Archive | May, 2008

Macheteros warn of FBI onslaught

Tuesday May 27, 2008 Associated Press Read original article. The Boricua Popular Army The Macheteros warned today that the FBI is preparing for arrests, kidnappings and even acts to “provoke the death” of independentistas and people’s activists. In a communiqué mailed to the Associated Press, The Macheteros indicated that the supposed “great onslaught of the [...]

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Navy Continues to Detonate Bombs in Vieques

In the face of dangers posed by the constant detonations in the ex bombing range – an area mined with all types of explosives, including uranium projectiles – the federal and Puerto Rican agencies have allied with the Navy in its desire to eliminate the bombs by bombing us, clean our environment by expelling contaminants into the air and protect our health by increasing the level of military toxics in our geography.

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30th Puerto Rican Peoples Parade • June 14

Grand Marshall Lolita Lebrón (invited), Honored Guests Los Tres Reyes Magos de Vieques (invited), Honorary Marshall Flor Crisostomo

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Avelino González’s mailing address change

Please note that the mailing address Avelino González Claudio has changed: Avelino González- Claudio # 357422 Unit 1 West Cell 213 PO Box 665 Somers, CT

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Clinton clemency flap a non-issue in P.R.

By: Ben Adler May 24, 2008 Puerto Rico, the U.S. territory scheduled to hold a closely watched Democratic presidential primary June 1, is unaccustomed to cutting such a high-profile role in presidential politics. Indeed, you have to look back roughly a decade to find the last time Puerto Rico played a starring role in mainland [...]

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Moles Wanted: FBI Infiltrates Local Groups

They were looking for an informant to show up at “vegan potlucks” throughout the Twin Cities and rub shoulders with RNC protestors. Paul Carroll was riding his bike when his cell phone vibrated.

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Commemoration of April 4th: Over 200 Delight in Mapeyé Concert of Corretjer Poetry

On April 4, over 200 people crowded into Casa Puertorriqueña for the National Boricua Human Rights Network’s (NBHRN) annual fundraiser, entitled “Legacies of Corretjer: Narratives of Resistance and Struggle.”

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In Memorium: Qwusu Yaki Yakubu

Qwusu Yaki Yakubu (aka James Sayles) was an extraordinary human being. He died on March 28, 2008, at age 60 after spending almost 40 years in prison. Yaki was a revolutionary, a nationalist and an internationalist in the spirit of Malcolm X. He was an activist and theoretician, and a writer and editor of several [...]

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Community Premiere of Crime Against Humanity

On April, 5, 2008, the Batey Urbano and the National Boricua Human Rights Network (NBHRN) debuted their play Crime Against Humanity to the Humboldt Park community. Over 40 persons attended that opening, with such notables attendees as Miguel Palacio of Association House, ex-political prisoner José Luis Rodríguez, Jan Susler of the People’s Law Office and [...]

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New Subpoena Issued to Puerto Rican Activist

On May 13, 2008, the FBI searched and served a Grand Jury subpoena on the compañero attorney and educator Elliot Monteverde Torres. The subpoena orders the activist to appear in the federal court of New York on May 23, 2008. Elliot lives with his wife and daughter in Texas. He was a student leader in [...]

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