Jailed for defending Cuba
Free the Miami 5
By Deirdre Griswold
New York
Everyone who opposes the U.S. government's predatory foreign
policy knows that these days you're supposed to keep your head
down for fear of being labeled a sympathizer with
terrorism.
But that didn't keep a lively crowd from attending a meeting
here Nov. 10 supporting five Cubans who have been jailed by the
United States because they defended their homeland from
terrorists in Miami.
Jennifer Wager of IFCO/Pastors for Peace and the New York
City Free the Five Committee explained to the crowd at St.
Mary's Episcopal Church in Harlem that the five Cubans, who
were arrested in 1998 by the FBI, had done nothing more than
monitor the actions of right-wing groups in Miami that have
caused death and destruction in Cuba.
Maggie Becker, companion of Antonio Guerrero, one of the
five, reinforced that view, as did Luis Miranda of Casa de las
Americas, who himself bears the scars of a terrorist attack on
progressive Cubans.
The program included a rough cut of a forthcoming video of
interviews with family members of the five, taped by
award-winning videographer Gloria La Riva in Havana.
The event was chaired by Teresa Gutierrez of the
International Action Center and the Free the Five
Committee.
Reprinted from the Nov. 22, 2001, issue of
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