[NYTr] Cuban Five Send Message to US Social Forum
 
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 16:46:40 -0500 (CDT)


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Cuban Five Send Message to US Social Forum

Havana, July 2 (acn) "Your cause is our cause and we know that with 
people like you, the future will be one of justice and peace. A better 
world is possible! Venceremos!" said Gerardo Hernandez, one of the
Cuban five antiterrorist fighters held in US jails, in a message sent
to the United States Social Forum, which closed on Sunday in Atlanta.

Gerardo Hernandez sent the message on behalf of the Cuban Five; its 
full text follows:

Dear participants and organizers of the Atlanta Social Forum,

Please receive a warm greeting from Five Cubans who are serving long 
and injustice sentences in US prisons for defending our country against 
terrorism. Many of you are coming to Atlanta from all over the country 
and from abroad to share your experiences and to seek a more just 
world. From inside the prisons, we have been following the just 
struggles that all of you are involved in, from immigrant rights, to 
women's equality, to working towards a safe environment, to the 
struggle against racism and discrimination, and to end the war and 
occupation of Iraq and elsewhere.  You can be sure that all of your 
efforts only make our admiration for you grow. Since 1998 we have been 
hostages of the failed US policy toward our country, Cuba. When we were 
arrested, no guns or explosives were found in our apartments, we never 
hurt anyone; yet, we have been sentenced collectively to four live 
sentences plus 75 years. Cuba like any other people of the world has 
the right to defend itself against terrorism. And that is exactly what 
we were doing. We were monitoring terrorist organizations based in 
Miami to prevent more violent actions against our homeland.  Since 
1959, almost 3,500 Cubans have been killed and many more have been 
disabled.

While the world has been pushed towards a so-called "war on terror", 
just last month, a notorious terrorist of Cuban origin, Luis Posada 
Carriles was freed. Another one, Orlando Bosch, his partner in crime is 
walking free in the streets of Miami. These two dangerous terrorists 
were the masterminds in the blowing up of a Cuban plane in 1976. 
Seventy-three innocent people were killed. The fact that crimes like 
that still lingers with no justice is a sign that we still have a long 
struggle in the world we live in.

Dear compaC1eras and compaC1eros, we wish you a great success in the 
Atlanta Social Forum. Your cause is our cause and we know that with 
people like you, the future will be one of justice and peace

A better world is possible!
Venceremos!

Rene Gonzalez
Antonio Guerrero
Ramon LabaC1ino
Fernando Gonzalez
Gerardo Hernandez

June, 27, 2007
       
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