The Cuban people speak out on Iraq, "dissent", and fascism

["Eli Stephens" <elishastephens@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Published on Tuesday, June 3, 2003 by the Chicago Tribune

Letter from Havana: Rallying Against the American Menace
On the heels of a crackdown on dissidents, 372,000 Cubans have signed a
denunciation of U.S. `fascism.'
by Gary Marx

HAVANA -- First came the writers and musicians. Then the doctors and nurses.
Now, hundreds of thousands of Cubans are taking a stand against an alleged
U.S. plot to take over the world.

So far, at least 372,158 people have signed a declaration that criticizes
the U.S. war in Iraq and defends Cuba's crackdown on dissent as a necessary
measure in the face of an imminent U.S. attack on the island.

Everyone from legendary ballerina Alicia Alonso to Grammy-winning musician
Chucho Valdes to the Cuban Esperanto Society to the Cuban Association of
Cocker Spaniels has joined a campaign that's been labeled here as the
Worldwide Anti-Fascist Front.

Full: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0603-09.htm

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