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FIRE THIS TIME UPCOMING & RECOMMENDED EVENTS February 25, 2021 The Cuban Economy Today: Cuba Confronts U.S. Blockade, COVID-19 Pandemic, New Economic Challenges and Policies ![]() 4pm Pacific - 7pm Eastern Click here to register Click here for the program Organized by the Organizing Committee, International Conference for the Normalization of US-Cuba Relations www.us-cubanormalization.org March 1, 2021 The Arrest of Meng Wanzhou & the New Cold War on China ![]() 4pm Pacific - 7pm Eastern Click here to register Organized by the Cross-Canada Campaign to Free Meng Wanzhou Click here for more information March 5, 2021 US/Canada Hands Off Venezuela Monthly Virtual Picket Action! Marking 8 years since the passing of Comandante Hugo Chavez Frias ![]() 4pm Pacific - 7pm Eastern Click here to register For more information visit https://nosanctions.org/ PAST EVENTS & ACTIONS February 22, 2021 Malcolm X: The Fight Against Killer Cops and Brutality Then and Now A Mass Action Coalition to Jail Killer Cops Webinar ![]() Click here to watch the webinar Click here for the program and more information February 17, 2021 Virtual Protest to End the U.S. Blockade on Cuba! ![]() Click here to watch the webinar Organized by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca February 7, 2021 The importance of U.S., Canada and Cuban medical and scientific collaboration to treat and prevent COVID-19 Hundreds of thousands are dying from COVID - Cuba offers solutions to save lives! ![]() Click here to watch the webinar For more information visit us-cubanormalization.org January 31, 2021 JOSE MARTI, Revolutionary, Visionary, Leader ![]() Click here to watch the webinar Organized by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca January 28, 2021 Cuba's National Day Webinar Click here to watch a recording of the event Organized by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca December 17, 2020 24 Hour Global Virtual Picket End to the U.S. Blockade on Cuba! Award Cuba’s International Medical Brigade the Nobel Prize! ![]() Click here for report Organized by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca Endorsed by: Instituto Cubano de Amistad con los Pueblos (ICAP), El Movimiento Colombiano de Solidaridad con Cuba (MCSC), The Ukrainian Committee "Stop the blockade of Cuba", The U.S.-Cuba Normalization Conference Organizing Committee, Australia-Cuba Friendship Society WA, Table de concertation et de solidarité Québec – Cuba, Associazione Nazionale di Amicizia Italia-Cuba, & The National Network on Cuba (NNOC) – U.S. December 1, 2020 Cross-Canada Day of Action Social Media Storm Free Meng Wanzhou ![]() Take Action! ** Take a selfie holding this printed image Post it on social media on Tuesday, Dec. 1. Send it to your MP, click here to find your MP Send it also to: hcsw@cogeco.ca (Hamilton Coalition To Stop The War) ** Take a minute to email all MPs to ask them to press the government to end the extradition process of Meng Wanzhou Click here to take part in the letter campaign **Sign the Parliamentary petition to Free Meng Wanzhou Click here to sign Organized by the Cross-Canada Campaign to Free Meng Wanzhou Click here for more information Fire This Time Movement for Social Justice endorses & supports the important Cross-Canada Campaign to Free Meng Wanzhou. We encourage our supporters to attend this webinar. We also encourage our supporters to sign the Parliamentary petition to Free Meng Wanzhou. Click here to sign November 24, 2020 Online Panel ZOOM TO FREE MENG WANZHOU ![]() Hosted by the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute, the Canadian Peace Congress, Just Peace Advocates, the Hamilton Coalition To Stop The War, and World BEYOND War. Click here for more information on the Cross-Canada Campaign to Free Meng Wanzhou November 17, 2020 Virtual Picket Lift the U.S. Blockade on Cuba Now! ![]() Click to watch recording Organized by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca November 13-15, 2020 Concert & International Conference Webinar for The Normalization of US-Cuba Relations ![]() Click to watch recordings Organized by the Organizing Committee, International Conference for the Normalization of US-Cuba Relations www.us-cubanormalization.org October 29, 2020 Canada-Cuba Relations in the Time of Trump and Covid-19 Virtual Webinar ![]() Click to watch recording Organized by: Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca October 17, 2020 Lift the U.S. Blockade on Cuba Now! Virtual Picket ![]() Click to watch recording Organized by: Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca September 27, 2020 Che Guevara Volunteer Work Brigade to Cuba Webinar ![]() Click to watch recording Organized by: Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca September 17, 2020 Lift the U.S. Blockade on Cuba Now! Virtual Picket ![]() Click to watch recording Organized by: Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca August 20, 2020 60 Years of the Cuban Women's Federation! Online Webinar ![]() Click to watch recording Organized by: Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC) www.vancubasolidarity.com August 20, 2020 Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza on Canada's Interference in Venezuela Online Webinar ![]() Click to watch recording Organized by: Canadian Foreign Policy Institute www.foreignpolicy.ca/ August 17, 2020 Lift the U.S. Blockade on Cuba Now! Virtual Picket ![]() Click to watch recording Organized by: Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca August 13, 2020 Online Webinar Celebrate comandante Fidel Castro’s 94th birthday! ![]() Click to watch recording Organized by the Organizing Committee, International Conference for the Normalization of US-Cuba Relations www.us-cubanormalization.org July 17, 2020 Lift the U.S. Blockade on Cuba Now! Virtual Picket ![]() Click to watch recording Organized by: Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca June 30, 2020 Online Webinar Despite U.S. Blockade Cuba's Internationalism Leading the Way ![]() Click to watch recording Organized by: Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC) and Friends of Cuba Against the U.S. Blockade - Vancouver www.vancubasolidarity.com www.vancubavsblockade.org June 25, 2020 Online Webinar U.S./Canada Hands Off Venezuela! ![]() Click to watch the video Organised by the Fire This Time Venezuela Solidarity Campaign June 17, 2020 Online Webinar & Picket Action Lift the Blockade on Cuba Now! ![]() Click here to watch the video Organised by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca June 16, 2020 Danny Glover talks COVID, Cuba and Saving Lives with Cuban Ambassador to the U.S. José Ramón Cabañas ![]() Click here to watch the video Organised by the International Conference for the Normalization of US-Cuba Relations us-cubanormalization.org June 14, 2020 Online Webinar The Che Guevara Volunteer Work Brigade Commemorates the Life & Legacy of Che Guevara! ![]() Click here to watch the video Organised by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca May 19, 2020 Webinar Cuba, Africa & the Caribbean ![]() Click here to watch the video Organised by the International Conference for the Normalization of US-Cuba Relations us-cubanormalization.org May 17, 2020 Online Webinar & Picket Action Lift the Blockade on Cuba Now! ![]() Click here to watch the video Organised by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca May 9, 2020 Cuba Solidarity Webinar Shining the Light on Cuba's Medical Solidarity ![]() Click here to watch the recording Organised by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca May 2, 2020 International Solidarity Webinar Celebrate May Day 2020! ![]() Click here to watch the video Organised by the International Conference for the Normalization of US-Cuba Relations us-cubanormalization.org April 18, 2020 The Worldwide Health Crisis Demands Solidarity, Not Sanctions! ![]() Click here to watch the video Organised by the International Conference for the Normalization of US-Cuba Relations us-cubanormalization.org April 15, 2020 Climate Justice Organizing in the Time of Covid-19 ![]() Click here to watch the video Organised Climate Convergence Vancouver climateconvergence.ca April 9, 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic: Cuba Shows That International Solidarity is the Answer! ![]() Click here to watch the video Organised by the International Conference for the Normalization of US-Cuba Relations us-cubanormalization.org UPDATE The International US-Cuba Normalization Conference which has been rescheduled due to the Covid-19 global pandemic to November 13-15, 2020 in New York City. Join the March 21 & 22 International Cuba Solidarity Webinars online ![]() 1-- Plenary, Saturday, March 21 - 2 pm Eastern, 11 am Pacific Click here to watch the video 2-- Workshop, Sunday, March 22 - 2 pm Eastern, 11 am Pacific The Impact of the Blockade of Cuba on the People of the US & What We can do About It Click here to watch the video Click here for more information FIRE THIS TIME PAST EVENTS March 5, 2020 U.S./Canada Hands Off Venezuela! No to Sanctions! No to War! ![]() February 7, 2020 End The Blockade Against Venezuela! U.S./Canada Hands Off Venezuela! ![]() January 13, 2020 U.S./Canada Hands Off Venezuela! No Blockade, No Coups, No War on Venezuela! ![]() December 6, 2019 U.S./Canada Hands Off Venezuela! End the Blockade Against Venezuela! November 8, 2019 U.S./Canada Hands Off Venezuela! End the Blockade Against Venezuela! Drop All Charges Against the Embassy Protection Collective! October 4, 2019 U.S./Canada Hands Off Venezuela! Drop All Charges Against the Embassy Protection Collective! ![]() September 6, 2019 End the Blockade Against Venezuela! U.S./Canada Hands Off Venezuela! ![]() August 9, 2019 U.S./Canada Hands Off Venezuela! End Sanctions Against Venezuela! Drop All Charges Against The Embassy Protection Collective! ![]() July 5, 2019 U.S./Canada Hands Off Venezuela! ![]() June 11, 2019 Public Forum in Calgary, AB Cuba & Venezuela: What's Really Happening? ![]() June 1, 2019 Public Forum in Calgary, AB Cuba & Venezuela: What's Really Happening? ![]() Co-Organized by: Canadian-Cuban Friendship Association - Calgary , Colectivo por la Memoria Salvador Allende, Fire This Time Movement for Social Justice Venezuela Solidarity Campaign May 10, 2019 U.S./Canada Hands Off Venezuela! ![]() April 19, 2019 International Day of Action! U.S./Canada Hands Off Venezuela! No more media lies against Venezuela! ![]() March 12, 2019 U.S./Canada Hands Off Venezuela! No to Sanctions! No to War! ![]() March 2, 2019 Public Forum & Discussion Trump & Trudeau Hands Off Maduro! Venezuela Democracy vs. Imperialist Aggression ![]() February 23, 2019 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION No War on Venezuela! Hands Off Venezuela! ![]() February 8, 2019 U.S./Canada Hands Off Venezuela! No Regime Change in Venezuela! ![]() January 26, 2019 No Coup in Venezuela! U.S./Canada Hands Off Venezuela! ![]() January 4, 2019 U.S./Canada Hands Off Venezuela! End the Sanctions on Venezuela! No Regime Change in Venezuela! ![]() December 7, 2018 U.S./Canada Hands Off Venezuela! End the Sanctions on Venezuela! No Regime Change in Venezuela! ![]() November 2, 2018 Hey Trump & Trudeau: Hands Off Venezuela! End the Sanctions on Venezuela! No Regime Change in Venezuela! ![]() October 22, 2018 PUBLIC FORUM IN NANAIMO What is Really Happening in Venezuela? Featured Guest Speaker: **STEVE ELLNER** PROFESSOR Universidad de Oriente in Puerto La Cruz ![]() Co-hosted by Vancouver Island University Faculty Association- Human Rights and International Solidarity Committee (VIUFA-HRIS) & Friends of Venezuela in Nanaimo October 22, 2018 GUEST LECTURE IN KAMLOOPS What is Really Happening in Venezuela? Featured Guest Speaker: **STEVE ELLNER** PROFESSOR Universidad de Oriente in Puerto La Cruz ![]() Organized by: BC Tour Organizing Committee October 21, 2018 PUBLIC FORUM IN VANCOUVER What is Really Happening in Venezuela? Featured Guest Speakers: **CARLOS RON** VICE MINISTER Venezuelan Ministry of External Affairs for North America **STEVE ELLNER** PROFESSOR Universidad de Oriente in Puerto La Cruz ![]() Organized by: Fire This Time Movement - Venezuela Solidarity Campaign October 12, 2018 End the Sanctions on Venezuela! U.S./Canada Hands Off Venezuela! No Regime Change in Venezuela! ![]() September 7, 2018 End the Sanctions on Venezuela! U.S./Canada Hands Off Venezuela! No Regime Change in Venezuela! ![]() August 10, 2018 Hey Trump & Trudeau: HANDS Off Venezuela! No Regime Change in Venezuela! End the Sanctions on Venezuela! ![]() July 13, 2018 U.S./Canada Hands Off Venezuela! No More US/Canada Sanctions & Threats! Respect the Self-Determination of Venezuelan People! ![]() June 21, 2018 THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE! Reportback from the Fire This Time Delegation to the 2018 Presidential Elections in Venezuela! ![]() June 8, 2018 U.S./Canada Hands Off Venezuela! ![]() April 6, 2018 U.S./Canada Hands Off Venezuela! ![]() May 4, 2018 U.S./Canada Hands Off Venezuela! ![]() April 6, 2018 U.S./Canada Hands Off Venezuela! ![]() March 2, 2018 No Regime Change in Venezuela! U.S./Canada Hands Off Venezuela! ![]() February 9, 2018 No Regime Change in Venezuela! U.S./Canada Hands Off Venezuela! ![]() January 12, 2018 No Regime Change in Venezuela! U.S./Canada Hands Off Venezuela! ![]() December 8, 2017 No Regime Change in Venezuela! U.S./Canada Hands Off Venezuela! ![]() December 2, 2017 The Centenary of the Russian Revolution (1917-2017) From the Russian Revolution to the Cuban Revolution The Question of Leadership, Building the Socialist Project & Where We Are Today ![]() November 3, 2017 No Regime Change in Venezuela! U.S. Hands Off Venezuela! ![]() October 6, 2017 No Regime Change in Venezuela! U.S. Hands Off Venezuela! ![]() September 8, 2017 No Regime Change in Venezuela! U.S. Hands Off Venezuela! ![]() July 30, 2017 All out for the Constituent Assembly in Venezuela! No Regime Change in Venezuela! U.S. Hands Off Venezuela! ![]() July 7, 2017 USA: Hands Off Venezuela! ![]() Click Here for a Report! Co-organized by: Fire This Time - Venezuela Solidarity Campaign & Hugo Chavez Peoples Defense Front - Southwest Chapter June 2, 2017 USA: Hands Off Venezuela! ![]() May 5, 2017 USA: Hands Off Venezuela! ![]() April 7, 2017 USA: Hands Off Venezuela! ![]() March 3, 2017 International Days of Action USA: Hands Off Venezuela! ![]() February 9, 2017 2 Solidarity Actions USA: Hands Off Venezuela! ![]() January 21, 2017 Public Forum Fidel & the Cuban Revolution: How Far We Have Come ![]() January 6, 2017 2 Solidarity Actions USA: Hands Off Venezuela! ![]() December 9, 2016 2 Solidarity Actions USA: Hands Off Venezuela! ![]() November 4, 2016 2 Solidarity Actions USA HANDS OFF VENEZUELA! ![]() October 14, 2016 2 Solidarity Actions U.S.A HANDS OFF VENEZUELA! ![]() September 17, 2016 Report Back from Standing Rock Resistance in North Dakota ![]() September 9, 2016 2 Solidarity Actions U.S. HANDS OFF VENEZUELA! ![]() September 2, 2016 Global Action of Solidarity With Venezuela U.S. HANDS OFF VENEZUELA! ![]() August 19, 2016 2 Solidarity Actions U.S. HANDS OFF VENEZUELA! ![]() July 8, 2016 2 Solidarity Actions U.S. HANDS OFF VENEZUELA! ![]() June 10, 2016 2 Solidarity Actions U.S. HANDS OFF VENEZUELA! ![]() May 13, 2016 2 Solidarity Actions U.S. HANDS OFF VENEZUELA! ![]() April 19, 2016 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION IN SOLIDARITY WITH VENEZUELA U.S. HANDS OFF VENEZUELA! Clic aquí para leer Fire This Time decreto en Solidaridad con la Revolución Bolivariana y contra la Intervención de los Estados Unidos en Venezuela Click Here to Read Fire This Time Statement in Solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution and Against the USA Intervention in Venezuela ![]() Clic aquí para leer el artículo en espanol April 2, 2016 Celebrating One Decade of Fire This Time Newspaper Socialist Cuba Today: How Far We Have Come! ![]() Clic aquí para leer el artículo en espanol English Report Coming Soon! March 11, 2016 2 ACTIONS FOR VENEZUELA In Venezuela the Struggle Continues! ¡En Venezuela la lucha continúa! ![]() February 26, 2016 A Revolutionary Perspective: From the Civil Rights Movement to African Liberation Movement to Black Lives Matter! MALCOLM X, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR, THOMAS SANKARA, PATRICE LUMUMBA. MAURICE BISHOP, BLACK PANTHERS: Black Leadership Fighting Against Imperialism and Capitalism ![]() Click here for report & photos February 5, 2016 2 ACTIONS FOR VENEZUELA In Venezuela the Struggle Continues! ¡En Venezuela la lucha continúa! ![]() |