Archives for the ‘Civil Liberties and Repression’ Category

Filiberto Ojeda Ríos Interview Part 3

By miguel • May 5th, 2008 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression, Video

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Filiberto Ojeda Ríos Interview Part 2

By miguel • May 5th, 2008 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression, Video

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Filiberto Ojeda Ríos Interview Part 1

By miguel • May 5th, 2008 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression, Video

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Taller de Derechos Civiles repudia intervenciones del FBI

By miguel • Apr 23rd, 2008 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression

COMUNICADO DE PRENSA
Taller de Derechos Civiles repudia intervenciones del FBI
San Juan – El Taller de Derechos Civiles, que reúne a estudiantes de Derecho de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, se expresó en contra de las intervenciones con ciudadanos y ciudadanas que está llevando a cabo el Negociado Federal de Investigaciones (FBI, por sus siglas en [...]



Demonstration against the FBI in Ponce

By miguel • Apr 20th, 2008 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression, Puerto Rico News

Representantes de diversas organizaciones independentistas, socialistas y de los derechos humanos convocaron ayer, por medio de la Mesa de Solidaridad contra la represión federal, a la marcha…



PIP condemns Department of Justice for not prosecuting FBI

By miguel • Apr 12th, 2008 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression

“The Attorney General abandoned his responsibility to defend the interests of the Puerto Rican people and became the defense attorney for the FBI…



Pa’lante: Seeds of Resistance • April 1 & 3

By miguel • Mar 25th, 2008 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression

• April 1: Crime Against Humanity & Artist Tania Frontera
• April 3: Latina/o Speak Out!



Testing the Limits of Dissent and Repression in the Green Scare

By miguel • Mar 4th, 2008 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression

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.



FBI commits domestic terrorism on Independence Movement in Puerto Rico

By miguel • Mar 1st, 2008 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression

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 [...]



Legacy of Torture: San Francisco 8 Audio Documentary

By miguel • Mar 1st, 2008 • Category: Audio, Civil Liberties and Repression, Solidarity

(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 case [...]