NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO FREE THE CUBAN FIVE
Comité Nacional por la Libertad de los Cinco Cubanos

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UPCOMING EVENTS

New York, NY, Sept. 3 - Oct. 1, 2010: Desde mi Altura - Antonio Guerrero Art Show

Date: Friday, Sept. 3 – Opening reception
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Center, 107 Suffolk St. (off Delancey St.), NY
  F Train to Delancey St. or J/M/Z to Essex St.

The exhibition runs from Sept. 3 through Oct. 1. It is open to the public Monday through Friday 4:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

The program for the opening will include:

  • Pedro Nunez Mosquera, Cuban Ambassador to the United Nations
  • Michael Tarif Warren, Progressive Attorney
  • Dr. Manuel Moran, President of the Executive Board of the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center
  • Rosie Mendez, District 2 - Council Member


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Windhoek, Namibia, Sept. 9, 2010: Handing of a Petition to the American embassy

Date: Thursday, Sept. 9
Time: 12:30 pm
Location: Starting from Kudu, Independence avenue to US Embassy

The Namibia/Cuba Friendship Association will hand in a petition to the American Embassy regarding the unjust imprisonment of the Cuban Five, demanding their immdeiate release.

Sponsor: Namibia/Cuba Friendship Association
Contact: Magdalena.Nangolo@gov.mof.na


Lima, Peru, Sept. 9, 2010: Jornada Mundial de Solidaridad con Los Cinco

Date: Thursday, Sept. 9
Time: 12:00 pm
Location: Ante la embajada USA en Lima

Sponsor: Comité Peruano de Solidaridad con Los Cinco


Montevideo, Uruguay, Sept. 10, 2010: Marcha por los Cinco

Date: Friday, Sept. 10
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Desde la Explanada de la Municipalidad de Montevideo, por la Avenida 18 de Julio hasta la Plaza Libertad

Sponsor: la Coordinación Uruguay por la Libertad de los 5 Cubanos presos en EE.UU.
Endorsers: ACRU Asociación de Cubanos residentes en Uruguay - Casa de la Cultura Amistad Uruguay Cuba. - COJUPE Coordinadora de Jubilados y Pensionistas ˆ Comisión Cordón Norte - Comité de Los Cinco de Paysandú - Comité Uruguayo Pro-Liberación de Los Cinco Patriotas Cubanos Presos en EE.UU. - CONFABUC Familiares de Becados uruguayos en Cuba. - Coordinación Hasta la Victoria. - Coordinadora de Apoyo a la Revolución Cubana. - Coordinadora Continental Bolivariana (Uruguay) ˆ CRYSOL Asociación de ex Presos Políticos de Uruguay ˆ FEUU Federación de Estudiantes Universitarios del Uruguay ˆ FUCVAM Federación Uruguaya de Cooperativas de Vivienda por Ayuda Mutua - Grupo de trabajo Plaza CHE ˆ ONAJPU Organización Nacional de Asociaciones de Jubilados y Pensionistas de Uruguay ˆ PIT-CNT Plenario Intersindical de Trabajadores, Convención Nacional de Trabajadores ˆ UMU Unión de Mujeres Uruguayas.
Contact: cteuruguay.proliberacion5@gmail.com


Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sept. 11-12, 2010: Reunión regional por la Libertad de los Cinco

Date: Sat-Sun, Sept. 11-12
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Sponsor: Comité Argentino
Contact: comiteargentinoporloscinco@gmail.com

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Lima, Peru, Sept. 11, 2010: Jornada Mundial de Solidaridad con Los Cinco

Date: Saturday, Sept. 11
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: Desde La Plaza Dos de Mayo hasta el Parque Washington

Sponsor: Comité Peruano de Solidaridad con Los Cinco


Austin, TX, Sept. 11, 2010: Cuban Five update and dinner

Date: Saturday, Sept. 11
Time and Location: call for information

Sponsor: ANSWER Coalition Austin
Contact: 512-577-4749, answer.austin@gmail.com


Ottawa, ONT, Canada, Sept. 11, 2010: Film and speakers

Date: Saturday, Sept. 11
Time: 3 pm
Location: St. Aidan's Anglican Church, 955 Wingate Drive, Ottawa (Parking at the back of church on Hamlet street)

Presentación de un película sobre los Cinco, oraciones y música

Sponsors: La asociación Québec-Cuba
Contact: 613-733-5993 (general office)


London, UK, Sept. 11, 2010: Street protest: London says 'Free the Cuban 5!'

Date: Saturday, Sept. 11
Time: 12 - 3 pm
Location: Trafalgar Square, North Pavement (in front of the National Gallery)

Street protest with petitions, leaflets and street theatre. Open Microphone for all those in solidarity with Cuba

Sponsors: Rock Around The Blockade
Contact: info@ratb.org.uk


Manchester, UK, Sept. 11, 2010: Information stall, leaflets and petitions

Date: Saturday, Sept. 11
Time: 12 - 3 pm
Location: Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester

Sponsors: Rock Around The Blockade, Manchester branch
Endorsers: Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! Manchester branch
Contact: mcfrfi@yahoo.com, 07519427093


Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, Sept. 11, 2010: Street protest

Date: Saturday, Sept. 11
Time: 12 - 2 pm
Location: Grey's Monument, Grainger street. Newcastle upon Tyne

Street protest with petitions, leaflets and street theatre. Open Microphone for all those in solidarity with Cuba

Sponsors: Rock Around The Blockade, Newcastle branch, Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! Newcastle branch
Contact: northeast@ratb.org, frfinortheast@googlemail.com


Vienna, Austria, Sept. 11, 2010: Mahnwache (Vigil) - FREE the FIVE

Date: Saturday, Sept. 11
Time: 2 - 4pm
Location: Stephansplatz

Sponsors: Komitee-Austria "FREE THE FIVE"
Contact: Brigitte Oftner, b.oftner@aon.at


Valencia, Spain, Sept. 11, 2010: Concentración-Manifestación

Date: Sabado, Sept. 11
Time: 18.30
Location: Frente al Consulado de EEUU en C/ Dr Romagosa, 1, Valencia

Sponsors: Comité Per L'alliberament Dels Cinc Cubans Presos Als Eeuu Del País Valencià
Contact: www.uv.es/pla/10911man.htm


Miami, FL, Sept. 12, 2010: Conference to demand the Cuban Five's freedom

Date: Sunday, Sept. 12
Time: 2:30 pm
Location: Embassy Suites (near airport), 3974 NW South River Dr, Miami

Sponsor: Alianza Martiana
Contact: 305-757-3113


Seattle, WA, Sept. 12, 2010: Leafleting and collecing petition signatures

Date: Sunday, Sept. 12
Time: 2 pm
Location: Near Pike Place market, (First and Pine), Seattle

Sponsor: A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
Contact: answer@answerseattle.org


Long Beach, CA, Sept. 12, 2010: Leafleting and collecing petition signatures

Date: Sunday, Sept. 12
Time: 12 noon
Location: Long Beach City College, Pacific Coast Campus, (Cross streets Orange & PCH)

Endorers: A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
Contact: 213-251-1025


Stockholm, Sweden, Sept. 12, 2010: Picket and Mass Leafletting

Date: Sunday, Sept. 12
Time: 12:00 pm
Location: Downtown Stockholm (details to come)

Sponsor: Swedish-Cuban Association, Swedish Free the Five Committee
Contact: libertadalos5.estocolmo@gmail.com


Berlin, Germany, Sept. 12, 2010: Public education

Date: Sunday, Sept. 12
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Location: Infront of the "Brandenburger Tor", near US Embassy, Berlin

Educating passing by people we will have transparents, Cuban flags, a stand with flyers, brochures, leaflets etc.; music, microphones, sound output transformer

Sponsor: German Committee to free the Cuban Five ¡Basta ya!
Endorsers: Cuba Sí, Berlin and Cuba Friendship Association, Berlin
Contact: www.miami5.de, info@miami5.de


Toronto, ONT, Canada, Sept. 12, 2010: 12 Years of Injustice - Free the Cuban Five

Date: Sunday, Sept. 12
Time: 11:00 am
Location: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) Main Auditorium, 252 Bloor St. W., Toronto (St. George subway station)
Admission free

Program featuring: Relatives of the Cuban Five, Puerto Rican independence leader Rafael Cancel Miranda, Cuban Five attorney Leonard Weinglass, and cultural performances by Poetic Voices/Voces Poéticas and Zuviri

Sponsor: Toronto Forum on Cuba
Endorers: Latin America Solidarity Network (LASN)
Contact: torontoforumoncuba@rogers.com, www.torontoforumoncuba.wordpress.com


Download the flyer


Madrid, Spain, Sept. 12, 2010: Concentración por los Cinco

Date: Sunday, Sept. 12
Time: 12:00 pm
Location: Embajada de los EEUU (C/ Serrano,75)

Sponsor: Comité de Madrid por la liberación de los Cinco cubanos presos en EEUU por luchar contra el terrorismo
Contact: madrid.libertadparaloscinco@nodo50.org


San Francisco, CA, Sept. 13, 2010: Demonstration

Date: Monday, Sept. 13
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: Powell and Market Sts., San Francisco

Sponsor: National Committee to Free the Cuban Five
Endorers: A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, FMLN Bay Area, Marin Task Force on the AmericasMonday, September 13 5:00 pm Broadcasting Board of Governors HQ 330 Independence Ave SW between 3rd and 4th Sts. Metro to Federal Center SW (blue/orange) Washington DC
Contact: 415-821-6545, info@freethefive.org


Washington, DC, Sept. 13, 2010: Picket

Date: Monday, Sept. 13
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: Broadcasting Board of Governors HQ, 330 Independence Ave SW (between 3rd and 4th Sts.) Metro to Federal Center SW (blue/orange)

Sponsor: A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, National Committee to Free the Cuban Five
Contact: 202-265-0333, dc@answercoalition.org


Los Angeles, CA, Sept. 13, 2010: Demonstration

Date: Monday, Sept. 13
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: MacArthur Park (corner of Wilshire & Alvarado), Los Angeles (at the Metro Red Line stop)

Sponsor: National Committee to Free the Cuban Five
Endorers: A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
Contact: 213-251-1025


Chicago, IL, Sept. 13, 2010: Picket and Mass Leafletting

Date: Monday, Sept. 13
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: Federal Plaza (Adams & Dearborn), Chicago

Sponsor: ANSWER Chicago
Contact: 773-463-0311


Minneapolis, MN, Sept. 13, 2010: Picket and Mass Leafletting

Date: Monday, Sept. 13
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: Downtown Minneapolis (details to come)

Sponsor: Minnesota Cuba Committee
Contact: 612-354-7463


Albuquerque, NM, Sept. 13, 2010: Demonstration

Date: Monday, Sept. 13
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: In front of University of New Mexico, Central and Harvard Sts.

Sponsor: A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
Contact: 505-268-2488, abq@answercoalition.org


Philadelphia, PA, Sept. 13, 2010: Leafleting and collecing petition signatures

Date: Monday, Sept. 13
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: 15th & Market, across from City Hall at SEPTA entrance

Sponsor: A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
Contact: philly@answercoalition.org, 267-275-8008


Boston, MA, Sept. 13, 2010: Street Action

Details: TBA

Sponsor: A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
Contact: 857-334-5084, boston@answercoalition.org


Milwaukee, WI, Sept. 14, 2010: Program: Who are political prisoners?

Date: Tuesday, Sept. 14
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Central United Methodist Church, 639 N. 25th St., Milwaukee
Price: Free and open to the public

A showing of "The Day Diplomacy Died," a Cuban/Irish documentary on the U.S. government's involvement with dissidents in Cuba, including "political prisoners" being released by the Cuban government based on discussions with the Catholic Church. The screening will be accompanied by an open discussion on "political prisoners" in different contexts. The program will feature an update on the Cuban Five.

Sponsor: Wisconsin Coalition to Normalize Relations with Cuba
Contact: www.wicuba.org, 273-1040, ext. 12

Download the flyer


Rome, Italy, Oct. 17, 2010: Program: Los Cinco: una injusticia ignorata

Date: Sunday, Oct. 17
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Auditorium, Rome
Admission: Free

List of Speakers:
Ken Loach (Director; G.B) mensaje.
Frei Betto (teologo y escritor; Brasil)
GianniVattimo (filosofo; Italia)
Wayne Smith ex diplomatico USA a La Habana.
Gianni Minà periodista
Rosa Aurora Freijanes Coca esposa de Fernando
Mariana Chirino Saavedra Asesora del presidente Alarcon
Proiection de Video mensaje de Alarcon y del Comite Norteamericano por la liberacion de los Cinco.
Omenaje musical de la trovadora cubana Renata Mezenov y del pianista cubano Marcos Madrigal y de la soprana Ileana Jimenez.
Saludos a todos los que han partecipado a la campaña “ Yo estoy con los Cinco y tu? “
Conducción de la iniciativa: Gianni Minà

Está además prevista la participación de algunos testimonial de la campaña de sensibilización sobre el caso de los Cinco promovida por el Circulo de Roma de la Asociación Italia Cuba, “Yo con los Cinco, y tu?”. Dario Fo, Franca Rame, Salim Lamrani, entre otros.

Está garantizada la presencia de traductores simultaneos para la conferencia

Sponsor: Italia-Cuba circulo de Roma
Contact: marcopapacci@gmail.com


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