Gerardo Hernandez sent a message on behalf of the Cuban Five to participants and organizers of the United States Social Forum which closed in Atlanta on Sunday: "Your cause is our cause and we know that with people like you, the future will be one of justice and peace. A better world is possible! Venceremos!"
Dear participants and organizers of the Atlanta Social Forum,
Please receive a warm greeting from Five Cubans who are serving long and injustice sentences in US prisons for defending our country against terrorism.
Many of you are coming to Atlanta from all over the country and from abroad to share your experiences and to seek a more just world.
From inside the prisons, we have been following the just struggles that all of you are involved in, from immigrant rights, to women’s equality, to working towards a safe environment, to the struggle against racism and discrimination, and to end the war and occupation of Iraq and elsewhere. You can be sure that all of your efforts only make our admiration for you grow.
Since 1998 we have been hostages of the failed US policy toward our country, Cuba. When we were arrested, no guns or explosives were found in our apartments, we never hurt anyone; yet, we have been sentenced collectively to four live sentences plus 75 years. Cuba like any other people of the world has the right to defend itself against terrorism. And that is exactly what we were doing. We were monitoring terrorist organizations based in Miami to prevent more violent actions against our homeland. Since 1959, almost 3,500 Cubans have been killed and many more have been disabled.
While the world has been pushed towards a so-called "war on terror", just last month, a notorious terrorist of Cuban origin, Luis Posada Carriles was freed. Another one, Orlando Bosch, his partner in crime is walking free in the streets of Miami. These two dangerous terrorists were the masterminds in the blowing up of a Cuban plane in 1976. Seventy-three innocent people were killed. The fact that crimes like that still lingers with no justice is a sign that we still have a long struggle in the world we live in.
Dear compañeras and compañeros, we wish you a great success in the Atlanta Social Forum. Your cause is our cause and we know that with people like you, the future will be one of justice and peace
A better world is possible!
Venceremos!
Rene Gonzalez, Antonio GuerreroRamon LabañinoFernando GonzalezGerardo Hernandez
June, 27, 2007
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