From: epica@igc.org
Newsgroups: native.1492
Subject: Continental Campaign booklets
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               CONTINENTAL CAMPAIGN: 500 YEARS OF
              INDIGENOUS AND POPULAR RESISTANCE

                       Booklets Available

The Continental Campaign:  500 Years of Indigenous and Popular
Resistance is a project of indigenous and non-indigenous groups in
Latin America to give expression to the voices of all the peoples
of the Americas.

The Campaign was initiated at the first meeting of campesino and
indigenous organization in Bogota in 1989 in response to
international plans to "celebrate" the 500th anniversary of the
Conquest.

The objectives of the Campaign include:

     Reflecting on the implications for our continent of the past
     500 years.

     Joining with the popular movements of the Americas in
     activities and initiatives to build a future of genuine
     independence.

     Building collectively, in the manner of our ancestors, a path
     out of oppression and exploitation, which all may follow.

EPICA has available English translations of two booklets published
by the Campaign, which are designed for a mass audience and focus
on historical background and popular organizing:

We Want to Be Listened To So That the Voice of Our People Is Heard
     - Continental Campaign Booklet #1 (popular education -- ie.
     "comic book" -- format, 20 pages)  Topics include:
     *  What the Quincentenary means
     *  The celebration of the Quincentenary
     *  The commemoration of 500 years of indigenous & popular
          resistance
     *  Objectives of the Campaign
     *  Our contribution as indigenous peoples

500 Years of Indigenous and Popular Resistance Campaign
     - by CUC, CONAVIGUA and CONDEG (illustrated, 20 pages)
     Topics include:
     *  The culture of our ancestors, the Maya
     *  The arrival of the Spaniards
     *  Repression & massacres at the time of the Conquest & today
     *  Struggles and resistance of indigenous peoples
     *  What does the "500 Years of Indigenous and Popular
          Resistance Campaign" mean to us

     Copies of these booklets are available for $1.50 each from:

                    EPICA
                    1470 Irving St. NW
                    Washington, DC 20010
                    202-332-0292