[NYTr] Free the Cuban 5 - Upcoming Events NYC Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 12:55:17 -0500 (CDT) Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit The Popular Education project to Free the Cuban 5 - Jul 4, 2007 http://www.freethecuban5.com Email: freethecubanfive@hotmail.com, freethecuban5@gmail.com Free the Cuban 5 Hotline: 718-601-4751 "Ours may be one of the most ridiculous accusations of espionage in the history of this country" -Gerardo Hernandez Nordelo, The Cuban 5 Upcoming Events: July and Sept 2007 July 23-29, 2007 FREE THE FIVE WEEK!! Check out the following events/Actions in New York City for the Cuban 5: Monday July 23rd-National Call in Day to the New York Times!! Call the New York Times at 212-556-1234 and ask to speak to Suzanne Daley, National News Editor of The New York Times!! Let her know that as a concerned citizen you think the New York Times should publish an article on the Cuban 5. Remind her The Daily News, The Washington Post, and L.A. Times have covered this issue!! Tell the New York Times they should contact The Popular Education Project to Free the Cuban 5 at 718-601-4751 for an interview and additional information/ contacts on the Cuban 5!! Thurs. July 26- PICKET THE NEW YORK TIMES at 5pm at The New York Times Building 229 West 43rd St. (btwn. Broadway and 8th Ave.)!! This July 26th commemorate the Attack on the Moncada Garrison by demanding The New York Times publish an Article on the Cuban 5. We CANNOT allow the New York Times to CONTINUE to ignore the Cuban 5!! Over 650 people have signed petitions and sent letters demanding that the New York Times publish an article on the Cuban 5, yet we have seen nothing!! We have picketed and protested and have been ignored!! It is time to go back downtown and knock on their doors AGAIN!! WE WILL NOT REST UNTIL WE SEE AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED ON THE CUBAN 5!! If the Washington Post, USA Today, The LA Times and the Daily News can cover the Cuban 5, then so can they!! This picket is dedicated to our beloved REVOLUTIONARY LEADER/SISTER/ TEACHER, Vilma Espin, who passed away on Monday June 18th, 2007!! Instrumental in the victory of the July 26th Movement, we honor our comrade/sister by continuing to build the movement to free the Cuban 5. THEY WILL BE FREE!! Friday July 27th- Annual July 26th Movement/Attack on the Moncada Garrison Celebration at the Dr. Martin Luther King Labor Center (More information onthat Later) Sunday July 29th-Malcolm X Grassroots Movement UNITY BRUNCH ON THE CUBAN 5 at 1pm at 36A Ralph Avenue Between Monroe and Gates Avenue; Take the J train to Gates Avenue Stop. INVITED speakers include: Benjamin Ramos, The Popular Education Project to Free the Cuban 5 and a representative of the Cuban Mission. *** This September 12th, 2007 will mark the 9 th year anniversary of the arrest of the Cuban 5; five US held Cuban political prisoners incarcerated for protecting Cuba from U.S. sponsored terrorist actions. Last year, President Ricardo Alarcon, of the Cuban Parliament, declared Sept. 12 th through October 6th to be a period of time to raise awareness on the case of the Cuban 5. The Popular Education Project to Free the Cuban 5 took this proclamation as a call to action. By publishing this call through various list serves and community mediums, we were able to motivate organizations, individuals, teachers, clergy and students to organize a series of events throughout the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean. The Popular Education Project to Free the Cuban 5 is committed to building an international movement for the Cuban 5 by making Sept. 12 th-October 9th "Free the Cuban 5 Month." We have extended the period of time in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Ernest "Che" Guevara's assassination by the Bolivian army, under the direction of the CIA. We are asking organizations in New York City to endorse "Free the Cuban 5 Month" and to organize an event dedicated to the Cuban 5 within your community or for your constituency. Our goal is to organize a calendar of events throughout New York City and internationally that can be circulated through colleges, communities, unions, and churches. Our goal is to educate, organize and mobilize as many people as possible to support the work to free the Cuban 5. In order to endorse, email the Project at: freethecubanfive@hotmail.com and let us know which date within the month you will organize your event. The Project will be organizing a special "Free the Cuban 5 Month" Kickoff event on Wednesday September 12 th, 2007 at 7pm tentatively scheduled at St. Mary's Church in Harlem. It will be a forum/reception with a small panel of invited speakers and a delicious Latino dinner. All proceeds from the reception/forum will go the Cuban 5's commissary funds. Join us in building the worldwide movement to free the Cuban 5. Cuba is calling for our support and solidarity; we cannot stand by and let this period of time go by without action, education and fund-raising. Email us with your endorsement and your activity as soon as you possible. FREE THE CUBAN 5!! Benjamin Ramos, Frank Velgara, The Popular Education Project to Free the Cuban 5 * ================================================================ .NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems . Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us . .339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org .List Archives: https://olm.blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/ .Subscribe: https://olm.blythe-systems.com/mailman/listinfo/nytr ================================================================