TODAY, 5 PM (EDT): WBAI "Cuba in Focus" Prog. Features Ricardo Alarcon, Rev. Lucius Walker

[magbana]

ON MONDAY, MARCH 30TH AT 5pm NEW YORK TIME TUNE IN TO WBAI/PACIFICA RADIO-NEW YORK (99.5FM in New York) OR LOG ONTO WWW.WBAI.ORG (AT THE SAME TIME) FOR

"CUBA IN FOCUS MONTHLY MAGAZINE"

Featuring


a.. Remarks by Cuba's National Assembly President Ricardo Alarcon & Alicia Jrapko from the International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban Five on unprecedented international support for the US Supreme Court to review the case of The Five.

a.. Miami-based Journalist, Francisco Aruca, speaks with Host/Producer Sally O'Brien about recent changes in Cuba and US/Cuba relations
a.. Associate producer Margaret Gilpin speaks with Bob Guild - Program Director of Marazul Charters and a leading proponent of the Right to Travel to Cuba - about recent legislation easing some travel restrictions to the Island nation
a.. and The Reverend Lucius Walker - Excutive Director of IFCO//Pastors for Peace - gives an update on the ongoing attempt by the office of the Special Commissioner for Investigation (SCI) for the New York City Department of Education to hold IFCO and Rev. Walker in contempt. "The SCI’s stated purpose is an investigation of students and teachers who visited Cuba. Our understanding is that they are trying to do what OFAC has not been able to do - to punish IFCO for its efforts to end the blockade."
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a.. and do tune into our news section with Jay Potter and Margaret Gilpin and a special report on "When Africa called, Cuba Answered" by Fred Nguyen

[Judi Lynn]

1. Francisco Aruca, a hero in his own right for facing down the reactionaries in Miami, even when

they've firebombed his Marazul offices, and stormed into his RadioProgreso looking for him and beat up his employees, and harrassed and threatened him all these years. Excellent person, courageous man.

Did not know someone has figured out an angle to harass Lucius Walker. I hope they get their asses handed to them. It's a little late to be trying that crap with these great people, and heroes.

Hope to be able to hear this program. Thanks for the alert.

[magbana]

2. Thanks for highlighting Aruca and Rev. Walker is one person I would . . .

never want to go up against. He is one tough guy -- maybe the bullet he took in the leg while in Nicaragua made him a man of steel!

[roody]

5. It actually went into his butt.

I heard the story from him.

[Billy Burnett]

3. Thank you.

Just learned that 3 of The Cuban Five served in Africa on this show.

:hi:

[Judi Lynn]

4. I heard that, too! Mandela expresses such gratitude for Cuba's help.

People need to know our right-wing opposed Mandela from the first. Luckily their side lost, apartheid lost.

[roody]

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