You Are Invited to a City Wide Teach in on the Case Of

YOU ARE INVITED TO A CITY WIDE TEACH IN ON THE CASE OF THE CUBAN 5

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20

10am-4pm JohnJayCollege

445 W. 59th St. Lecture Hall 1311-N

New York City

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES BY ATTORNEYS LEONARD WEINGLASS, RAMSEY CLARK, LINDA BACKIEL, AND BY REVEREND LUIS BARRIOS AND REVEREND LUCIUS WALKER AND OTHERS.

SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY BOJAH, HIP HOP ARTIST THREATENED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY FOR TRAVELING TO CUBA.

On Saturday Nov 20 at John Jay College the New York Committee to Free the Cuban Five and the Puerto Rican/Latin American Studies Department at John Jay College along with Cuba solidarity groups will sponsor a teach in on the case of the Cuban Five.

In 1998, five Cubans were arrested in Florida for attempting to stop terrorist attacks on their beloved country, Cuba.

Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labaniño, Fernando Gonzalez, Antonio Guerrero and Rene Gonzalez are victims of a horrendous injustice that blatantly violates their human and civil rights. The case of the Cuban Five is undeniable proof of the arbitrariness and illegitimacy of legal proceedings to which they were submitted. Despite overwhelming proof of their innocence, today these Cubans languish in five U.S. prisons throughout the country.

The teach in will provide in-depth and current information on the case as well as discussion on how you can get involved in freeing the Cuban Five political prisoners.

Schedule:

10am: Opening Plenary with presentations by Leonard Weinglass and Linda Backiel, long time human rights defenders and activists. The attorneys will give a legal overview of the Case. Mr. Weinglass is Antonio Guerrero’s lawyer and

Presentations by Rev. Luis Barrios, Associate ProfessorJohnJayCollege and Anglican Priest and a leader of the Latin@ community and from representatives of the Free the Five Committee.

11:30am: 15minute Break

11:45: Workshops to include:the visa campaign to win visitation rights for the families of the five, media relations, outreach, U.S. Cuba relations and updates on the legal case.

2pm Closing Plenary: Hip Hop Performance by Bojah and presentations by Ramsey Clark and Rev. Lucius Walker.

Bojah, a.k.a. as Brock Satter, is the bandleader of “spoken soul hop” fusion group Bojah and the Insurrection. This year he received a letter from the US Department of Treasury requesting information on his recent trip to Cuba. The Department threatened penalties against him for failure to comply. Satter was a featured artist at the 9th annual Hip Hop Festival in Havana.

Ramsey Clark is a former U.S. Attorney General and a long time supporter of the Cuban Revolution. Rev. Lucius Walker has helped turn the tide for U.S. support of Cuba by carrying out historical challenges of the travel ban on Cuba and sending tons of humanitarian aid to Cuba.

1-2pm Lunch Break