Antonio Camacho: Conmemoración del natalicio de Juan Antonio Corretjer
…el verdadero tributo y respeto que le podemos rendir a Juan Antonio Corretjer, al Comandante Juan Antonio Corretjer, no es meramente venir aquà todos los años a hacerle un recordatorio…es estudiar sus obras, poner en práctica sus ideas y difundirlas. Es serle fiel a sus pensamientos y ejecutorias aun después de su muerte.
US Navy Continues Bombing Vieques!
From the Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques (CPRDV) The U.S. Navy continues bombing Vieques. In order to minimize costs and maximize profits, the Navy and contractors in charge of the “environmental clean up” of Vieques, have detonated tons of explosives here over the past two years. In this process, they release enormous [...]
US Navy pledges more money for cleanup of island near Puerto Rico
The Associated Press Wednesday, March 26, 2008 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: The U.S. Navy has set aside US$200 million (129 million) for the removal of military waste in Vieques island, just east of Puerto Rico’s main island, authorities announced Tuesday. The money will be used in the next seven years to remove explosives in the [...]
Pa’lante: Seeds of Resistance • April 1 & 3
• April 1: Crime Against Humanity & Artist Tania Frontera
• April 3: Latina/o Speak Out!
Viequenses oppose luxury million-dollar condominiums
Vieques – A project of 64 apartments proposed by Vieques Property Development for the southwest coast of Vieques was rejected by the majority of the Viequense community because it would require a large zoning change and possibly damage the environment.
Important Photo Revealed in Ojeda Case
SAN JUAN/EDLP Correspondent- A photograph taken of the cadaver of the commander of the Boricua Popular Army–Macheteros, Filiberto Ojeda, where he was found by forensic experts, shows that he could have been dragged while injured, indicating that someone had access to the interior of his house before he bled to death.
Crimen contra la humanidad
Con risas, lágrimas y muchos aplausos, la comunidad boricua de Humboldt Park recibió el 7 de marzo otra presentación anticipada de seis de las escenas que componen “Crimen contra la Humanidad”, obra teatral coescrita por Michael Reyes Benavides, actor, poeta y activista de origen mexicano, y el ex prisionero político puertorriqueño Luis Rosa.
Crime Against Humanity: Official Opening April 5
Special dinner with Luis Rosa begins at 5:30pm
followed by Crime Against Humanity at 7:00pm
Batey Urbano, 2620 W. Division
Legacies of Corretjer: April 4
Commemoration of the Capture of the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners
“Legacies of Corretjer”
Friday, April 4, 6PM • Casa Puertorriqueña, 1237 N California
$25 per individual, $200 for table of 10
Carlos Alberto Torres Transferred
Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres has been transferred to FCI Pekin, Illinois. Please note his new postal address.
Testing the Limits of Dissent and Repression in the Green Scare
One of the biggest post-9/11 criminal cases involves the prosecution of fourteen radical environmentalists on a slew of charges for property destruction, mainly arson, and conspiracy…Yet because the T-word is attached to the case, people are facing more severe punishments than they might otherwise face for property destruction—including the possibility of life in prison.
Juan Antonio Corretjer video
The video produced by Pucho Segarra in 1982, that details Corretjer’s life as a Puerto Rican poet, political essayist and revolutionary.
International Women’s Day: March 9
International Women’s Day: Learning and Leading Through the Legacy of Puerto Rican Women March 9, 10AM-1PM Batey Urbano • 2620 W Division Street
Crime Against Humanity Preview: March 3, 2008
These photos were taken on March 3, 2008. Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.
FBI commits domestic terrorism on Independence Movement in Puerto Rico
By Jan Susler Originally Posted Tuesday, February 14, 2006 “The only domestic terrorist attack here is the U.S. government’s attack on the people of Puerto Rico.” —New York State Assemblyman José Rivera. 1 In a move reminiscent of a U.S. Marine invasion of a foreign country, the FBI descended in droves on Puerto Rico on [...]
Order of Jesus Mediador celebrates Padre Alvaro de Boer’s 90th Birthday
On February 3, 2008, the religious progressive community of Jesus Mediador came together to celebrate the 90th birthday of their priest, Padre Alvaro De Boer.
“Not Enough Space” Premieres in Santa Barbara with Adolfo Matos
On February 1, “Not Enough Space†– the art exhibit featuring the artwork of Puerto Rican political prisoners Carlos Alberto Torres and Oscar López Rivera – opened at La Casa de La Raza in Santa Barbara, California. Over 200 people attended the opening of the art exhibit, including many professors and students.
FBI Detains Puerto Rican Independence Activist
On February 7, at 9:30 AM, FBI operatives detained Avelino González Claudio, a 65-year-old Puerto Rican independence activist. Avelino González had been sought by that agency since 1983, in connection with their investigation of the Macheteros. The Macheteros are a clandestine pro independence organization, which has been operating in Puerto Rico since July of 1978. [...]
Jan Susler and Sarah Piesh Honored with Blanca Canales Medal
Jan Susler, attorney for the Puerto Rican political prisoners and Sarah Piesh were honored on February 23 during the commemoration of the Birth of Blanca Canales at Casa Museo Canales, in Jayuya, Puerto Rico. Sarah Piesh, who passed away earlier this year of ovarian cancer, was honored posthumously for her activism in defense of Vieques [...]
Not Guilty Plea In 1983 Armed Robbery
By EDMUND H. MAHONY Courant Staff Writer February 29, 2008 Avelino Gonzalez Claudio, a reputed member of the militant Puerto Rico independence group Los Macheteros, pleaded not guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Hartford to more than a dozen charges connected to the 1983 armed robbery of $7.1 million from the former Wells Fargo [...]
Legacy of Torture: San Francisco 8 Audio Documentary
(From National Radio Project website) In 1971, John Young, a San Francisco police officer was killed. Members of the Black Panther party were arrested, charged and then tortured by San Francisco and New Orleans police. Courts eventually dismissed the charges based on the police extracting confessions via torture. Now more than 35 years later, the [...]
3 still face S.F. cop-killing charges
Jaxon Van Derbeken, Chronicle Staff Writer A San Francisco judge refused to dismiss murder conspiracy charges Thursday against three alleged former militants accused of orchestrating a war against San Francisco police officers nearly 40 years ago. State prosecutors were forced to drop murder conspiracy charges earlier this year against five of the eight original defendants [...]