Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- [Via Communist Internet... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] [Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] . . ----- Original Message ----- From: SolidNet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 7:18 PM Subject: CP USA, Caravan defies Cuba blockade http://www.solidnet.org News, documents and calls for action from communist and workers' parties. The items are the responsibility of the authors. Join the mailing list: info/subscribe/unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] . ====================================================================================== ====================== CP USA, Caravan defies Cuba blockade ----------------------------------------------- From: RedNet, Tue, 04 Sep 2001 http://www.cpusa.org , mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ====================================================================================== ========================= ACROSS THE COUNTRY Caravan defies Cuba blockade By W.T. Whitney Jr. People's Weekly World Coburn Gore, Maine - At noon Aug. 18, U.S. Customs officers here found themselves in a face-to-face confrontation with 75 determined opponents of the economic blockade against Cuba. A caravan of 23 cars and trucks had arrived carrying medical supplies for Cuban hospitals and doctors. Let Cuba Live, a group from Maine in solidarity with Cuba, had organized the humanitarian donation. Other Maine social justice groups joined in on the border challenge along with supporters of Pastors for Peace of New York, accompanied by the leader of that organization, Rev. Lucius Walker. On the other side of the border, members of the Caravane d'Amitie Quebec-Cuba were waiting to provide support. Customs officials offered Let Cuba Live one more chance to obtain the required license for humanitarian donations to Cuba. The answer, as always, was "no." As soon as it was known that the shipment of 130 boxes would be seized, the protesters began carrying boxes to the border by hand. 90 boxes were passed over to the Canadians on the other side. The rest were seized. There were no arrests. On July 2, Let Cuba Live had mounted an earlier challenge to the blockade. On that day 13 people delivered 40 boxes into the waiting arms of their Canadian friends, in defiance of a seizure order. Customs officials grabbed 45 boxes. The same day, Pastors for Peace took the 12th Friendshipment into Mexico, without a trace of interference by the U.S. government. Let Cuba Live members recall that in October 1999, unimpeded, they had shipped four truckloads of supplies for Cuba to Montreal. Clearly, the U.S. government is now putting up the appearance of strict enforcement of embargo regulations regarding licensure. Refusing to enter into complicity with cruel, immoral laws, the two Cuba solidarity organizations refuse to secure the license required by embargo laws. In l996, Rev. Walker and three others fasted for 94 days to persuade the U.S. government to allow 420 computers to be delivered to Cuban hospitals. A similar spirit of resistance has been apparent this summer in Coburn Gore, as shown by the diverse group of protesters. Among them was 90-year old Irv Wolfe of New Jersey, a veteran of 12 Pastors for Peace shipments to Cuba. Let Cuba Live designated the action as a success. The last chant directed to federal authorities by the departing crowd was, "We'll be back." Plans are now underway for actions directed at securing the release of the medical supplies still held by the U.S. government. A petition for the release of the material seized on July 2 has yet to bear fruit. *End* ------------------------------------------------- This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old stopnato @listbot.com that has been shut down ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9spWA Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [email protected] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
