SAN FRANCISCO—Some 40 people picketed and passed out leaflets here September 13 to mark the 12th year in U.S. prisons for the Cuban Five, Cuban revolutionaries unjustly jailed on frame-up charges including “conspiracy to commit espionage” and in one case “conspiracy to commit murder.” Actions also took place in Miami, New York, Chicago, and many other cities.

Meanwhile, a group of actors and artists sent a letter to President Barack Obama asking him to issue an executive clemency order for the five. Among the signers are: Danny Glover, Edward Asner, Elliott Gould, Chrissie Hynde, Susan Sarandon, Martin Sheen, Graham Nash, and Jackson Brown.

—ERIC SIMPSON