Bush's speech to the U.N. is occurring on "Grito de Lares", exactly three years after FBI stormtroopers in Puerto Rico, on orders from Washington, surrounded and fired into the home of Puerto Rican activist, Filiberto Ojeda Rios, the longtime leader of the Ejercito Popular Boricua-Los Macheteros, a Puerto Rican independence organization. For years he has been known to his supporters through tape-recorded speeches played at rallies and gatherings on the island. In fact, the very same afternoon that federal sharpshooters were closing in, Filiberto Ojeda’s recorded speech was echoing through the nearby town of Lares --where hundreds of people had rallied for the anniversary of the “Grito de Lares,” the 1868 uprising celebrated as a symbol of Puerto Rican nationhood and independence.
Despite the cries for help from his wife, the FBI prevented access by medical team for several hours, causing Filiberto to bleed to death. For this cold-blooded political assassination, the Bush regime must also be held accountable.
There will be a gathering marking Grito de Lares and exposing the FBI assassination of Filiberto on Tuesday evening, Sept. 23 at 6:30 PM, at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 521 West 126th Street (between Amsterdam and Broadway). For more information on the event, contact Luis Barrios at (212) 237-8747 or lbarrios@jjay.cuny.edu.
Below is reprinted the announcement for the event:
LARES EN CONTEXTO INTERNACIONAL:
EN CONTRA DE LA CRIMINALIZACIÓN DE LA SOLIDARIDAD INTERNACIONAL CON LOS MOVIMIENTOS SOCIALES EN NUESTRA AMERICA
El Grito de Lares como grito por la libertad, la dignidad y contra la exclusión, la esclavitud y el colonialismo, mantiene su vigencia continental y en ese grito libertario se ver reflejados todos los pueblos de Nuestra América. Esa misma noche del 23 de septiembre se cumple el tercer aniversario del asesinato de Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, símbolo de la resistencia descolonizadora e independentista puertorriqueña, a quien se le rinderá tributo.Lares en el contexto internacional será una noche de arte, música y pensamiento para la solidaridad. En ella se dará a conocer un manifiesto de respaldo hacia la española Remedio García Abert; los dominicanos Narciso Isa Conde y Alfredo Pierre; el italiano Ramón Montaveani y Carlos Cosolo; el venezolano Amilcar Figueroa; las/os colombianas/os Piedad Córdoba, Gloria Inés Ramírez, Carlos Lozano, Wilson Borja y William Parra; el chileno Victor Toro; los/as puertorriqueños/as Carlos Alberto Torres, Haydee Beltrán Torres, Oscar López Rivera, Avelino Gonzalez Claudio, Tania Frontera, Christopher Torres y Elliot Monteverde; los cubanos Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando González and René González; los estadounidenses Leonard Peltier y Mumia Abu-Jamal; entre muchos/as otros/as. Asimismo Lares en este contexto también es un rechazo y condena a todo lo que atenta contra la paz con justicia: clasismo, sexismo, homofobia/heterosexismo, xenofobia, racismo, etnocentrismo, brutalidad/corrupción policía, adultocentrismo, etc.
Criminalizando las acciones de solidaridad se estarían acertando un duro golpe a los diversos procesos de cambio que están en marcha en nuestra América y a escala internacional, por constituir esta una de las claves fundamentales para su consolidación y avances; por eso una celebración del Grito de Lares no puede ser indiferente a estas realidades, como de igual manera la vive el movimiento independentista puertorriqueño, cuya hostigamiento y persecución se ha acrecentado desde el asesinato de Feliberto Ojeda Ríos.
Este evento de unidad y solidaridad latinoamerica se llevará a cabo el próximo martes, 23 de septiembre, a partir de la 6:30 PM, en la Iglesia Episcopal Santa Maria, ubicada en el 521 al oeste de la calle 126, entre las avenida Amsterdam y Broadway, en Manhattan.
En el programa de la noche el Abogado Salvador Tio, de la Coordinadora Continental Bolivariana-PR, disertará sobre el 140 aniversario de la gesta patriótica del Grito de Lares y del 3er. Aniversario del asesinato de Filiberto Ojeda Ríos; el Abogado Álvaro Tobón, de la Universidad Libre de Colombia, hablará sobre la persecución política en Colombia y el Padre Luis Barrios, de la Iglesia Episcopal Santa María, reflexionará sobre la construcción social del crimen en el contexto del libro Crimen y poder: Reinado de la impunidad (de Narciso Isa Conde, 2008). También habrá un reconocimiento al incansable luchador chileno Víctor Toro, quien con una gran trayectoria de servicio comunitario actualmente esta enjuiciado con amenaza de deportación por su enérgica oposición a las leyes inmigratorias. Además estará abierta la Exhibición Fotográfica de Isaías Amaro, Imágenes de la Frontera Dominicano-Haitiana, junto con otras participaciones artísticas.
La música estará a cargo del grupo de hip-hop Rebel Diaz y de plena el Grupo Quenepas (con la participación de Luisito Ayala, Sammy Tanco y Franky Vélez, entre otras/os).
Este evento es un producto solidario organizado por la Iglesia Episcopal de Santa María, el proyecto Nueva Izquierda-Círculos Campañistas y la Coordinadora Continental Bolivariana-Capítulo Puerto Rico, y cuenta con el auspicio solidario de La Campaña ProLibertad, El Proyecto de Educación Popular para Liberar los Cinco Cubanos, El Frente Socialista de Puerto Rico-Comité de Nueva York, Partido Nacionalista de Puerto Rico-Junta de Nueva York, Fuerza de la Revolución, Fundación Minerva Mirabal, Movimiento Revolucionario Nueva Patria, Nueva Alternativa, PTD (ML), Iglesia San Romero de Las Américas y La Red 27 de Octubre.
2 comments:
WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OPPOSES YOUR RIGHT TO BE FREE!!
Puerto Ricans, whether they are called Independents (independentistas), Patriots or Nationalists or Freemen, who desire to be free, must always know that the federal government, here in the States has no “subject matter jurisdiction” over the person, case or location and should be challenged to proof it. These are magic words to learn when in Court for desiring freedom for your/our Country.
You won’t be told this in court but: All jury members, judges, attorneys, and employees working in federal court, must reside in federal territory to legally be a federal juror or touch your case or they can be commercially sued, disbarred and financially ruined for violating your constitutional rights etc.
Your god given right to be free is not wanted by the USA, it will oppose your desire for independence and freedom, because the Federal USA is a profit based Corporation.
The Federal Government is a District of Columbia “Corporation”, as are all the States of the USA. These Corporations were formed for the benefit of the real owners. Since June of 1933, everything since then, is under Contract law or commercial law, aka Admiralty law, to benefit your masters in power.
The Federal Government owns Puerto Rico as an ASSET, because it is a slave colony—whether you like the idea or not. But the Federal Government takes orders from those who own and run this (Corporation) Country, but are not of this country. The International Bankers, who really own the corporations called the USA, will let PR be free, only if enough real men of Boricua blood wish to be free, by reserving their rights under the Constitution. Their books will be adjusted and we will be free.
The answer to your freedom lies in your Constitutional rights --- To win --You must always reserve your constitutional, commercial rights and know what they are and how to do so.
The USA has been the biggest alien invaders the world has ever known. In order to win your freedom, you must oppose them by knowing that their weakness lies in their violations and in their treasons to the Constitution and to the common law and common law remedies.
The majority of Americans have no idea that the USA has killed more Latinos, than Hitler Killed Jews, The USA has supported Traitors, Dictators, Gringitos, Butchers, Sociopaths, and Megalomaniacs who were supported and kept in power by these monsters, sucking up to the Anglo Alien Invaders.
Latin America has had enough of this form of genocide of Latinos. That includes other African, Asian etc. countries that lost millions of innocent people from USA aggression.
I want to vomit every time some ignorant fools says: “If you don’t like it here –go home”.
If the Alien Invaders would get out of each and every Latin Country and stop interfering in our affairs—it would make sense to say such a stupid thing. But unless the (Feds) Snakes get out of Latin America-we have just as much right to be here!!! So, grin and put up with it—this was once our land.
A Puerto Rican without a desire for independence and/or freedom from alien control has no heart and soul of a man.
The fact that the public does not know that we are NOT free, makes no difference, to the desire to be free. The PR that wants Statehood is a Gringito, who has no soul of a man left in his traitor's heart. Freedom is happening all over the world and yet we allow Gringitos to kill our right to be free.
A Gringito is a non-Anglo THING, IT is not really a “person”, just like a mass murderer is more like an animal than a person, who internally is so inferior, that he desires to be what he can not be—thus Gringito means little gringo.
The Gringito is like an Uncle Tom to blacks or a collaborator and traitor to many others. To us he/she is all three and much worst. “It” is the enemy of freedom all thru out HUMAN history.
We allow the Alien Invaders to kill, harm, abuse, rape, and scam us and yet the Gringito wants to give our Country away.
This abuse must end. No man or woman is a real Man or real woman who is too scared to fight for their souls and be free. If you listen to the Gringito, you will lose your soul.
Thru out eternity Humanity owes its freedom from slavery, ONLY to brave souls who fought for your right to be free.
The fight will NOT succeed if you don't fight the Gringito enemy/traitor/collaborator at home first. He is there next door and claims he is a real man and tries to give you many excuses of why PR can't be a free Country.
To give away your/our/my Country is not a right of alien invaders, visitors or foreigners with NO Puerto Rican Blood.
The right to vote on THIS ISSUE should NOT be given to NON-Puerto Ricans.
The fight for the independence of Puerto Rico is now non-violent and will be won in the hearts of real men around the World.
The Ronbothunter,
A proud freedom loving Puerto Rican.
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Greetings Partner,
We need to work together to decolonize Puerto Rico and free Oscar López Rivera. Join 2 peaceful protests until it is accomplished!
Un abrazo,
José
www.TodosUnidosDescolonizarPR.blogspot.com
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