[evoz] September Calendar of Events to Mark 16 Years of Unjust Imprisonment of the 5 Cuban Heroes! (Vancouver/Seattle)
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The Free the Cuban 5 Committee-Vancouver would like to ask for your support and for you to join with us to make this 16th anniversary the last that our 5 heroes spend apart and... locked behind U.S prison bars. Together we will free ALL the Cuban 5!
1.) Sept. 5: 106th Monthly Protest to Free ALL the Cuban 5 (Vancouver)
2.) Sept. 5: Organizing Meeting of the Free the Cuban 5 Committee- Vancouver
3.) Sept. 12: “5 Heroes – Only 1 Heart” Poetry Night for the Cuban 5 (Seattle, WA)
4.) Sept. 13: All Day Conference Marking 16 Years of Unjust Imprisonment (Vancouver)
5.) Write a Poem for the 5 Cuban Heroes!
<< 1 >> || 106th Monthly Protest to Free ALL the Cuban 5 (Vancouver)
Friday September 5th, 2014
4-5PM
U.S. Consulate (1075 W. Pender St)
Downtown Vancouver
Join us on the 5th of each month in the growing world-wide campaign to Free ALL 5 Cuban Heroes! With Cuban 5 Heroes Fernando González and René González released and free in Cuba, adding their efforts to the campaign to free the remaining 3 heroes, our work globally becomes much more important. More than ever this case of human rights and social justice needs your support. We would like to ask all people who believe in peace and social justice to get involved and join us this September 5th in front of the U.S. Consulate to demand: FREE ALL 5 CUBAN HEROES NOW!
September 5 also marks the 10th consecutive month that our brothers and sisters have marched in front of the US Embassy in Ottawa, and we will once again be united with them on this day, as well as with people in Montreal, Seattle and around the world!
To join the event on facebook please visit:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1448297262114947/
To see the event poster please visit:
http://www.freethe5vancouver.ca/posters/2014/140905-free-the-cuban-5-picket.pdf
Organized by the Free the Cuban 5 Committee-Vancouver
<< 2 >> || Organizing Meeting of the Free the Cuban 5 Committee-Vancouver
Friday September 5th, 2014
7PM
Joe's Cafe (1150 Commercial Dr)
Join us for an organizing meeting to plan for activities marking 16 years of unjust imprisonment of the 5 Cuban Heroes and other actions during the international month of solidarity with the Cuban 5. This month runs every year from the anniversary of their imprisonment on September 12 to the anniversary of the anti-Cuba terrorist bombing of Air Cubana flight 455 on October 6, and is an important time for coordinated and united action to free ALL the Cuban 5.
<< 3 >> || “5 Heroes – Only 1 Heart” Poetry Night for the Cuban 5 (Seattle, WA)
Friday September 12th, 2014
7PM
University Temple United Methodist Church
1415 NE 43rd St, Seattle, WA 98105
Join supporters of the 5 Cuban Heroes from Vancouver and Seattle for a night of poetry and music dedicated to the 5 Cuban Heroes on the 16th anniversary of their unjust imprisonment. This event will also be the release of a new book of poetry about the Cuban 5, to contribute to the book of poetry, continue reading below!
To join the event on Facebook visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/695168843911422/
Co-organized by the Seattle-Cuba Friendship Committee & Free the Cuban 5 Committee-Vancouver in partnership with Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC), US Women and Cuba Collaboration and Seattle A.N.S.W.E.R.
<< 4 >> || SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 2014
All-day conference in Vancouver to mark the 16th anniversary of the imprisonment of the Cuban 5 in U.S. jails
16 years of Injustice!
Free ALL the Cuban 5!
Film- Guest Speakers- Discussion- Cultural activities- & more!
2PM Registration
Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House
800 E Broadway, near Fraser St.
Vancouver, Canada
Conference will be held in English with translation into Spanish available!
To join the event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/358356967650356/
To view poster: http://www.freethe5vancouver.ca/posters/2014/140912-free-the-cuban-5-anniversary.pdf
<< 5 >> || WRITE A POEM FOR THE 5 CUBAN HEROES!
September 12, 2014 will mark 16 years of injustice against 5 Cubans held in US jails. While René González and Fernando González are free and in Cuba with their families, both served more than 13 years in US prisons, despite their innocence. Their 3 brothers, Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero and Ramon Labañino remain imprisoned in the US, while the world demands their freedom.
The Free the Cuban 5 Committee – Vancouver, in partnership with Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC) & the Seattle Cuba Friendship Committee are calling for people across Canada and the US to write poetry for the Cuban 5 on this 16th anniversary of injustice. Poems received before September 5, 2014 will be included in a new booklet of poems and songs for the 5! All authors will be invited to read their creations at events on September 12 & 13, 2014 taking place in Seattle and Vancouver. We encourage poems to be written in all languages for this international effort!
For more information on the case of the 5 and the poetry campaign please visit:
http://www.freethe5vancouver.ca/
Please email poetry submissions to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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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 five men who were wrongly accused and convicted in a U.S. Federal Court of “conspiracy to commit espionage” and other fabricated charges, following their arrest and imprisonment in 1998. The 5 were actually unarmed men 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. As of March, 2014 René González and Fernando González have both returned permanently to Cuba in a great victory for justice-loving people all over the world. Gerardo, Ramón, and Antonio remain unjustly in U.S. jails facing sentences up to double-life plus 15 years.
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Free the Cuban 5 Committee-Vancouver
Member of the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC)
604-719-6947
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