L.A. says ‘Free the 5’

WW photo: Scott Scheffer

The International Action Center displayed a huge banner from 8 to 10 a.m. during rush-hour traffic on the 101 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles on April 20 and at the CNN building in Hollywood from 4:45 to 7 p.m. later that day. The actions were in solidarity with the five Cuban anti-terrorists unjustly imprisoned in the U.S.

These actions were part of the national and international effort to stand up to “The Empire’s” attempts to make the Cuban 5 invisible, while discouraging unity with political prisoners in the U.S. Local actions like these, however, which are coordinated nationwide and around the world, will be the force that bends the prison bars forever. That is the battle of ideas that Fidel speaks about. Unity for justice will free the Cuban 5 and help save all political prisoners in the United States.

— Aracely Espinosa