Having just ended 2022 election primaries and needing to take a solid break, we invite all DSA-LA members to a picnic where you can relax and enjoy a sunny day at the park while also listening to Venezuelan Feminist organizers engaged in the socialist struggle.  

DSA International Committee and CODEPINK are teaming up to host three Venezuelan feminist activists, Mónica M., Anggie H. and Yolimar M., to the United States to discuss the impact of illegal US sanctions against their country and how they disproportionately hurt women and children.

Between May 28th and June 11th, they are slated to tour no less than 7 US cities: NYC, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Durham (NC), Portland (OR), San Francisco, and Los Angeles to end as guest speakers at The People’s Summit. DSA-LA has endorsed the People's Summit and supporting our international guests finalize their delegation tour.

Mónica M., Anggie H. and Yolimar M. will travel across the country to speak about life under sanctions and resistance to hybrid war,as well as their personal experiences as organizers. Mónica is a professor and arts administrator who writes a weekly column and studies Afro-Venezuelan traditions. Anggie is a Wayuu activist and educator on Indigenous, sexual and reproductive rights. Yolimar is an industrial engineer and is part of the internationalist brigade of Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement (MST) in Venezuela.

The Venezuelan Activists:

• Mónica is an Afro-Venezuelan professor and artist who writes a weekly column and studies Afro-Venezuelan traditions.
• Anggie is a Wayuu activist and educator on Indigenous, sexual and reproductive rights.
• Yolimar is an industrial engineer and is part of the internationalist brigade of Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement (MST) in Venezuela.

Objectives of the brigade:

• Deepen the internationalist and anti-imperialist struggle.
• Build and strengthen the bonds of friendship and mutual solidarity between the social movements of Venezuela and the United States in order to build a common internationalist and anti-imperialist agenda of struggle.
• Defend the right to self-determination of the people of Venezuela.
• Raise awareness about the reality of life in Venezuela in order to dismantle the myths and media manipulation of the international corporate media.
• Sensitize the people of Venezuela about the great contradictions and struggles faced by the poor people from the United States, demonstrating a truth that is not seen in the mainstream media.