Mary-Alice Waters

"In the United States the judge will often give you the stiffest sentence allowed just because you went to trial, just for not pleading guilty. Everything we're talking about here is the product of capitalism. . . . There's no solution within the US justice system, no reform that will change it."--Antonio GuerreroIn an interview conducted in August and December 2015, Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando González, and René González talk about their experiences show more as part of the US working class during their up to 16 years behind bars on federal frame-up charges of "conspiracy" to commit espionage. Known the world over as the Cuban Five, they discuss prospects for Cuba's socialist revolution as well.With an introduction by Mary-Alice Waters. Includes twenty-four pages of photos of others incarcerated with the Five; in visits around the world thanking the "jury of millions" who fought for and won their freedom from prison; and in discussions with Cuban workers, students, and others. show less

Socialism can be built only by free men and women working together to lay the foundations for a new society and transforming themselves in the process. That commitment was championed in action by Ernesto Che Guevara in the early years of the Cuban revolution. It remains a living legacy for Cuban working people today.