[antiwar-van] TODAY: Student Week in Solidarity with the Cuban 5 Begins! (Vancouver, Canada)

[Tamara Hansen]

***Please forward widely***

Sept. 12-Oct. 8: International Campaign to Free
the 5 Cuban Heroes Held in U.S. Jails!

September 12th, 2007 will mark the beginning of the
tenth year of criminal imprisonment of the 5 Cuban
Heroes in the U.S. Action will be taken around the
world from September 12th to October 8th to highlight
this cruel punishment and demand freedom for the 5.
The following events will be taking place in Vancouver
to coincide with this great international effort
including the first ever “Student Week to Free the
Cuban 5”.

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STUDENT WEEK IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE 5IVE CUBAN 
HEROES HELD IN U.S. JAILS BEGINS TODAY!
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Monday - October 1
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY (SFU)

Forum + Discussion
Forum Chambers
(Maggie Benston Centre)
12:30-2:30pm

Co-organized with: 
Mobilization Against War & Occupation- SFU

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Tuesday - October 2
LANGARA COLLEGE

Forum + Discussion
Spindle Whorl Room 
(Students' Unions Building)
12:30pm-1:30pm

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Wednesday - October 3
CAPILANO COLLEGE 

Forum + Discussion
Cedar Theatre 
(Cedar Building)
12:30-2pm

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Thursday - October 4
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (UBC)

Forum + Discussion
Students' Union Building Room #42U
(Near "the Delly")
12:30-2:30pm

Co-organized with: 
AMS Coalition Against War on the People of Iraq &
Internationally

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Friday - October 5
"THE CASE OF THE CUBAN 5 HELD IN U.S. JAILS &
POLITICAL PRISONERS IN LATIN AMERICA"

Forum + Discussion
Chilean Housing Co-op 
(3390 School Ave.)
7pm

Co-organized with: 
Solidarity Coalition for a United Latin America

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Sunday - October 7
"THE TRIAL"

~ Western Canada Premiere of the New Film ~

SFU Harbour Centre 
(515 W. Hastings St., Downtown, Vancouver) 
6:30pm

Co-organized with: 
Mobilization Against War & Occupation- SFU

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Between 1994 and 1995, Cuba sent five unarmed men,
Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero, Ramón Labañino,
Fernando González and René González on a mission to
infiltrate and expose Miami-based terrorist groups
such as Alpha 66, Omega 7, Brothers to the Rescue and
the Cuban American National Foundation, the financial
backbone of all anti-Cuban terrorist groups. These
groups are responsible for hundreds of terrorist
attacks which have taken the lives of thousands of
Cubans.

The list of atrocities committed by these groups is
long. It includes the bombing of hotels in Cuba,
assassinations, spreading diseases, sabotage and
attacks against Cuba’s supporters in the U.S. such as
the bombing of the Lincoln Center in 1978 after a
Cuban ballet. One of the most horrendous attacks was
the bombing of a Cuban airliner, which took the lives
of 73 people in 1976. The 5 Cuban Heroes were
valiantly struggling against this terror, putting
themselves and their loved ones in mortal danger
throughout the process. 

After gathering evidence to expose the terrorists,
Cuba released all the information that the 5 had
collected to the FBI. On September 12th, 1998 the FBI
kidnapped the Cuban 5 and put them in solitary
confinement for 17 months. It was not until 2001 that
these innocent men were tried and convicted. After a
seven-month show trial (one of the longest in U.S.
history), the Cuban 5 were sentenced to between 15
years and two life sentences, in some cases barred
from even seeing their families.

Join us in the battle to free the 5 Cuban Heroes held
in U.S. Jails! 

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Organized by:
Free the Cuban 5 Committee-Vancouver (FC5C) & 
Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC)

604.719.6947 | cuban5_van at yahoo.com
http://www.vancubasolidarity.com 

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