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NEWS ON THE CUBAN 5 ![]() 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
604.719.6947 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. read more... 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! |
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
Join Thousands and Sign the Free the Cuban 5 Committee Vancouver's Petition to Free The Five!
MEDIA 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
REPORT BACK First Poetry Night for the Cuban 5
CLICK HERE TO VIEW CUBAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE SEPTEMBER 12 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION IN VANCOUVER REPORT BACK Cross Canada Day of Action Free the Cuban 5
REPORT BACK Free the 5 Cuban Heroes Held in US Jails! Cross Canada Day of Action
JUNE 5 REPORT BACK Free the 5 Cuban Heroes Held in US Jails! Emergency Action
11th Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds the Convictions of the Cuban 5! Protest the Unjust Decision!
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Monthly Picket Action
APRIL 22 REPORT BACK Free the 5 Cuban Heroes Held in US Jails! Monthly Picket Action
MARCH 25 Picket Action FREE THE CUBAN 5! REPORT BACK Monthly Picket to Free the Cuban 5
FEBRUARY 19 REPORT BACK Monthly Picket to Free the Cuban 5
JANUARY 17 REPORT BACK Monthly Picket to Free the Cuban 5
REPORT BACK Monthly Picket to Free the Cuban 5
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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! |