Let us know if you are organizing an event in your city in solidarity with the 100th monthly picket action in Vancouver –

Together, let’s make 2020 the year to free ALL the Cuban 5!

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OTTAWA, ONTARIO – CANADA

MONTREAL, QUEBEC – CANADA

Picket Action to Free the Cuban 5!
March 5 2020
Unites States Consulate
1155 Rue Saint Alexandre,
Montréal, QC
Canada

The TCSQC calls on all its members, supporters and activists to participate in large numbers in a picket line outside the consulate of the United States to Montreal in solidarity with the Committee in Vancouver celebrate their 100th holding picket line the same day. Activists in Toronto and Ottawa (Gatineau) will do the same to declare and affirm together: Free the Five! Justice for the Five! Visitation for families of the Five!

La TCSQC appelle à tous ces membres, supporteurs et activistes à participer en grand nombre à une ligne de piquetage devant le consulat des États-Unis à Montréal, en solidarité avec le comité de Vancouver qui célébrera la tenue de leur 100e ligne de piquetage cette même journée. Les activistes de Toronto et Ottawa (Gatineau) feront de même pour déclarer et affirmer tous ensemble : Libérez les Cinq ! Justice pour les Cinq ! Droit de visite pour les familles des Cinq !

Organized by: La Table de concertation de solidarité Québec-Cuba (TCSQC)

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TORONTO, ONTARIO – CANADA

Rally to Free the Cuban 5!
March 5 2020
5:30-6:30pm
Across from the U.S. Consulate
360 University Ave.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The CCFA Toronto is working with the Friends of Cuban Five committee, which is made up of several groups and individuals in Toronto, organizing a rally across from the US Consulate, 360 University Avenue on Wednesday March 5th from 5:30 to 6:30 pm.
This event coincides with the Vancouver Free the Cuban Five Committee’s 100 consecutive picket at the US Consulate in Vancouver.They have held pickets the 5th of every month for over 8 years.
The demonstration will demand justice for the five Cuban intelligence agents wrongly incarcerated in the USA simply for trying to prevent acts of terrorism from violent anti-revolutionary groups based in Florida.
During over 15 years of the unjust sentences and jailing of the five Cubans a campaign for their release has grown world wide, and includes a number of Nobel prize winners, politicians, and well-known personalities.
Please come and add your voice for justice!

Organized by: CCFA Toronto & Friends of Cuban 5 Committee

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SAN FRANSISCO, CALIFORNIA – U.S.A

Protest Action to Free the Cuban 5!
March 5 2020
5pm
Mission & 24th
San Francisco, CA
U.S.A

Hugo Chávez (pictured here with Ricardo Alarcón and National Committee coordinator Gloria La Riva) was a big supporter of the Cuban Five. March 5 is the 1-year anniversary of his death, the 100th monthly picket action for the Five in Vancouver, BC (https://www.facebook.com/100PicketsForCuban5), and will also be just over a week after Fernando González is released from prison.
To honor the heroic revolutionary leader Hugo Chávez, to honor the monumental achievement of the Free the Cuban Five Committee – Vancouver, and to celebrate Fernando’s release (if the U.S. government will allow him to return to Cuba) or protest the U.S. government’s action (if Fernando is required to spend a “probationary” period in the U.S. like René was), the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five will be holding an action in San Francisco (24th & Mission) at 5:00 pm on March 5. If your group is planning a similar action, either on the 5th or near the 5th, please put the information and links in the comments so we can help spread the word.
Incidentally, if you want to get your own shirt like the one Hugo Chávez is wearing, they’re available (and now in full color!): http://www.freethefive.org/store.htm#tshirt

Organized by: The National Committee to Free the Cuban 5

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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – U.S.A

Rally to Free the Cuban 5
March 5 2020
4:30 – 5:30pm
Federal Plaza (Adams & Dearborn)
Chicago, IL
U.S.A

Dear friends, sisters and brothers

After serving his full sentence of 17 years and 9 month, Fernando Gonzalez has been released from the Federal Correctional Prison in Safford, Arizona.
Before he is allowed to return to his homeland and to his family he is detained for an unknown time in a federal immigration prison until his deportation back to Cuba.
Along with his family and the people of Cuba, justice minded people in Canada, the United States and around the world are advocating for Fernando’s release and the release of all Cuban 5.
Please join the rallies taking place in your cities this coming Wednesday, March 5th, for :
Justice and Freedom for ALL Cuban Five!

Organized by: The Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban 5

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NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT – U.S.A.

March 5, 2020
All Day
Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, Connecticut

President Obama will be speaking March 5th at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut.  Activists from the Greater Hartford Coalition on Cuba will be circulating an open letter to students, faculty, and community people who will be lined up to pass through the security checkpoint to hear the President.  We stand in solidarity with the rallies taking place in Canada, Mexico, the UK, the US and elsewhere.

Contact: Tim Craine Phone: (860) 586-8684. Email: [email protected]

Organized by: Greater Hartford Coalition on Cuba