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One cannot help but laugh at the hypocrisy of the Canadian Comedy Club, also known as the “Peoples’ Tribunal & Assembly | Justice for the Five.” The following extractfrom theirwebsite (http://canadiannetworkoncuba.ca/tribunal/index.html) demanded comment:
“How will the Tribunal be run?
The tribunal will take place on September 22nd.
During the proceedings lawyers from Canada, Cuba and the US will
provide details of the areas where there was the greatest miscarriage of
justice in the courts of south Florida. The Tribunal will hear from
impact witnesses and also experts from Europe, Canada, the US and Cuba.
The families of the Cuban Five will bear testimony to their hardships
concerning the barriers to prisoner rights and denial of visits imposed
on them. [Emphasis added by Cuba Confidential]”
Webster’s dictionary defines tribunal as “a court or forum of
justice.” However, yesterday’s tribunal offered neither an open forum
nor justice. As noted above, the tribunal only heard evidence AGAINST
the United States. This unjust panel featured a de facto prosecuting
team, but made no allowance for a defense team or even an unbiased
fact-checker. Based on the arbitrary and prejudicial standards
emplaced, it is safe to say that this tribunal, given the chance, would
have convicted a squirrel of stealing acorns.
The People’s Tribunal was not only blatantly biased, but it also made
for very poor propaganda, as evidenced by the lack of media coverage.
But then again, perhaps that was the greatest justice of all……
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just see who are involved [source de cuba-canada propaganda machine: http://canadiannetworkoncuba.ca/tribunal/index.html]
Attending:
• Family members of the "Cuban Five" • Livio Di
Celmo, Victim of Terror, Montréal, Québec • Danny Glover, Actor U.S.A. •
Saul Landau, Award Winning Film Maker and Author • Gloria La Riva, Free
The Five, National Committee - U.S.A. • Cindy Sheehan, Anti–War
activist- U.S.A. • Tony Woodley, UNITE the UNION, UK • José Pertierra,
Lawyer, Washington, D.C. • Denis Lemelin, National President, Canadian
Union of Postal Workers • Isaac Saney, Professor, Dalhousie University,
Halifax • Arnold August, Writer, Montréal, Québec • Raymundo Navarro,
Central de Trabajadores de Cuba (CTC) • Julian Rivas, Journalist,
Venezuela • Wes Elliott, Grand River Territory • Keith Bolender,
Freelance Journalist and Author Based in Toronto • Richard Klugh, Lawyer
for the Cuban Five, USA • Ken Neumann, National Director for Canada,
United Steelworkers • Stephen Kimber, Professor of Journalism,
University of Kings College, Halifax • Alicia Jrapko, International
Committee to Free the Cuban Five, U.S.A. • William Sloan, Civil Rights
Lawyer, Montréal, Québec • Naveen Mehta, Labour Lawyer, United Food and
Commercial Workers • Marie Clarke Walker, Coalition of Black Trade
Unionists • Lee Maracle, First Nations Writer, Poet and Performing
Artist • Reverend Chris Levan, Minister, United Church of Canada • Abelardo Paisan Reyes, National Union of Education Workers (SNTECD), Cuba • Miguel Barnet, Writer and Novelist, Cuba
Sponsors:
• United Food and Commercial Workers • United
Steelworkers, Canada • Canadian Union of Postal Workers • Canadian
Network on Cuba • International Council of Latin American and
Caribbean Women - LATIN@S • The Worker to Worker, Canada-Cuba Labour
Solidarity Network • Carranza LLP • Canadian Cuban Friendship
Association - Toronto • Latin American and Caribbean Solidarity Network •
Canadian Union of Public Employees • Tim Louis, Tim Louis & Co,
Vancouver Lawyer and Vancouver City Councillor 1999 - 2005 • Canadian
Union of Public Employees, Local 4400 •
Ontario Federation of Labour
Endorsers:
• International Committee for the Freedom of the
Cuban Five, USA • National Network on Cuba, U.S.A. • Toronto Forum on
Cuba • Communist League/Ligue communiste • International Festival of
Poetry of Resistance • Canadian-Cuban Friendship Association of Kingston
• Dr. James Cockcroft, Montréal, Québec • Vancouver Communities in
Solidarity with Cuba • Canadian Cuban Friendship Association -
Vancouver • Free the Cuban 5 Committee Vancouver • La Asociación de
Cubanos Juan Gualberto Gómez • Socialist Action • The United Jewish
People's Order • Association United Ukranian Canadians Toronto Branch •
Manitoba-Cuba Solidarity Committee • Don Currie, Chair of Canada for
Peace and Socialism and associate member of the Canadian Peace Congress •
Brian Gordon Sinclair, Hemingway On Stage • The North Simcoe and
Muskoka Labour Council • NDP Socialist Caucus • Associazione Nazionale
di Amicizia Italia-Cuba • Jim Neill, Deputy Mayor, City of Kingston,
Ontario • Northstar Compass • Libby Davies, NDP-MP, Vancouver East • The
Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees (NUMGE) • Toronto
Haiti Action Committee • Toronto and York Region Labour Council • Barrio
Nuevo • "DISCUSSION" Wednesday evening public affairs program,
Vancouver Co-Op Radio, 102.7 FM (100.5 FM September 10th) • The Young
Communist League of Canada • UNITE the UNION, United Kingdom (U.K.) •
Latin American Trade Unionist Coalition (LATUC) • Communist Party of
Canada • Walter Lippmann, Editor, CubaNews newsgroup • Chicago Committee
to free the Cuban Five • Law Union of Ontario • Toronto
Bolivia Solidarity • Krittibas Literary Group of Toronto • Solidarity
with Iran - SI • House of Latin America (HOLA) • Common Frontiers •
International Socialists • Hamilton Friendship Association with Cuba •
Canadian Lawyers' Committee in Support of the Anti-Terrorist Cuban Five •
Ryerson Students' Union Local 24 – Canadian Federation of Students •
Sea of Red Open Collective [SoR(..)C]
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