The Militant - October 25, 2010 -- Actors, artists, musicians back freedom for Cuban 5

Vol. 74/No. 40 October 25, 2010

Actors, artists, musicians
back freedom for Cuban 5

BY CINDY JAQUITH
More artists have added their names to the letter to President Barack Obama encouraging him to issue an executive clemency order on behalf of the Cuban Five. The letter is being circulated by Actors and Artists United for the Freedom of the Cuban Five, chaired by actors Danny Glover and Edward Asner.

In asking Obama to free the five, the letter states, “We are dismayed that the Cuban Five, who have committed no crime against the United States nor posed any threat to this country’s national security, have now been imprisoned for 12 years. The Five monitored the activities of violent groups of Cuban exiles in Miami, activities that had already resulted in the deaths of thousands of Cuban nationals.”

Among new signers are film stars Sean Penn and Mike Farrell; Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes as well as Pete Seeger and Bonnie Raitt; theologian Frei Betto; filmmaker Oliver Stone; and cinematographer Haskell Wexler.

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