From: "mart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PLease read and forward out. Forwarded out by the ProLibertad Freedom Campaign [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ProLibertad.org COMIT� PRO RESCATE Y DESARROLLO DE VIEQUES Apartado 1424 Vieques, Puerto 00765 Tel. (787) 741-0716 E mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Report from the Peace and Justice Camp 31 August, 2001 This week end several important activities related to our struggle will take place: Saturday, September 1, a youth delegation of the Asia, Africa, Latin America Solidarity Committee (AALASC) of Tokio, Japan, arrives on Vieques to meet with young people and other representatives of our community in struggle. The Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques (CRDV) has sent delegates to Japan, Okinawa, Korea and the Phillipines during the past several years to share our situation with communities in Asia where US military forces practice and where civilian populations are victims to the contamination and military violence. On two previous ocasions, delegations from the AALASC have visited Vieques to dialogue with the CRDV. This time, the young Japanes participants will converse at the Peace and Justice Camp with people from the community beginning around 11AM. At 7PM on Saturday, the group will help open a special assembly of the Professional and Technical Group in Support of Sustainable Development for Vieques that will take place at the Punta Mulas Lighthouse here. On Sunday, some members of the delegation will assist mass at the Catholic Church. Father Nelson L�pez will preside the mass that will include a declaration from Puerto Rico Independence Party Presidente, Rub�n Berr�os - recently released after four months in federal prison for Peace on Vieques. A visit to the Fort Count Mirasol Museum of Vieques will offer the group a wider vision of Vieques history and the history of the military presence and struggle to end that presence. The visit to Vieques by the CSAAA delegation contributes to the creation of an international network of mutual support for demilitarization, in which Vieques plays a significant role. At 11AM on Saturday, members of the Professional and Technical Team and representatives from community organizations will give to the Vice Mayor of Vieques an executive summary of the Guidelines for Sustainable Development on Vieques prepared by the group together with the community. The guidelines - or suggestions - present, in part, the concerns and hopes of our people about the future use of lands being rescued from the Navy. The guidelines include legal mechanisms and community organizing strategies designed to promote a genuine community participation in the decision making process related to future social-economic development on Vieques. The Professional and Technical Team is our best tool in the struggle to assure that the economic benefits from the development of our lands remain in Vieques and benefit our population - that a Vieques freed from the Navy must be a Vieques for the Viequenses. At 7PM in the Punta Mulas Lighthouse, we will be mmeting in open assembly with Team members to discuss the guidelines and continue the process of creating a proposal, while we continue with the protest! The CRDV works hard on the campaign - EVERYONE ENTERING TOGETHER! - to promote a massive participation by our people in the upcoming civil disobedience actions. In several meetings, dozens of people have gotten involved in the recruiting process. Soon we will hold a people�s assembly in support of D�maso Serrano, our mayor "kidnapped" by the Navy and sentenced to four months in federal prison for his actions in defense of his people. The assembly will also be held to plan for the best tribute we could give D�maso - a massive civil disobedience action against the next military exercises. rlr _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
