STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [Via Communist Internet... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] . . ----- Original Message ----- From: Downwithcapitalism <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 12:32 AM Subject: [downwithcapitalism] Vieques struggle intensifies Associated Press. 17 June 2001. Activists Step Up Vieques Protests. VIEQUES -- Anti-Navy activists stepped up protests Sunday, with more than 30 demonstrators reportedly invading a firing range on the eve of a new round of bombing exercises on Vieques Island. Emboldened by President Bush's announcement last week that the Navy would leave the Puerto Rican island in two years, protesters said they would be satisfied only with the Navy's immediate withdrawal. The demonstrators who entered the range hoped their presence would force a delay of bombing runs scheduled Monday, said Maria Velazquez, a leader of the activist Mount Carmelo community at the edge of government land.< "We helped cut the fence and put them through," Velazquez said. "They have water, food, flares. They're prepared to stay for as long as it takes." Navy spokeswoman Lt. Cmdr. Katherine Goode said security officers were searching the rugged range for trespassers. Navy jets from the USS Theodore Roosevelt were to begin dropping non-explosive bombs Monday morning, she said. "Bush's decision shows that our civil disobedience campaigns have been effective," said Jose Paralitici, spokesman for the group All Puerto Rico With Vieques. "We have to keep it up. You don't stop rowing a boat when you're almost to the shore." * * * * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
