> | Elian Action Alert - January 21, 2000
> |
> | Come to Miami on January 29! Help send Elian back to Cuba!
> |
> | Demonstrations will continue until Elian is actually in Cuba - no
> matter what other news happens.
> |
> | We're glad Elian's grandmother's are in the US, and hope they can take
> them home -- but it hasn't happened yet!
> |
> | Representatives from groups in over 70 cities throughout the US have
> met - in a series of conference calls - and unanimously agreed to call
> for a national action in Miami on Saturday, Jan 29 to be sponsored by the
> | National Committee to Send Elian back to his Father in Cuba.
> |
> | The Demonstration will be held between 11:00 and 2:00 on Saturday.
> People across the US are making travel plans to be in Miami on Jan 29
> to be a part of this historic event to take back the city from the right-
> wing
> | intimidation that has previously silenced those who would speak out to
> | reunite this child with his father in Cuba.
> |
> | We're going to Miami to demonstrate that the Miami Mafia can no longer
> | intimidate the residents of South Florida. The Cuban American
> National Foundation obviously does not understand nor support such
> concepts as "freedom of speech" and "right to peacefully assemble" - they
> didn' exist in Batista's Cuba and haven't been available in Miami in recent
> years. We will go there to witness that it is indeed possible to speak out.
> We are working with our friends in Congress to ensure that the Justice
> Department sends federal marshals, should that seem to be necessary.
> |
> | We understand, and honor, Elian's father's and grandparents' refusal
> to take part in the Miami media circus run by Armando Gutierrez or the
> corrupt judicial proceedings as personified by Judges Rosa Rodriguez,
> and Federal Judge James Lawrence King. King is the judge who has
> made a number of pro-CANF decisions, dismissed felony charges in 1993
> against Tony Briant, head of the right-wing para-military group Comandos L
> before the trial could go to jury because "Bryant didn't act like he
> committed
> a crime." and dismissed weapons charges against six Alpha 66 members
> because their attorneys argued that the defendants did not know that there
> were illegal weapons aboard their boat.
> |
> | We're posting a great deal of new background information on this case,
> re these judges, the family of the distant relatives in Miami, legal
> | information, etc on our web site <http://www.ifconews.org>
> |
> | This call for a National Demonstration in Miami came out of the
> success of local demonstrations and civil disobedience actions in New
> York City, Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago and other cities, as well as
> action in England, Canada and the Netherlands. More local and
> international demonstrations are planned and will continue until
> Eli=E1n is actually back in Cuba.
> |
> | AND IN THE MEANTIME:
> | Please Contact: Phone: Fax:
> | Attorney General Janet Reno 202/514-2001 202/307-6777
> | President Clinton and VP Gore 202/456-1111 202/456-2461
> | Your senators and representative in Washington can be reached
> through the Congressional Switchboard, 202/225-3121, and they
> are at their home district offices until January 27 - talk with them
> personally if you can.
> |
> | For more information: contact IFCO/Pastors for Peace, 402 W 145th
> Street,
> | NYC, NY 10031. Phone: 212/926-5757; fax: 212/926-5842; email:
> | ifco at igc.org; web: http://www.ifconews.org
> |
> | Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO)
> | Pastors for Peace
> | 402 W 145th St, NYC 10031
> | 212.926-5757; 212.926-5842 <http://www.ifconews.org>