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International Days of Action to Free the Cuban Five!
Demonstration for the Cuban Five, Washington, DC, Sept. 23, 2006
Demonstration demanding justice for the
Cuban Five, Washington, DC, Sept. 23, 20
06.

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.

Click this link to find a demonstration near you.

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 Five billboard, Los Angeles
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.

Click here to see the calendar of events for the Cuban Five in your area, and click here to send us your action if you are organizing one.

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.

Activists are organizing across the country to make the Sept. 9 - Sept. 13 International Days of Action to Free the Cuban Five a success, but we need your help. Please make an urgently needed donation to help this effort and support justice for the Five!


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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 info


Upcoming
Events


International Days of Action
Monday, Sept. 13
Free the Cuban 5!

Midwest Regional March in Chicago
Saturday, Oct. 16
9th Anniv. of Afghanistan War

Reports,
Articles &
Statements


Hundreds block sidewalks in front of Chicago's Hyatt hotels

Friday, July 30
Protest management's demand for sacrifices by workers due to capitalist crisis

Chicago Pride numbers 450,00
Tuesday, July 6
PSL, others face off with anti-gay bigots!

Pro-SB 1070 rally met with spirited resistance in Naperville, IL
Tuesday, June 22
Build a movement to defeat SB 1070!

Chicago rallies in solidarity with struggle against SB 1070
Tuesday, June 8
Fight anti-Immigrant racism!

ANSWER Chicago coordinator speaks at emergency protest in response to Israeli massacre on Gaza bound humanitarian flotilla
Tuesday, June 1
Over 2,000 protesters hit the street

Thousands of teachers and students protest education cuts
Thursday, May 27
Streets around city hall shut down

ANSWER Chicago coordinator speaks at Chicago Socialism Conference
Saturday, May 15

15,000 rally, shut down Springfield
Wednesday, April 21
Stop the Budget Cuts!

Sign the Petition:
No Budget Cuts!


Stop the Criminal Illinois Budget Cuts

Monday, April 19
Make the Rich Pay their Share!

Tens of thousands take to the streets
Saturday, March 20
Protesters demand: "U.S. Out of Afghanistan and Iraq!"

Video from March 2010 Antiwar Marches

Chicago workers hit the streets to march for jobs

Monday, Jan. 25
The time to stop the layoffs and budget cuts is now!

2009

PSL Chicago fights to defend the right to distribute leaflets
Thursday, Dec. 31

Workers and riders protest transit layoffs and cuts in Chicago
Monday, Dec. 14
Fight back! An injury to one is an injury to all!

Demonstrations against escalation of Afghanistan war take place across country
Tuesday, Dec. 5
U.S./NATO Out of Afghanistan Now!

Protesters Picket CTA Board Meeting
Tuesday, Nov. 17
CTA Passes 2010 Budget with massive service cuts and layoffs

Anti-war Protests on 8th Anniv. of Afghanistan War

Wednesday, Oct. 7
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