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ON THE CUBAN 5
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IMPORTANT NEWS! 500,000-Strong Student Movement in Canada Demands:
Free the Cuban 5 NOW!


Read the Canadian Federation of Students statement here

Contact the
Free the Cuban 5 Committee - Vancouver:

604.719.6947
cuban5_van@yahoo.com





Who are the Cuban 5?

After decades of terror against the Cuban people instigated by terrorist groups harbored by the United States and its agencies like the CIA, the Cuban government decided it had to act.

Between 1994 and 1995, Cuba sent five unarmed men, Gerardo Hernandez, Antonio Guerrero, Ramon Labanino, Rene Gonzalez and Fernando Gonzalez on a mission to infiltrate and expose Miami-based terrorist groups such as Alpha 66, Omega 7, Brothers to the Rescue and Cuba America 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.

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CUBA SOLIDARITY ACTIVIST
BANNED FROM CANADA!

Alison Bodine is a U.S. citizen who was until recently a student at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Alison is an activist with the Free the Cuban 5 Committee - Vancouver. She has been targeted as a political activist after Canadian Border Services Agents found antiwar and Cuba solidarity materials in her car, and has been banned for two years from Canada.

Visit her website to find out more about this important case of human and democratic rights!


UPCOMING EVENTS



Picket Action & Film Showing to Free the 5 Cuban Heroes!



Thursday January 8
4pm
United States Consulate
1075 W. Pender St
Downtown Vancouver



FILM SHOWING
7:00pm
Joe’s Cafe
1150 Commercial Dr at William St



Organized by:
Free the Cuban 5 Committee - Vancouver









★ MONDAY JANUARY 5 ★
"Dynamism of the Cuban Revolution"
FILM & FORUM
6:30pm
Britannia Community Centre
1661 Napier St at Commercial Dr




★ TUESDAY JANUARY 6 ★
"Women & the Cuban Revolution"
POETRY, LIVE MUSIC,
SPEAKERS & DISCUSSION

6:30pm
Chilean Housing Coop
2390 School Ave (behind the Safeway at Kingsway and Tyne)




★ WEDNESDAY JANUARY 7 ★
Cuba in Defence of Self-Determination
from Guantanamo to Palestine

MULTIMEDIA & SPEAKER
6:30pm
Britannia Community Centre
1661 Napier St at Commercial Dr

Event organized by
Mobilization Against War & Occupation (MAWO)




★ THURSDAY JANUARY 8 ★
"Free the 5 Cuban Heroes Held in U.S. Jails"
PICKET ACTION
4:00pm
United States Consulate
1075 W. Pender St
Downtown Vancouver


* * * *

"Free the 5 Cuban Heroes Held in U.S. Jails"
FILM SHOWING
7:00pm
Joe’s Cafe
1150 Commercial Dr at William St




★ FRIDAY JANUARY 9 ★
"Fidel in the Battle of Ideas"
FILM & FORUM
6:30pm
Chilean Housing Coop
2390 School Ave
(behind the Safeway at Kingsway and Tyne)




★SATURDAY JANUARY 10 ★
"Cuba: A Revolution in Motion"
FILM & DISCUSSION
7:00pm
Mt. Pleasant Neighbourhood House
800 E. Broadway Ave
(two blocks east of Fraser St)



Organized by:
Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba
In Coordination with:
Free the Cuban 5 Committee-Vancouver & Solidarity Coaltion For a United Latin America



SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN TO FREE THE 5!

Join Thousands and Sign the Free the Cuban 5 Committee Vancouver's Petition to Free The Five!




MEDIA
BREAKTHROUGH
FOR THE
CUBAN 5!

CLICK HERE To watch the recent BBC interview with Gerardo Hernandez, one of the Cuban 5!


EVENT REPORT-BACKS
IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE 5 CUBAN HEROES!

December 11th




REPORT BACK


Free the 5 Cuban Heroes Held in US Jails!





Coordinated Picket Actions in Vancouver and Montreal


CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS


November 13th




REPORT BACK


Free the 5 Cuban Heroes Held in US Jails!





Coordinated Picket Actions in Vancouver and Montreal


CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS


October 6




REPORT BACK


Picket Action at the US Consulate in Vancouver, BC Canada

Marking the 32nd Anniversary of the Bombing of Air Cubana Flight 455 by Anti-Cuban Terrorists


CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS



September 12






REPORT BACK

International Day of Action
Free the Cuban 5


CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS





REPORT BACK
First Poetry Night
for the Cuban 5




CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS




CLICK HERE TO VIEW CUBAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE SEPTEMBER 12 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION IN VANCOUVER


August 30




REPORT BACK
Cross Canada Day of Action
Free the Cuban 5


CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS






JULY 26




REPORT BACK
Free the 5 Cuban Heroes Held in US Jails!

Cross Canada Day of Action


CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS




JUNE 5


REPORT BACK
Free the 5 Cuban Heroes Held in US Jails!

Emergency Action


CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS





11th Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds the Convictions of the Cuban 5!

Protest the Unjust Decision!

*Click here for case updates on the Cuban 5

*Click here to read about the decision in Cuba's Granma International Newspaper

*Click here to read the Free the Cuban 5 Committee Vancouver Statement


MAY 20




REPORT BACK
Free the 5 Cuban Heroes Held in US Jails!

Monthly Picket Action


CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS



APRIL 22




REPORT BACK
Free the 5 Cuban Heroes Held in US Jails!

Monthly Picket Action


CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS




MARCH 25


Picket Action

FREE THE CUBAN 5!

REPORT BACK

Monthly Picket to Free the Cuban 5


CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS!



FEBRUARY 19



REPORT BACK

Monthly Picket to Free the Cuban 5


CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS!



JANUARY 17



REPORT BACK

Monthly Picket to Free the Cuban 5


CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS!



DECEMBER 18



REPORT BACK


Monthly Picket to Free the Cuban 5




CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS!

August 17th - 24HRS Newspaper
CHECK OUT THE AD FOR THE 24HR VIGIL!

Click Image to see up close!



July 13th - 24HRS Newspaper
Article on the 18th Vancouver Free the Cuban 5 Picket Action!

Click Image to read article!


Building up to May 11 Day of Action...



Check out our ad and article that appared in 24hours Vancouver Newspaper on May 10 and 11!



LINKS to
FREE the FIVE

Free The Five

(USA Ntn'l Cttee)


antiterroristas

Free the Cuban Five
Toronto


Granma Internacional Havana Miami 5(English)

Free For Five

International Committee to Free the Cuban 5

Cuban Embassy in Canada-Cuban 5 webpage

Popular Education Project to Free the Cuban 5

Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Cuban 5 webpage



The Five Heroes Freedom Fund Campaign


The National Committee to Free the Five in the US has called for a huge fundraising campaign to raise $250 000 for mass public awareness about the case of the Cuban 5!


Click Here for more info and to donate!