[antiwar-van] Nov. 11 & 18: Special Cuban Guest/2 Events for the Cuban 5 in Vancouver!

[Tamara Hansen]

* Please Forward Widely *

* YEAR OF THE CANADA CAMPAIGN TO FREE THE 5 *

2 IMPORTANT EVENTS TO FREE THE 5 CUBAN HEROES!

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1. Public Forum & Discussion

Featuring Special Keynote Speaker from Cuba:

* * * MANUEL YEPE * * *
Journalist and professor at the Superior Institute of International Relations of Havana. Manuel was a leader of the underground July 26 Movement leading up to the triumph of the Cuban revolution, and worked directly with Ernesto Che Guevara.
 
THURSDAY 
NOVEMBER 11, 2010
7pm
Joe’s Café (Large North Hall)
1150 Commercial Drive @ William Street

The event will also feature poetry, film and more guest presenters!

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2. Vigil & Protest Action to Free the 5 Cuban Heroes

THURSDAY
NOVEMBER 18, 2010
3pm-4pm: Vigil 
4pm-5pm: Protest Action
U.S. Consulate (Downtown, Vancouver)
1075 W. Pender St. between Burrard and Thurlow

Please join the Free the Cuban 5 Committee-Vancouver for our monthly protest action to free the 5 Cuban Heroes.

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WHO ARE THE 5 CUBAN HEROES?

Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando González and René González, also known as the Cuban 5, are currently serving four life sentences and 75 years collectively in United States prisons. They were wrongly accused and convicted in U.S. federal court of “conspiracy to commit espionage” and other related charges. The Cuban 5 were not spies. They were involved in monitoring Miami-based terrorist organizations which since 1959 have been responsible for the deaths of over 3,400 people in Cuba, including one resident of Canada, Fabio di Celmo, in 1997. Through their important work, these 5 men were able to prevent further deaths in Cuba.

These 5 Cuban Heroes harmed no one and are in prison for giving information they had collected to the U.S. government about these groups, hoping that the U.S. would intervene and jail the terrorists. However, instead of thanking the anti-terrorist Cuban 5, the U.S. Government put them in prison and in some cases is even denying them the right of family visitations, while the terrorist responsible for murdering 73 innocent passengers in the bombing of a Cuban airliner in 1976 walks free in Miami. 

September 12, 2010 marked the 12th year of the unjust imprisonment of the Cuban 5. It is time to put an end to their unjust imprisonment - please join us!

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To see the poster for the events please visit:
http://www.freethe5vancouver.ca/posters/2010/101111-18picket.pdf

Events endorsed by:
Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC)

Events organized by:
Free the Cuban 5 Committee-Vancouver
604-719-6947 | cuban5_van at yahoo.com 
http://www.freethe5vancouver.ca/