----- Original Message ----- From: V S C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 8:19 PM Subject: [mobilize-globally] PUERTO RICAN ORGS. IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE STATUE OF LIBERTY TAKEOVER!! Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 This morning members of the 2 Puerto Rico based organizations Amigos del MAR (Movimiento Ambiental Revolucionario) and Amig@s de Vieques took over the crown of the Statue of Liberty and decorated the outside of it with the Puerto Rican and Vieques' flags. After this brave act, Tito Kayak, of Amigos del MAR, repelled from ropes down the Torch arm of the statue and as of yet could still be suspended from the arm, in protest of the U.S. Navy's presence in Vieques. Five brothers and sisters from these two groups have been arrested and several boricuas from New York City, who were supporting the act, have been detained. According to the latest report, several European tourists have also been detained due to their SUPPORT. It seems they assisted the direct action once they found out it was in solidarity with the struggle to remove the U.S. Navy out of Vieques. Liberty Island has been cordoned off and no one can leave or enter the island. The Vieques Support Campaign, The ProLibertad Freedom Campaign, The Working Group on Puerto Rico/Frente Socialista and The Women for Peace in Justice in Vieques, Puerto Rico are in complete solidarity with the action undertaken by the brothers and sisters from Los Amigos Del MAR and Amig@s de Vieques. We are all very proud to have provided logistical, technical and public relations support for this incredible endeavor. Today's action is one of many actions organized by the Puerto Rican national liberation struggle to bring attention to the struggle to free Vieques from the U.S. Navy's tyrannical rule. Since the death of David Sanes Rodriguez in April 1999, the movement in Puerto Rico and Vieques have done an excellent job of bringing international media attention to the atrocities that the U.S. Navy has commited against the people of Vieques for the last 5o years. One of the reasons why today's action was organized is because of the general election occurring this week. It is important that the next president of the most powerful capitalist and imperialist force in the world understand that the people of Puerto Rico/Vieques will continue to fight, organize and mobilize for the removal of the U.S. Navy out of Vieques. As of yet, the location of the precinct where the arrested and detained brothers and sisters will be taken has not been revealed. Once this information reaches us; We are calling on all the forces of the movement in solidairty with the Puerto Rican national liberation struggle and the struggle to demilitarize Puerto Rico to show their support outside of the precinct with us in a militant picket until our comrades are released. Please contact Ben Ramos or Frank Velgara at 718-601-4751 and Carlos Rovira 212-677-0619 for the location of the precinct. This number will be open and monitored all day, please call at any time!! THE VIEQUES SUPPORT CAMPAIGN THE PROLIBERTAD FREEDOM CAMPAIGN THE WOMEN FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE FOR VIEQUES, PUERTO RICO THE WORKING GROUP ON PUERTO RICO/FRENTE SOCIALISTA _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. -------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~> eGroups eLerts It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free! http://click.egroups.com/1/9698/0/_/_/_/973464405/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------_-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
