Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 11:55 AM
To: walterlx@earthlink.net
Subject: HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
Importance: High
DEAR WALTER
Here's
a report on the CubaNews list's
anniversary which you can read here:
CubaNews enters its fifth year (August 2004)
Read some of
our anniversary greetings:
From:
Ricardo Alarcón
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 9:25 AM
To: Walter Lippmann
Subject: CubaNews anniversary
Dear Walter:
Congratulations
on the anniversary of Cuba News,
a very complete and well-documented news service
about Cuba that fills a huge gap present in the
US mainstream media.
Congratulations for your daily work providing
that kind of information.
Best regards,
Ricardo
Alarcón
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August 31, 2004
Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit
Congratulations to CubaNews on completing four years of
steady service!
NY Transfer has been a contributor to the Yahoo CubaNews
mailing list since its inception. The list has grown, and
also changed considerably. We particularly miss the
original contributions from the late Jon Hillson, who died
early this year, and those of Jose G. Perez, a co-founder
of the list who is no longer very active on it.
However, new people, such as those Walter acknowledges,
are always joining and adding to the list's diversity. It's an
excellent source of info on international solidarity events
and campaigns. CubaNews contains a great deal of mainstream
news, some of it from hostile sources like the Miami
Herald, so it's a good research resource and useful
supplement to solidarity and alternative news sources.
Here's hoping that the next four years will see us all
reporting lots of positive news about victories for Cuba
and defeats for her enemies. -NY Transfer
Search the NYTr Archives at:
http://olm.blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/
To subscribe or unsubscribe or change your settings via the web,
visit:
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Information for the Rest of Us
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From: Jose G. Perez elgusanorojo@bellsouth.net
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 9:50 AM
To: Cubanews@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CubaNews] On the fourth anniversary of CubaNews
I think the fourth birthday of this list marks a significant milestone.
The
CubaNews list was a byproduct of the world-wide movement
to free Elián González, and especially in the United States.
At
that time a number of us were trying to follow that case closely,
and we were posting many things to a list called CubaSi, which
still exists, by the way, although its character now is mostly a
catch-all of announcements from various groups and currents.
The
problem, as is often the case with email lists dealing with
politics on the Internet, is that CubaSi had evolved from its
initial focus on Cuba, and that the sheer volume of strictly
news items on Cuba was drowning out everything else.
Discussing
this with Walter and others, and with the agreement
of the CubaSi moderators, we started the list. Originally it was
meant to be a "daughter list" of CubaSi, with all discussion on
the other list. That's not the way it worked out, but that's o.k., too.
Walter
remembers there being more than 100 subscribers
initially, but that's not my recollection. There were only a few
dozen after a few weeks.
From
the outset the mission of the list was what it remains
today -- to bring to people a wide range of news and
commentary about Cuba that would otherwise be very hard
for one person to find. And from the first, although I was the
nominal initiator of the list, it was Walter who took the initiative
to create what has by now become a very broad and deep
repository of information.
I
can't say that I saw eye to eye with Walter on his approach
to the list. I was thinking more in terms of a few posts a day,
rather than a couple of dozen. But Walter kept on plugging
away, and I think time has vindicated the usefulness of the
more comprehensive approach he espoused from the outset.
Another
person who deserves mention in the founding of
the list is Kelly from New York Transfer. She was away for
a while and it is nice to see she's back.
Since
its first days the list has expanded tremendously.
The credit for that goes to the active posters and especially
Walter. It's been a long time since I've played an active role
here, in part precisely because others have taken care of
things much more thoroughly than I could have.
The
aspect of the list that I now most look forward to is
one that wasn't there from the beginning. That is Walter's
chronicles from his frequent trips to Cuba, and other
comments based on what he has learned on those outings.
I look forward to reading many more of those in the future.
As
for the list's success and usefulness, I think the numbers
speak for themselves. There are nearly 650 subscribers
and the numbers increase steadily. In addition, many other
people see Cuba News material through reposting on other
lists. It makes an important and distinct contribution.
For
that, we should give a well-deserved round
of applause to Walter.
Jose
G. Perez co-founder, CubaNews list
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From:
Eric Gordon
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 2:02 PM
To: walterlx@earthlink.net
Subject: Cuba News Testimonial
I am in a somewhat different position, perhaps, than many
other readers of CubaNews, in that once or twice a year
I
have occasion to lead Jewish solidarity groups to Cuba,
through the auspices of Judeo Global Outreach, based in
New
York, and The Workmen's Circle, a national progressive
Jewish organization.
Day after day, CubaNews gives me the kind of detailed
background on every conceivable dimension of Cuban reality
(and sometimes unreality), so that when I meet my group
I
am always better informed than I was the last time, can ask
timely questions of our hosts, and can answer many of our
participants' questions. I feel as though I have joined a
special elite club of people who are, against all
expectations
in this society, exceptionally well informed
about Cuba.
Walter moderates CubaNews in a manner worthy of a college
professor. All sides of the discussion are permitted, but
he acts as a gentle guide and teacher, pointing out some of
the rhetorical or factual problems we should watch out for
as we read. In other words, he is encouraging a brand of
committed, but critical thinkers, able to absorb and digest
not only the upbeat, positive news but also that which is
less flattering to Cuba today. Walter is clear-eyed, smart,
and dedicated. I can't think of a better combination. We
all owe Walter a huge debt of gratitude.
Eric
A. Gordon, PhD Director,
The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring
Southern California District
Los Angeles, California
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From: silvio gonzalez [Prensa Latina]
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 11:56 AM
To: walterlx@earthlink.net
Subject: HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Dear Walter:
Our collective, and specially Frank, wish to congratulate
you. Thank you for the effort and time you give to the Cuba
News Website and for letting our message be heard in the
belly of the monster.
Wish you all the best for the future.
Un abrazo,
Prensa
Latina
=========================
From: Wayne Smith
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 12:56 PM
To: walterlx@earthlink.net
Subject: CubaNews
Walter: This is to express appreciation to CubaNews on the
completion of another year of service. It provides
comprehensive coverage of almost everything that goes on
that has to do with Cuba and Cuba's relations with the rest
of the world. I don't know how I could keep up with things
without it. Thanks for your hard
work!
Wayne Smith
=============================
From:
Elsy Fors [Prensa-Latina]
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 2:13 PM
To: walterlx@earthlink.net Subject:
From Elsy
Walter,
congratulations on your fifth anniversary,
who could say you were so young?
Glad to receive your stuff, very useful and
hope I can see you around soon.
How do you find our plenglish.com?
Elsy
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From: Bob Schwartz
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 2:06 PM
To: CubaNews@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CubaNews] Congratulations and best wishes
Dear Walter,
Your persistent and comprehensive coverage of Cuba news
is
unequaled, and I couldn't imagine a morning without your
insightful commentary. On behalf of everyone at the Disarm
Education Fund, you have my deepest gratitude for your hard
work and dedication to investigating and distributing
crucial information about Cuba that is sadly absent from
our commercial media.
Best wishes to you and CubaNews in your continued efforts
in our collective struggle for a more intelligent and
humane foreign policy.
Warm regards, Bob
--
Bob Schwartz
Executive Director
Disarm Education Fund
113 University Place
New York, NY 10003
tel 212-353-9800
fax 212-353-9676
email: bschwartz@disarm.org
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From:
Tom Miller
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 3:05 PM
Like most people, I receive a ton of e-mails daily, and
that's not counting the spam. I've got a pretty fast delete
finger, but I invariably slow down when something from
CubaNews comes across the transom.
Some of the material I act on immediately, many times
I
find the introductory opinions excessively solidarity or
irritatingly wrong-headed, some dispatches I save for
future reference, and a certain percentage of the reports
I
disagree with --which makes the service all the more
valuable. With all those caveats, I'm entirely impressed
with the service and hope it continues culling and
distributing. You can never tell what you'll learn from a
report unless you open it.
Perhaps no one was intrigued with the history of the FOCSA
building that was among the e-mails a few weeks ago, but as
I lived there for many months a number of years ago,
I
saved and printed it out. It's like Martí - there's
something for everyone if you look hard enough.
Tom Miller
Author,
"Trading with the Enemy:
A Yankee Travels Through Castro's Cuba"
Editor, "Travelers' Tales - Cuba"
NOTE FROM WALTER
Tom Miller's TRADING WITH THE ENEMY,
is a fine book
which came out in 1994 and which would be informative
reading for anyone. I past it on to friends in Cuba and
recommend the book widely. You can find a raft of
references in it to people, places and things just not
mentioned elsewhere. He responds promptly often the
MOST promptly to materials sent out from CubaNews.
I have no choice but to read his mail as so often he's the
first one to respond and catch my errors. My enthusiasm
sometimes gets the better of me, so it's helpful to know
that Tom is at the ready to catch them and call me on them.
He never rubs my nose in them, but being a something of a
failed perfectionist, I rush to post corrections when they
are caught. When I asked readers to send in notes marking
the start of the fifth year of the CubaNews list, I asked
for comments, suggestions and criticism. Tom Miller was
no surprise at all, the first reader to take up my offer.
==================================
From:
Harry Nier <yankeefidel@iopener.net>
Date: Tue Aug 31, 2004 4:02pm Subject: Re:
your news service is the best!!!!!
- HANDS OFF CUBA COALITION OF COLORADO
- COLORADO CUBA INFORMATION COMMITTEE
- FREE THE U.S. JAILED CUBAN 5 NOW!
- DENVER/HABANA FRIENDSHIP CITIES PROJ ECT
feliz cumpleanos!-----(yf)
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From: "NPV" NELSON VALDES
Date: Tue Aug 31, 2004 5:42 pm
Subject: Brief note
To Walter and all those who make CubaNews possible:
The
CubaNews service is a useful and relentless effort;
it is a notable tool that expresses solidarity and at the
same time enhances the political knowledge that we
have about the island.
We at Cuba-L Direct fully appreciate the work and use it.
Thank you.
Nelson
Valdes
=======================================
From:
"Fred Feldman" <ffeldman@bellatlantic.net>
Date: Wed Sep 1, 2004 6:39 am
Subject: Long live Cuba News!
If CubaNews did not exist, we would definitely have to
invent it. Fortunately Walter Lippmann has saved us the trouble.
Cuba News is absolutely indispensable for seeing Cuba in
the real world -- the world in which the revolution is not
isolated and declining failure, as the US presents it, but
an inspiring force in world politics -- a revolutionary
country that is contributing to changing the lives of
millions in Venezuela with doctors and teachers, that
helped bring about the fall of apartheid and consolidating
the independence of Angola, that has stood at every point
against the US aggression in Iraq. A small but growing
power in a world while a still very powerful, dangerous,
and arrogant imperialism gets tangled in more difficulties
at home and abroad.
Where else can you find out in detail about the continuing
decline of the embargo and the campaign to isolate Cuba
despite Washington's fierce hatred and loud talk?
Where else can you find out about the social and political
changes and debates that are occurring across Cuba?
The creation and maintenance of this list has been a
priceless contribution to the struggle for freedom.
Fred
Feldman
==========================
September
1, 2004
Dear Walter,
Many
congratulations on the anniversary of CubaNews.
A great resource and one that Ocean Press uses every day.
Best wishes,
David
Deutschmann
Ocean Press
http://www.oceanbooks.com.au/
===================================
From:
CHUCK ANDERSON
Date: Wed Sep 1, 2004 12:09 am S
ubject: ¡Feliz coumpliaños a CubaNews!
Feliz cumpliaños a CubaNews,
Walter. brother and comrade, Many, many thanks for CubaNews
and all of the good work that you are doing to make this a
better world. Every day and every night, you fill our lives
with news and events of Cuba, Mexico, Central, South
America and the world as it pertains to our lives and our
direction. Please, continue to pack our minds and pages
with truth, politics, history, art and culture.
Hasta la Victoria siempre,
Chuck
Anderson
Rancho El Aguacate,
Anaheim, CA
=====================================
From: "eva.bjorklund"
Date: Wed Sep 1, 2004 1:28 am
Subject: Re: [CubaNews] Many congratulations
And the
same from Stockholm, Sweden, where
I start every morning with CubaNews,
Eva Björklund
======================================
From: Shirley Pate (Washington, D.C.)
Date: Wed Sep 1, 2004 0:20pm
Subject: Thanks Cuba News
Hi Walter:
Just wanted to let you know how helpful the Cuba News list
has been in helping to discern "what's really going on"
regarding Cuba. In addition, I want to thank you for
including pertinent news about Venezuela and Haiti -- two
countries that have been spewed with the same kind of
poisonous US foreign policy venom as Cuba.
Congratulations and keep up the good work!!
Shirley Pate
Member of No War on Cuba
Co-Director
of the Haiti-Cuba-Venezuela Project
============================
From:
Lázaro Herrera
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 1:40 PM
To: CubaNews@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CubaNews] Happy birthday Cubanews!
Happy
birthday Walter!
Happy birthday Cubanews!
And many thanks for your valuable contribution to the
common purpose of letting more and more people know about
Cuba. I deeply value the profound meaning of what the
Cubanews family has done to show the truth about Cuba, just
as a lighthouse in the middle of the night.
Thanks, Walter, also for being not only a moderator, but a
good guide for all those trying to have a better
understanding about Cuban reality.
Lazaro
Herrera
Press Officer
Cuban Interests Section
Washington, DC
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From:
Maria Elena Letford
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 8:20 AM
To: walterlx@earthlink.net
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS FROM CUBASI
Importance: High
Dear Walter,
I
feel proud of people like you, who are able
to turn words into actions supportive of the
Cuban cause on the one hand, provide other
peoples' different viewpoints on our reality
as well as your own with honesty and
transparency on the other.
All the best to you and Cubanews!!!
María
Elena Letford
Translator
Cubasi
webpage
http://www.cubasi.cu/
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From: Pastors for Peace DC [mailto:oburlingame@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 9:18 AM To:
CubaNews@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CubaNews] Looking forward to more great work!
Wonderful job Walter!
On behalf of the Ecumenical Program on Central America
and the Caribbean (EPICA) and Pastors for Peace-DC
we'd like to thank you for all of your hard work and look
forward to benefiting from it in the future!
Sincerely,
Olivia Burlingame Goumbri
Olivia
Burlingame Goumbri
Co-Director EPICA Director
Alternatives to Globalization and Militarization
1470 Irving St, NW, 2nd floor Washington DC 20010
tel: 202-332-0292 fax: 202-332-1184
www.epica.org alternatives-usa@epica.org
===================================
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 11:55 AM
To: walterlx@earthlink.net
Subject: HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
Importance: High
DEAR WALTER
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIRST FOUR YEARS
OF HARD BUT FRUITFUL WORK IN CUBANEWS.
GLAD YOU TOOK A FEW MINUTES TO LOOK AT
YOURSELF, YOUR COLLABORATORS AND YOUR
RESULTS: AMAZING! CUBANOW IS ABOUT TO
BECOME ONE YEAR OLD NEXT MONTH.
I WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOUR
EARLY AND TIMELY SUGGESTIONS AND HELP.
BEST OF LUCK.
-JORGE LUNA
====================================
From: "Susan Hurlich" <delfines@enet.cu>
Date: Thu Sep 2, 2004 0:25pm
Subject: Congratulations to CubaNews
Hello Walter:
Thank you so much for all the work you do with
CubaNews.
It has many positive features, too many to mention here. One,
though, I want to particularly underscore: CubaNews is one
of the few news services that provides articles that illuminate
Cuba "in the world", on the one hand, and that provides
insight into "daily life and local issues", on the other hand.
Keep up this excellent work.
Susan
Hurlich
Canadian-American journalist
living and working in Cuba
=================================
From: nia purpose
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2004 7:12 AM
To: walterlx@earthlink.net
Subject: shout outs
Walter,
As my
young folks from the hip hop community would say;
“Yo, mad props to Cuba News for keeping it real, on point
and spreading righteous word about Cuba these past
4 years.” Shout out to Sista, Mariela Castro Espin for
dealing with 5-0, helping in making them LGBTQ friendly.”
Translation:
Congratulations to Cuba News for the last
4 years of providing responsible and informative
information about Cuba. Special recognition is given to
Mariela Castro Espin for her attempts to sensitize the
police department around LGBTQ issues.
As my
6 year old granddaughter would say;
“You’re doing 2 thumbs up, cool and awesome work.”
To
both Cuba News and M. Castro Espin, thank you
for your efforts in keeping the uniformed, knowledgeable;
jobs well done.
nehanda
===================================
From: Sandra
Levinson slevinson@cubanartspace.net
Sent:
Thursday, September
02, 2004 6:21 PM
To: Walter
Lippmann
Subject:
CUBANEWS 5TH ANNIVERSARY
Dear Walter,
CubaNews is such an integral part of our daily existence
that we cannot imagine life without you. You enrich and
inform our days. For me specifically, your information
has the sanguine effect of keeping high my level of
outrage at the world's injustices -- and this is exactly
what one needs to keep going in the face of what often
seem overwhelming odds.
And if others do what I do, forward the most important
news about Cuba to their e-mail lists, the influence of
CubaNews is multiplied many times over the number of
subscribers.
You've created something terrific, Walter, and here at
the Center for Cuban Studies we are all filled with
admiration for your persistence and endless curiosity.
I am looking forward to your mini-analysis of
Mel Martinez' comments . . .
Sandra Levinson
Center for Cuban Studies
==========================================
From:
"maria" <montelibre@att.net>
Date: Thu Sep 2, 2004 11:59 pm
Subject: Felicitaciones!!!
Congratulations for your fourth birthday,
CubaNews!!!
It is really a pleasure to come home every day knowing that
we are going to get the real stuff about what's going on,
in Cuba and also elsewhere. All we have to do is turn on
the internet, and here it is, at the tip of our fingers.
And all that thanks to you, CubaNews, and to all the people
giving of themselves so that the world can know the truth
about Cuba. CubaNews fills an enormous void left by our
"democratic" corporate "free press." Thanks a million to
all those who are dedicating their time , energy, and love,
to make a success of CubaNews, so that the American
people can have access to the latest in our precious island.
Hasta la Victoria Siempre!!!
Maria Montelibre
[Maria is one of our
growing team of volunteer translators.
She helps bring more news and information
from the
Cuban media to the English-speaking audience.
We're VERY grateful for
her work.]
==================================
From: Jim Odling [mailto:odlingj@pipeline.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 9:26 PM
To: CubaNews@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CubaNews] Thanks for all the essential
work of the last four years
I have
subscribed to CubaNews since it began.
I see CubaNews as a source of critical information
that another world, saner and healthier, is possible,
and long overdue. Almost daily I send essays,
especially on health and the environment, posted
at CubaNews to colleagues, friends and family.
Defense of Cuba and support to its accomplish-
ments are essential for a better world for all the
species that live on it.
Walter, thanks for the diligent and smart work!
Jim
Odling
==============================
From: Jane Franklin janefranklin@hotmail.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 10:29 AM
To: Walter Lippmann
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!
Dear Walter,
You
have truly changed the level, both quantitatively and
qualitatively, of
knowledge about Cuba and about US policy
toward Cuba. Please keep it up but also please look after
yourself because we need each other now more than ever.
(By the way, I love that photo by Estela.)
siempre,
Jane
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From: RadioProgreso@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004, 8:40 P.M.
To: walterlx@earthlink.net
Subject: Congratulations!
Walter:
Congratulations on the anniversary of your efforts.
We all benefit from it.
Francisco Aruca
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From: Cacf2@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 9:39 PM
To: walterlx@earthlink.net
Subject: OUR RESPECT AND GRATITUDE
Dear Walter,
I
maybe one of the last ones to wish you a Very Happy
IV Anniversary! and remind you of our eternal gratitude
for the wonderful educational work that you have patiently
provided to all of us.
There
have been a historical void, that made any attempt
to explore, explain or document the underlying causes of
the US-CUBA differendo literally impossible, until you said,
enough, and have since done a phenomenal work in
narrowing this gap.
Personally
and on behalf of many others who may have
not publicly expressed their respects, we can only ask
you to please accept our very Sincere Thank You and
let it continue to flow.
Alberto
N. Jones
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From:
Bob Guild bguild@marazulcharters.com
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 8:07 AM
Hi Walter,
I've
been meaning to add to the comments from your
many friends and subscribers: I begin each day opening
your emails, reading them through, forwarding them to
others, sorting them for later reference: absolutely
indispensable to our movement. Always especially
helpful with your editorial guidance and messages.
Thank you Walter for everything!
Warmly
Bob
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