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U.S. Free the Five campaign intensifies
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2007/marzo/lun5/loscinco.html
Mar. 5, 2007
WASHINGTON, March 4 (PL) —. The ANSWER Coalition and the Free the Five Committee say they are stepping up their activities in the United States to spread the truth about the Cuban anti-terrorists unjustly imprisoned in that country.
Both non-governmental organizations are planning marches and mobilizations to protest Washington’s war in Iraq and the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan, the groups said in a press release.
According to ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and Racism), on Saturday, March 17, thousands of people will march in front of the Pentagon and will demand an end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the closing of the Guantánamo naval base, installed in Cuba against the will of the Cuban people and government.
Demonstrators will also demand that U.S. authorities spend more funds and resources on jobs, housing, health and education instead of financing the national military machine, the press release says.
The cause of the Cuban Five will also be present in these marches, they say.
In Washington, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Vancouver and other cities around the world, supporters of the Cuban Five and Cuba plan to march in contingents carrying banners and placards, according to ANSWER.
The coalition and the Pro Libertad Committee affirmed that the Cuban Five (Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero, Ramón Labañino, Fernando González and René González) will have an important political presence in these mobilizations.
The Five, as they are known internationally, were arrested on September 12, 1998 in the United States while they were working to protect their country from Cuban-born terrorists based in Miami, Florida.
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Join Cuban 5 contingents in the Mar. 17 & 18 anti-war marches...
On Saturday, March 17, tens of thousands of people will march on the Pentagon to demand an immediate end to the war and occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan, for an end to colonial occupation from Palestine to Haiti, to shut down Guantánamo, and for money for jobs, housing, healthcare and education, not for the war machine.
The cause of the Cuban Five will be there!
On March 17 and 18, in Washington DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Vancouver, and other cities, many supporters of the Cuban Five and Cuba will march in contingents with banners and flags.
The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, march sponsor, has invited the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five and other supporters to have a Cuban Five speaker at each of the rallies, to assure that the Five Cuban Heroes have an important political presence, and to reach out to a much larger audience.
Leonard Weinglass, attorney for Antonio Guerrero, will speak at the March on the Pentagon.
We will have literature tables with flyers, books, t- shirts, petitions, other vital information on Gerardo, Ramón, Antonio, Fernando and René, and more. We will work together with other Cuba solidarity organizations, who will also have banners and Five literature at the marches. For example, we will march with the
http://www.pephost.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=8379 in Washington.
Your help is needed!
Volunteer at the marches and tables to help raise the visibility of the Cuban Five heroes! Help us distribute flyers on important upcoming actions in support of Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero, Ramón Labañino, Fernado González and René González.
Information about the demonstrations:
http://www.freethefive.org/volunteer.htm
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