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CUBAN LIBRARIES
SOLIDARITY GROUP
Our delegation included
60 educators, students and community activists from North America and
five other international locations. We came to learn more about the progress
of Whereas: humanity has always dreamt of a better world, one marked by equality, solidarity, and the ability of all people to survive and develop their human potential; and Whereas: The recent series of interventionist wars undertaken by the U.S. government seems to be only the beginning of a long process whose goal is world domination imposed through armed force; and Whereas: The immense protests against the war and in favor of peace demonstrated that the people of the world, including significant sectors of the North American people, reject this proposition as a goal of foreign policy; and
Whereas: The Bush administration does not hesitate to violate international rights and generalize the inhumane practices at Guantánamo; and Whereas: This same administration further does not hesitate to reduce the civil liberties of its own citizens and to destroy the democratic tradition of its own people; and Whereas: The administration does not hesitate to adopt attitudes and actions with hegemonic and racist characteristics; and Whereas: Cuba is at
the doorway of the empire and fears, not without reason, that it can be
one of the next targets, given that there are many signs that support
that fear: the growing media offensive, the accusation of terrorism, diverse
types of provocations, an increase in the Whereas: many of our group call upon those who have recently criticized the verdicts rendered by Cub's system of justice to more fully consider the context of those verdicts and the consequences of their public criticism. Therefore, be its resolved that: 1.We, the participants of the 15th Annual Cuban and North American Philosophers' and Social Scientist' Conference, deplore the imminent threat of war against Cuba posed by the U.S. government. 2.We call upon U.S, citizens to become aware of Cuba's grave situation and to take necessary steps to discourage and resist U.S. intervention. 3.We call upon the United Nations and its various agencies and commissions to assure that the United States abides by all UN resolutions, especially those calling for lifting the blockade against Cuba, rather than threatening invasion. Cuba deserves the right to pursue its social system, uninhibited by U.S. interference. 4.We call for justice for the five Cubans incarcerated in U.S. prisons after an unfair trial. Their efforts to combat terrorism against Cuba originating from U.S. soil are worthy of our gratitude, not of the harsh sentences they received. 5.In light of the grave dangers presented by U.S. belligerence and antagonism against Cuba, we call upon all members of our delegation and urge the citizens of the world to continue to defend Cuba's right to sovereignty.
6.Furthermore, we resolve to disseminate this statement, including but
not restricted to the following means: communications with colleagues
and deans, college and university publications, other professional publications,
letters to the editor and editors and other
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