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Part One – Intro by student leader, Michael Tariff Warren, Ike Nahem, Danny Glover Video, Martin Garbushttpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLKvrXqy5e8
Part Two – Ambassadors from Cuba and Venezuela, freed Puerto Rican political prisoner Luis Rosa Perez, student leaders David Luna and Geraldo Roma of the Columbia University Chicano Caucus and first 6 minutes of Bolivarian Revolution rappers
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WHO ARE THESE REVOLUTIONARIES?
WHY ARE THEY IN JAIL?
WHY ARE THEY FIGHTING FOR PUERTO RICO’S FREEDOM?
COME TO OUR TEACH-IN!
Thursday April 4th, 2013 is the 33rd anniversary of the arrest of 11 of the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners! After years of struggle, we still have 2 Political Prisoners left!
Join The ProLibertad Freedom Campaign as we commemorate the men and women who have been imprisoned for fighting for the freedom of Puerto Rico!
Program:
Letter Writing to Oscar and Norberto!
Films on the Political Prisoners!
Come hear about the New Campaign for Oscar Lopez Rivera!
A report on the case of Machetero Norberto Gonzalez Claudio!
PUERTO RICAN POLITICAL PRISONER NORBERTO GONZALEZ CLAUDIO DENIED MEDICAL ATTENTION! HE HAS CANCER IS NOT BEING TREATED FOR IT!
Juventud Rebelde
Ban Ki-moon calificó a Hugo Chávez como «uno de los líderes que marcan la diferencia en su país, la región y el mundo» y que «imprimió un ímpetu decisivo a los nuevos esfuerzos por la integración en esa región»
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NACIONES UNIDAS, marzo 13.— Con un minuto de silencio en el pleno de la Asamblea General de la ONU, se inició este miércoles un emotivo homenaje de las Naciones Unidas al presidente venezolano Hugo Chávez.
Durante el acto, encabezado por el presidente de la Asamblea General, el serbio Vuk Jeremic, intervinieron el secretario general de la ONU, Ban Ki-moon, y el ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Venezuela, Elías Jaua. También hablaron representantes de la Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América (ALBA) y de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (Celac), entre otros, informó Prensa Latina.
Luego, tras pedir un minuto de silencio, Vuk Jeremic reconoció que sus políticas progresistas redujeron la tasa de pobreza en Venezuela.
Ban Ki-moon lo calificó como «uno de los líderes que marcan la diferencia en su país, la región y el mundo» y que «imprimió un ímpetu decisivo a los nuevos esfuerzos por la integración en esa región».
En nombre de la Celac, Rodolfo Reyes, representante permanente de Cuba ante la ONU, subrayó la labor de Chávez en la promoción y el desarrollo de la solidaridad entre los pueblos del área y su entrega a la erradicación de la pobreza y la desigualdad en Venezuela y la región.
Recordó que el gobernante venezolano fue uno de los fundadores e impulsores de la Celac y expresó que su ejemplo alienta a redoblar esfuerzos en pro de la unidad, la cooperación y la integración latinoamericana y caribeña.
El embajador de Bolivia ante la ONU, Sacha Llorenti, destacó en nombre de la ALBA que Chávez «nos enseñó a construir, a poner el cuerpo, la mente, el corazón y el alma al servicio de la causa más grande: la liberación de los pueblos».
«Un líder que, junto con Fidel Castro, se atrevió a romper el monólogo imperial, a denunciar los crímenes cotidianos que se callan…», afirmó el diplomático, quien añadió que Chávez dio a los pueblos de América Latina soberanía e independencia, hizo una realidad tangible los derechos de la Madre Tierra y «nos dio una nueva noción de patria, de Patria Grande, como la que soñó Simón Bolívar».
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Dear Friends of Cuba and Supporters of the Cuban Five
Sisters and Brothers,
The July 26 coalition want to apologize to all that were not let into the Cuban Five event on Friday March 29th. We don’t blame each and everyone one of you for being disappointed and it is impossible that anyone would be more disappointed than the entire July 26 coalition group. We were originally informed that, based on Columbia’s very restrictive and rigid bureaucratic rules and procedures, which are especially enforced for “controversial” “political” (read left-wing) events organized by student groups like the one’s that initiated this event, that we would be allowed 200-250 non-Columbia-Barnard students to attend and that a formal list of attendees would have to be provided 72 hours before the event. This was after the original flyer and card had been printed without indicating that a formal RSVP was required. We immediately sent out to all the groups and individuals and listserves of friends and supporters of the Cuban Five invitations formally asking for an RSVP, because this was required by University rules. RSVPs started coming in and were confirmed and put on a master list. Three days before the event the Columbia cops, called “Public Safety,” which would not do so acting on their own, argued at an “Events Review Board’ meeting with the students that the students were “in breach” of Columbia rules because of outside “advertising” for the event, citing ridiculous “safety” considerations and threats of “disruption.” They threatened that they could shut it down altogether, but were, nice guys that they are, instead restricting the non-student participation to “15 or 20.”
The students immediately went on a big campaign, enlisting faculty and other student support, and succeeded on Thursday to get the original numbers restored. We were given a 7:00 PM Thursday deadline to submit a “final” list. We worked frantically to supplement the existing list and get people to submit their names. The process had been on hold while the meeting was under direct attack and we were discussing other options with the students. Unfortunately, a good number of names were submitted after 7:00 PM. There were also at least 40 names that were submitted right before 7 which the Administration claimed they didn’t get, even though we showed them the timeline on one of our comrade’s Iphone documenting the fact. But they were very rigid at the door. Many more people RSVPs on Thursday night and Friday all day past the “deadline.” Our phone and emails were ringing and pinging off the wall; we emailed and spoke on the phone to as many people as humanly possible giving the objective facts, which were that it was very unlikely that they would get in and that the students and we would fight to get everyone in that we could and the choice of whether to risk it by coming was a decision individuals would have to make. We did manage to get in quite a few but, many were turned away despite our and the students efforts. In addition to the 100 or so turned away, many of whom had been confirmed at the last minute before the arbitrary deadline (the injustice of which was further underlined by the last-minute attempt to minimize the event) there were many, many more who wanted to come and had submitted their names, until they heard of the bureaucratic labyrinth they faced and stayed home.
Nevertheless, 200 people or more were finally in attendance, and by all accounts it was an excellent program and event. But we are very certain it would have been perhaps the largest event ever in the US for the Cuban Five. The entire event was videoed and we will post it on our website july26coalition.org; we will send an email once the video has been posted on the site.
Again we are very upset and aggravated by the inconvenience and really insulting treatment given to people honestly and sincerely attempting to attend a free-speech forum. We hope with this minor problem that occurred on Friday, March 29th will not affect our movement to continue to DEMAND the release of the CUBAN FIVE.
Sincerely and in solidarity,
July 26 Coalition
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