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LOCAL Announcement :: Protest Activity

National Day of Action/No Asylum for Luis Posada Carriles

Monday, June 13 meet at the INS Building at 10 W Jackson at 5:00 pm. Call for no asylum for Luis Posada Carriles. Extradite him to Venezuela. End the 45-year U.S. war against Cuba. This Chicago demonstration is one of numerous locally coordinated protests in cities and towns across the country.
Monday, June 13
National Day of Action
No Asylum for Luis Posada Carriles
Extradite him to Venezuela
End the 45-Year U.S. War Against Cuba

Meet at 5:00 pm at the INS Building at 10 W Jackson

This demonstration is part of locally coordinated protests in cities and towns across the country. It will be happening at the same time a regional demonstration will be taking place in El Paso, TX outside of Posada's immigration hearing.

On April 12 Luis Posada Carriles, the notorious anti-Cuba terrorist and killer, appealed for asylum in the United States through his attorneys in Miami. After living openly in Miami for over a month, the federal government, bowing to intensifying public pressue, detained Posada on May 17 and charged him with illegally entering the United States. On May 19, it was announced that he will go before an immigration judge for a hearing on June 13 in El Paso, Texas. At that hearing, Posada's lawyer plans to resubmit his petition for asylum and argue that he should be considered a U.S. resident and allowed to remain in the country.

Venezuela has formally requested extradition of Luis Posada Carriles, to be tried for the bombing of Cubana Airlines flight 455, in which 73 people were killed on October 6, 1976. The Bush administration is so far refusing to honor the extradition treaty between the U.S. and Venezuela, due to the U.S. government's long-standing support for anti-Cuba terrorists. Posada Carriles was a CIA agent, trained in assassination, explosives and sabotage. Posada's terrorist history extends for decades. It is time for justice for his victims.

In the past month more that 20,000 letters have been sent to Bush and Congress as part of the "No Asylum for Posada- Extradition to Venezuela" campaign initiated by the A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) Coalition, and major press conferences have taken place on April 21 in Miami and on May 13 in Washington DC, helping to break through with mainstream media coverage of the case. This public pressure campaign has effectively ripped away the mask the Bush Administration wears on the issue of "terrorism." The transparent discrepancy between the official position that any country that harbors a terrorist is equally culpable for terrorist activities, and the Bush administrations's support and coddling of Posada and other anti-Cuban terrorists, has made plain for many people in the United States the reality of Bush's so-called "war on terrorism."

It is now more important than ever to oppose Posada being granted asylum in the U.S., to demand his extradition to Venezuela for trial, and call for an end to the U.S. government's 45-year war against Cuba.

The Call for this National Day of Action was initiated by the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition.

Local Chicago endorsements: Chicago Cuba Coalition, National Network on Cuba, Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban Five, The Nicaragua Solidarity Committee, National Lawyers Guild, 8th Day Center for Justice, Mexico Solidarity Network, National Boricua Human Rights Network, Gay Liberation Network, IFCO Pastors for Peace, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Socialist Workers Party, Chicago Organizing Group to Say No to the National Endowment for Democracy, Venceremos Brigade and Delegation to the 16th Festival of Youth and Students in Caracas, Venezuela in August 2005

To endorse this action call 773 878-0166 or email answerchicago (at) gmail.com

Demonstrations are taking place in El Paso, Miami, Washington DC, New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Rochester, Chicago, Charlotte, Hackensack, Minnesota, Milwaukee, Ontario and Vancouver and others
 
 

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