Mission (Im)possible (Friday 6th February)
Went for a long, long walk to Verdado, the next suburb over from Old Havana with a mission in mind. Havana is full of revolutionary posters stuck in most shop windows, posted on billboards and painted on many walls. However, it is impossible to get copies of these and no shop owner was prepared to provide us with their copy. We received a lead and went to a group called OSPAAAL (Organization of Solidarity of the People of Asia, Africa & Latin America) and found some amazing posters (you can see some at www.ospaaal.com). They were very surprised and quite delighted that we were interested in their artwork and treated us with great respect and dignity. We were shown some amazing posters and were able to procure some of them including a series of ten posters celebrating Che. We rushed home protecting them from the inclement weather as we were unable to find either a post offi
ce to send them home or a place we could get some tubing to roll the posters into. Finally, we were able to procure some tubing with the generous help of our host and they now sit securely in our luggage until we can send them back to Australia. During our walk we came across the Martin Luther king Jr/Malcolm X Memorial Park which was quite impressive.
Went for a long, long walk to Verdado, the next suburb over from Old Havana with a mission in mind. Havana is full of revolutionary posters stuck in most shop windows, posted on billboards and painted on many walls. However, it is impossible to get copies of these and no shop owner was prepared to provide us with their copy. We received a lead and went to a group called OSPAAAL (Organization of Solidarity of the People of Asia, Africa & Latin America) and found some amazing posters (you can see some at www.ospaaal.com). They were very surprised and quite delighted that we were interested in their artwork and treated us with great respect and dignity. We were shown some amazing posters and were able to procure some of them including a series of ten posters celebrating Che. We rushed home protecting them from the inclement weather as we were unable to find either a post offi
ce to send them home or a place we could get some tubing to roll the posters into. Finally, we were able to procure some tubing with the generous help of our host and they now sit securely in our luggage until we can send them back to Australia. During our walk we came across the Martin Luther king Jr/Malcolm X Memorial Park which was quite impressive.
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