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International Days of Action to
Free the Cuban Five!
Demonstration demanding justice for the
Cuban Five, Washington, DC, Sept. 23, 2006.
International
Days of Action demanding freedom for the Cuban Five will take place
from Thursday, Sept. 9, to Monday, Sept. 13, marking the start of the
12th year of their unjust imprisonment in federal prison.
In Chicago
Picket & Leafleting
Mon., Sept. 13, 5 pm
Federal Plaza
Corner of Adams and Dearborn
Call 773-463-0311 for more info
In
Washington, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Albuquerque, Chicago,
Philadelphia and many other cities there will be protests,
rallies, mass leafleting and petitioning. Many actions are planned
for other U.S. cities as well as worldwide from for the Days of
Action.
The
demonstrations are sponsored by the ANSWER Coalition, the National
Committee to Free the Five and others.
If
you can organize a demonstration, rally, vigil or other action—large
or small—click
this link so that we can list your event
information on the web site and in future email blasts.
The
Best Trial Results Money Could Buy – Exposing Gov’t Misconduct
The
National Committee to Free the Cuban Five, represented by attorneys
from the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, filed a lawsuit on Sept.
9, 2009, in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against
the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) because it has
"unlawfully failed to disclose specific U.S. government-paid
contracts with journalists" who pumped out prejudicial,
inflammatory and outlandish stories about the Cuban Five and Cuba
before and during the trial, including during the deliberations by the
non-sequestered jury. Earlier, the National Committee to Free the
Cuban Five, under the Freedom of Information Act, submitted a
request to the BBG seeking public disclosure of the BBG's funding of
journalists who published materials about the Cuban Five and Cuba. The
BBG is prohibited by law from funding domestic propaganda and
attempting to influence U.S. opinion, yet has apparently been funding
journalists who place stories in domestic media outlets. Click
here to see the lawsuit.
Sentenced
to Life in Prison for Exposing Terrorism
Free the Cuban Five billboard, Los Angeles
The
Cuban Five—Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero,
Fernando González and René González—are serving outrageous
sentences ranging from 15 years to double life. They were convicted of
espionage conspiracy, but their real “crime” was trying to prevent
Miami-based terrorist organizations from carrying out murderous
attacks on their homeland—Cuba. They never spied on the United
States or did any harm to people here.
More
than 3,400 Cubans have been killed by U.S.-based terrorist attacks
directed against the island over the past 50 years, and Cuba’s
economy has been damaged to the tune of billions of dollars. The U.S.
government, while preaching to the world about its “war on
terror,” continues to this day to harbor and protect right-wing
Cuban terrorists in this country, who are mainly based in Miami. The
aim of those terrorists, trained and armed by the CIA, has been to
destabilize the Cuban economy and terrorize the population.
The
Cuban Five’s mission was to infiltrate the Miami terrorist groups
and monitor their plots to stop further attacks. Instead of
prosecuting the Miami terrorists, the government arrested the
courageous Cubans—the Cuban Five—on Sept. 12, 1998, and prosecuted
them in a rigged Miami show trial.
Join
the International Days of Protest for the Cuban Five’s Freedom
We
will call for the immediate freedom of the Cuban Five, for the U.S.
government to grant visiting rights to Adriana Pérez, wife of Gerardo
Hernández, and Olga Salanueva, wife of René González, who have been
denied U.S. entry for 12 years, and full disclosure by the
Broadcasting Board of Governors regarding the activities of
government-paid journalists that may have impacted the Cuban Five's
trial.
You
can also click
here send a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric
Holder by clicking here, calling on the Justice Department to
immediately remedy the gross violation of the Cuban Five’s
constitutional rights to due process, and free them.
Join the struggle for social justice in our communities and
all over the world. Be a part of
building an independent people's movement to stop war, racism and all forms of
oppression. Help organize to end colonial occupation in Iraq, Palestine,
Afghanistan,
Haiti, and everywhere.
This spring, summer and beyond ANSWER will continue to organize and
support a wide variety of progressive actions, including protests
against the war in Iraq and mobilizations for immigrant rights. ANSWER
is involved in the people's movement in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York,
San Francisco, Washington DC, all over the US and all over the world.
ANSWER uses a diversity of tactics and strategies to build, sustain,
expand and deepen the new anti-war, anti-racist, pro-justice movement
that has emerged. More
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