The Popular Education Project to Free the Cuban 5

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http://www.freethecuban5.com
FreethecubanFIVE@hotmail.com
Free the Cuban 5 Hotline: 718-601-4751

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To update all supporters, The Popular Education Project to Free the Cuban 5
has a new Project email addrerss, so please update your address books:
freethecubanfive@hotmail.com

Download our January 2006 newsletter:
http://www.freethecuban5.com/JF5January2006.pdf

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ASSATA SHAKUR, THE CUBAN 5 AND FILIBERTO OJEDA RIOS: State Repression and
Terrorism

Friday January 20th, 2006 at 7pm St. Mary's Episcopal Church 521 W126th St.
(btwn. Amsterdam Ave. and Broadway)
Take the 1 or 9 train to W125th St. and Broadway

As the U.S. government continues its terrorist and repressive occupation of
Iraq, it has also waged a war against freedom fighters and revolutionaries
in the U.S.

In the past year, the U.S. government has increased the bounty on Assata
Shakur and added her name to the domestic terrorist list, has intervened in
the case of the Cuban 5 in order to undo the decision of the 11th Circuit
Court for a retrial, and masterminded the political assassination of Puerto
Rican revolutionary leader Filiberto Ojeda Rios!!

Join The Popular Education Project to Free the Cuban 5, Hands off Assata
Coalition and the ProLibertad Freedom Campaign for a night of discussion and
dialogue about U.S. terrorism and repression in our communities.

Program:
Benjamin Ramos, Popular Education Project to Free the Cuban 5
Frank Velgara, The ProLibertad Freedom Campaign
Desiree Gordon, Hands off Assata Coalition

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Join the 37th Contingent of the Venceremos Brigade!!!
Applications now available for July 2-17, 2006, work brigade to Cuba!!

Now is your opportunity to join the Venceremos Brigade's travel challenge,
to see Cuba, and to defend your constitutional right to travel.

Since 1969, over 8,000 Brigadistas have traveled to Cuba to see the Cuban
revolution for themselves and to take a stand against the unjust and immoral
U.S. policy towards our neighbor.

Over the years, Brigadistas have harvested sugar cane, citrus, and corn,
built housing, painted and repaired buildings - working side by side with
Cuban workers and students. At the same time, we meet with leaders of Cuba's
federations, mass organizations,and with artists, teachers, social workers,
and Cuban 'internationalists' (people who have served abroad, fighting
apartheid in Southern Africa or fighting disease throughout the world) and
many others. Our goal is to see and learn as much as possible and hear from
as many voices as we can. It is truly a life-changing experience.

The Venceremos Brigade has never requested a license from the U.S.
government to travel to Cuba. We believe it is our Constitutional right to
travel where we please. While the vast majority of the U.S. public supports
an end to the travel restrictions, the Bush Administration has increased
harassment of Cuban travelers and has eliminated almost all possibilities
for legal travel. In response, the VB has organized extremely successful
public travel challenges since 2002.

Many Brigadistas have received letters from the Department of the Treasury
demanding information and threatening fines. The government is reacting to
our challenge and we will continue to fight legally and politically - and
collectively - to resist these threats and to end the restrictions.

This is why we need more people than ever to participate in the 37th
Contingent, our 4th annual Travel Challenge.

Here is your chance to be on the cutting edge of the movement to end the
U.S. restrictions on travel to Cuba and to see Revolutionary Cuba with your
own eyes - If we don't stand up for our constitutional rights, who will?

This year we will be traveling to Cuba July 2-17, 2006, crossing the bridge
into Buffalo, New York, on July 17th. The VB will visit both the eastern and
western parts of the island, staying in a school near Santiago and in Havana
province at our international work camp. All Venceremos Brigade travel
challengers attend legal and other preparation sessions prior to the trip.
Contact us for more information and an application.

vbrigade@yahoo.com
www.venceremosbrigade.org
voice mail: 212-560-4360

Venceremos Brigade
PO Box 5202
Englewood, NJ 07631-5202
email: vbrigade@yahoo.com
voicemail: 212-560-4360
website: www.venceremosbrigade.org