Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 13:57:46 -0600 From: Karmabuena-AT-aol.com (by way of Scott Marshall <scott-AT-rednet.org>) Subject: Pastors need your help IFCO RECEIVES SUBPOENA TO TESTIFY BEFORE GRAND JURY February 10, 1996 The Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO) and Pastors for Peace, an information and action project of IFCO, have in the past four years challenged the morality, humanity and legality of the U.S. foreign policy towards Cuba, know as the Cuban trade embargo, by delivering humanitarian aid collected by thousands of individuals, churches, schools and organizations and in turn educating the communities where the aid was collected about the effects and rational of said policy. The efforts by IFCO-Pastors for Peace and so many other groups and organizations to inform U.S. citizens about this policy has been won in the court of popular opinion as is evident in the ever increasing amount of U.S. and world citizens speaking out against the embargo of Cuba. Now we have been presented with an opportunity to take this struggle to a different battle ground. On Wednesday, February 7, 1996 the battle to change U.S. policy took on new proportions when IFCO-Pastors for Peace was served with a subpoena to testify before a federal grand jury in Buffalo, NY. The subpoena demands records from IFCO-Pastors for Peace fourth and fifth "Friendshipment" caravans to Cuba in November 1994 and July 1995. The records requested involve almost every aspect of information regarding the caravan including information regarding our sister organizations in Canada. This attack on IFCO-Pastors for Peace comes at a time when the solidarity movement has stepped up it's efforts against the embargo, including our current caravan which was stopped at the border in San Diego of which all the medical aid was confiscated by the U.S. Customs Department. The focus of this subpoena must be made clear. We must respond with the full force of the Cuba solidarity community. Since the first challenge to the embargo we have been seeking the situation where we can change this policy. Most of us have worked very hard and succeeded in reaching out and educating our brothers and sisters in the U.S. about this policy. This is the moment we have been waiting for. When the INFOMED caravan was stopped at the San Diego border, it set the stage for an even stronger response on our part. We ask that you respond by sending a representative from your community, church or organization to either Burlington, Vermont or San Diego, California on February 17, to challenge the embargo of Cuba once again. Already hundreds of people along the West and East coast are mobilizing to come to Burlington and San Diego. The enthusiasm and resolve that is being demonstrated is inspiring. Only with your presence and participation can we demonstrate the length and breath of this movement. For more information and your registration form, call Pastors for Peace at (612) 870-7121 or IFCO at (212) 926-5757. --- from list marxism-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- ------------------
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