From their web site:
Cuba is one of the most beautiful and fascinating countries on Earth—and George Bush says you can’t go there. Well, we’re going anyway, and we invite you to join us!
This New Year’s CODEPINK will be organizing a large group of fun-loving and freedom-loving Americans to break George Bush’s ban on travel to Cuba. Join co-founders Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans, together with other prominent activists from around the country, as we visit with farmers at their co-ops, doctors at their family clinics, dancers at the National Folklore Group, and young people at the ballpark. Don’t miss this historic chance to dance salsa, drink mojitos, and visit beautiful beaches—all while defending our constitutional rights!!!
The federal restrictions barring travel to Cuba are not only counterproductive and outmoded in this post-Cold War context, but also a violation of our constitutional freedom to travel.
Interesting but incorrect viewpoints. US restraints on travel to Cuba go back to the final days of the Eisenhower administration. I'm not aware of any clause in the constitution granting the right of Americans to travel to hostile nations.
Where will the Codepinkos be staying? Most of the hotels catering to tourists in Cuba are off-limits to Cubans--unless they work there. Read more about this irony in this Salon article. Yes that's right. Salon.
Oh, what about the travel rights of Cubans? They don't exist.
Man, are these Codepink people dense.
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