Revolutionary Nicaragua in the Crosshairs of Imperialism 

Revolutionary Nicaragua in the Crosshairs of Imperialism 

Our speaker, Gerry Condon, spent six years in exile after being sentenced to 10 years prison for refusing Army orders in Vietnam. Although his prison sentence was dropped, the experience radicalized him, and he has been a lifelong peace activist.

In 1983-84, Gerry led the first two veterans’ delegations to revolutionary Nicaragua. He returned to Nicaragua in 1987 with the Veterans Peace Action Teams, founded by Brian Willson, to work in the northern war zones. The next year, Gerry coordinated the Veterans Peace Convoy to Nicaragua, which delivered 38 truckloads of humanitarian aid along with the trucks.  In 1995, with IFCO/Pastors for Peace, Gerry led a humanitarian aid caravan and a work brigade to Nicaragua’s Atlantic Coast autonomous zones.

In 2019, while serving as president of Veterans for Peace, Gerry led a veterans’ delegation to Nicaragua to learn more about the violent protests of the previous year. Gerry is currently active with the Nicaragua Network, Sanctions Killcoalition, and the Task Force on the Americas. With Veterans For Peace, he is organizes the voyages of the historic Golden Rule anti-nuclear sailboat.

Gerry will share stories of his 38-year relationship with Nicaragua and speak about the remarkable progress made by the Nicaraguan government under the leadership of Daniel Ortega and the Sandinista Front. He will provide details of US intervention in Nicaragua’s upcoming November 7 election.  He will explain why it is important to recognize and reject regime-change propaganda and to support Nicaragua’s popular revolution and sovereignty by steadfastly opposing US intervention in Nicaragua and throughout Latin America.

Recommended background reading:

https://popularresistance.org/why-do-the-media-hate-daniel-ortega/

https://afgj.org/nicanotes-nicaraguas-inspiring-social-and-economic-advances

https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/07/16/us-targets-nicaraguan-presidential-election-former-solidarity-activists-echo-imperial-talking-points/