at the Russian Hall, 600 Campbell Ave. - Sat., Oct. 17, 11 am-3 pm, call 604-254-9932 for info.

In Our Own Voices, join Downtown Eastside Power of Women Group for storytelling, poetry, and resistance - Sat., Oct. 24, 7 pm, Rhizome Cafe, 317 E. Broadway, donation $0-20.

Left Film Nights, at the Centre for Socialist Education, 706 Clark Drive.

• Cocalero and Freedom Fighters (Las Libertarias), Sat., Oct. 17, 7 pm.
• Frozen River, Sunday, Oct. 25, 7 pm.
  

Free admission, donations welcome, info: 604-255-2041.

COPE- Education Committee fundraiser with Paul Shaker (“Your Education Matters”) and COPE school trustees - Wed., Oct. 28, 7:30 pm, Maritime Museum (in Vanier Park). Light food and refreshments, cash bar, tickets $40, call 604-255-0400 or email cope@cope.bc.ca.

Resistance without Reservation! No One Is Illegal - event for Indigenous Sovereignty Week, Thur., Oct. 29, doors open 6 pm, Centre for Socialist Education, 706 Clark Drive.

You, Me and the SPP - Thursday, Nov. 5, 7 pm at Fifth Avenue Cinema, followed by Q & A with filmmaker Paul Manly. The film’s full tour schedule is online at http://www.youmespp.com.

1929-1939, From Crash to Catastrophe, World Peace Forum teach-in - Nov. 7-8-11, Maritime Labour Centre, 1880 Triumph St. For full details, visit http://www.worldpeaceforumbc.ca.

In Our Own Voices - join the Downtown Eastside Power of Women Group for storytelling, poetry, reflection, and resistance, Sat., Oct. 24, 7 pm, Rhizome Cafe, 317 E. Broadway, by donation $0-20.


Four Directions Walk - Sat., Oct. 17, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Rally at the Legislature 3 pm to greet four marches from the perimeter. Information FDW committee, 792-3371.


Cine Cuba, Cuban film festival sponsored by CCFA-Toronto, at Revue Cinema, 400  Roncesvalles Ave., Spanish with English subtitles. For complete details check  http://www.revuecinema.ca and http://www.ccfatoronto.ca.

• Thurs. Oct. 22: 7 pm, Roble de Olor (Scent of Oak), 2003, director Rigoberto Lopez, the love affair of two new immigrants to 19th century Cuba. 
• Thurs. Oct. 22: 9:30 pm, Memorias de Subdesarollo (Memories of Underdevelopment, director Tomas Gutierrez Alez, classic film of a wealthy Cuban who chose to stay following the 1959 Revolution. Followed by panel on “Culture,  Politics and Film in Cuba”, with Alexandra Anderson (Ryerson Film studies) and Yuleyvis Valdes Alvarez (Cuban Film Institute). 
• Fri. Oct. 23: 7 pm, La Edad de le Peseta (The Silly Age), 2005, director Pavel Giroud, the relationship between a boy   and his grandmother set in pre- and post-revolutionary Cuba.
  
• Fri. Oct. 23: 9 pm, Kangamba, 2008,  dir. Rogelio Paris, the story of Cuban and Angolan fighters pinned down in a small town by UNITA troops and their South African/US overlords.Followed by panel on “Africa and Cuba, Culture and Politics Today,” with Yuleyvis Valdes Alverez (Cuban Film Institute)
  

Stars of Ballet, featuring dancers from Ballet Nacional de Cuba, with Artistic Director  Alicia Alonso, Tue., Dec. 8, 7 pm, Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Drive,  Mississauga. Tickets $25-90, contact 1-905-306-6000 or 1-888-805-8888.
Political discussion & beer, all welcome to join Saskatoon CPC members - third Monday of every month, in the tv room at Amigo’s, 632-10 St. East.


Solidarity House classes - at 779 Barton St. East (parking at rear). Wednesdays 7-9, Introduction to Spoken Spanish, $10 suggested donation - bring your dictionary! Saturdays 12-2 - Das Kapital, video & discussion.