>Fra: jc markatos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sendt: 22. januar 2000 21:44 >Til: The surge mailing list >Emne: [surge] PROTEST Elian's "capture" IN Miami, and/or by phone/email > >Friends of Peace with Justice, > >On Saturday, January 29, a lot of people will converge on a select target >in Miami to protest the continued game that is being played with ELIAN >GONZALEZ washed ashore and, for all practical purposes, kidnapped in the >land of the free. > >It is time to stop playing games and send Elian home. >A national group has been organized by the indominable >Lucius Walker of Pastors For Peace. The new group is to be called >THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO RETURN ELIAN GONZALEZ TO HIS FATHER >and our goal is to do just that. > >If you want to stay in contact with this effort and particularly if you >can think of any circumstance in which you would be able to get to Miami >next Saturday, January 29 hit REPLY and tell me about it. > >Visit the IFCO website for more info: >http://www.ifconews.org > >Luchando > >Forwarded from (Dr.) Joe W. Straley >Witness For Peace/Pastors of Peace (Chapel Hill, NC) > >PS Read on!! > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 14:41 >From: ifco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Miami Demonstration to Take Elian Home > > 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 else happens. > >We're glad Elian's grandmothers are in the US, and hope they can take him >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 hold 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't 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 actions in >England, Canada and the Netherlands. More local and international >demonstrations are planned and will continue until Elian 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 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] >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: >[EMAIL PROTECTED]; 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> > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Cuba SI: http://www.egroups.com/group/cubasi/ >Imperialism NO! Venceramos! >Information and discussion about Cuba. >Discussion of the path of Ernesto Che Guevara. > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >For the fastest and easiest way to backup your files and, access them from >anywhere. Try @backup Free for 30 days. Click here for a chance to win a >digital camera. >http://click.egroups.com/1/337/0/_/30563/_/948674449/ > >-- Easily schedule meetings and events using the group calendar! >-- http://www.egroups.com/cal?listname=cubasi&m=1 > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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