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September 23, Washington, D.C.
March to the White House!
Demonstration & Public Forum
to demand:
Free the Cuban Five from U.S. prison!

Postering for the March in New York City
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We are appealing to all supporters of the Cuban Five to:
- Endorse the September 23 March and Public Forum

- Come to Washington on September 23 and bring your organization, friends, co-workers or students. In many cities transportation is being organized. A complete, updated list is found below. If you can become a local organizing/transportation center, let us know.
- Download and circulate the flyer (Download the Spanish version here)
- Display this button on your website to help promote the march:
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- Make as generous a donation as possible to help cover the many expenses – buses, flyers, posters, placards, mailings, transportation for speakers, sound, etc. – involved in putting on these events, and carrying out the overall campaign to Free the Five.
For bus and carpool information, contact the cities below:
- Washington, DC: 202-544-3389, info@internationalanswer.org
- New York City: For bus tickets: 212-694-8720, 9.23nycbus@gmail.com
- Baltimore: 410-366-8818, frankp@charm.net
- Philadelphia: 215-849-2793, freethe5@verizon.net
- Richmond: 804-677-6204
- Boston: 617-566-2861, info@july26.org
- Chicago: 773-463-0311, answer@chicagoanswer.net
- Ft. Lauderdale: 954-707-0155, answerflorida@gmail.com
- Miami: 305-757-3113, areitodigital@bellsouth.net
- Atlanta: 404-788-3205
- New Haven: 203-404-9965, Connecticut@answercoalition.org
- Montreal: 514-728-7222, info@tcsqc.ca
- San Francisco : 415-821-6545, freethefive@freethefive.org
- Los Angeles: 323-464-1636, freethefivela@yahoo.com
Demands of the demonstration:
- Free the Five Now!
- Extradite Luis Posada Carriles to Venezuela
- Grant visas to wives of the Five for family visits
- Justice for Orlando Letelier and Ronnie Moffit
- Justice for the 73 victims of the 1976 Cubana airlines plane bombing
- End the 47-year war and blockade against Cuba
Schedule of Events :
- Thursday, Sept. 21: Press Conference
- Saturday, Sept. 23: March on the White House
11:00 a.m.: Gather at the Justice Department, 10th St. and Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. (map)
- Saturday, Sept. 23: Public Forum
2:00 p.m.: George Washington University, Funger Hall, G Street between 22nd and 23rd St. (map)
List of speakers:
- Wayne Smith, former chief, U.S. Interests Section in Havana
- Saul Landau, fellow, Institute for Policy Studies
- Leonard Weinglass, Cuban Five attorney
- Francisco Letelier, son of Orlando Letelier, assassinated in D.C. in 1976
- José Pertierra, Attorney for Venezuela in Posada extradition request
- Livio Di Celmo, brother of Fabio, victim of anti-Cuba terrorism
- Heidi Boghosian, National Lawyers Guild Executive Director
- Families of Victims of the Oct. 6, 1976 bombing, Cubana flight 455 near Barbados
- Andrés Gómez, coordinator, Antonio Maceo Brigade
- Peta Lindsay, ANSWER Coalition
- Akbar Muhammad, International Representative, Nation of Islam
- Gloria La Riva, coordinator, National Committee to Free the Cuban Five
Co-sponsors:
- National Committee to Free the Cuban Five
- National Lawyers Guild
- National Network on Cuba
- FMLN-USA
- La Alianza Martiana
- A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism)
- Nation Of Islam
Endorsers:
- Action Center For Justice (Charlotte, NC)
- ActionLA
- Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle
- All-African Peoples Revolutionary Party (GC)
- Alliance for Global Justice
- ATTAC Germany
- Bolivarian Circle 'Chief Tierra Blanca' (Denver, CO)
- Bolivarian Youth
- Broward [FL] Anti-War Coalition
- California Coalition for Women Prisoners
- Campaign for Labor Rights
- Canadian Union of Postal Workers
- Caribbean and Latin America Support Project (CLASP)
- Casa de las Americas
- Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights
- Comité Liberté pour les Cinq - Luxembourg
- Committee for Justice to Defend the Los Angeles Eight
- Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES)
- Communist Party USA
- Critical Resistance, Oakland
- Cuban American Alliance Education Fund
- Cuba Solidarity Campaign (UK) Manchester Area Branch
- Cuba Solidarity NY
- Every Church A Peace Church-TV
- Fair Trade Resource
- Free the Cuban Five - Toronto Committee
- Friends of the Five Committee (Nicaragua)
- George Washington University Progressive Student Union
- Greater Hartford (CT) Coalition on Cuba
- Haiti-Cuba-Venezuela Project (Washington, DC)
- Hands Off Venezuela!
- Iniciativa Cuba Socialista - Belgium
- International Action Center
- International Museum of Human Rights at San Diego
- Kennesaw State University Campus Greens
- Latin America Solidarity Coalition
- Latino Movement USA
- Liga Argentina Por Los Derechos Del Hombre
- Louisville Free the Five Committee
- National Coalition to Free the Angola 3
- Nicaragua Network
- Nicaragua Solidarity Committee
- N.Y. Committee to Free the Cuban Five
- Orange County Peace and Freedom Party
- Party for Socialism and Liberation
- Pastors for Peace/IFCO
- Peace and Freedom Party of Orange County, California
- Phi Delta Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi (National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society)
- Political Discussion League of Guilderland
- Primer Museo Suramericano "Ernesto Che Guevara"
- Progressive Democrats of the Santa Monica Mountains
- San Diego Friends of Cuba Committee
- Socialist Action
- Socialist Workers Party
- The Time is Now (Miami, FL)
- UAH College Democrats (Huntsville, AL)
- U.S.-Cuba Friendship Society of San Diego
- U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities
- Venceremos Brigade
- Venezuela Solidarity Network
- Veterans for Peace-Orange County Chapter
- Young Socialists (U.S.)
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