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Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional (MLN)

The Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional (MLN) was founded in 1977 as a coalition of anti-imperialist Puerto Rican and Chicano-Mexicano activists in the United States.  They united around:

1) support for the Puerto Rican people’s right to use any means necessary, including armed struggle, to establish independence and socialism in Puerto Rico.

2) support for the socialist reunification of Mexico (i.e., the creation of a socialist Mexico that includes the land that was formerly the northern half of Mexico until its seizure by the United States through the Mexican-American War.)

3) non-collaboration with U.S. federal grand juries or any repressive agency investigating the armed clandestine movements or mass organizations

4) support for grand jury resisters, political prisoners, and prisoners of war.

5) non-participation in the electoral processes in Puerto Rico and the U.S.

The MLN developed a Puerto Rican Commission and a Mexican Commission, which in 1983 separated into two distinct organizations, MLN-Puertorriqueno (MLN-PR) and MLN-Mexicano (MLN-M).

The collection includes a broad number of internal monographs, books and pamphlets. The paper collection includes numerous discussion and political analysis documents, an intense allegory of their struggle. The MLN holdings include sub-collections for their political organ, LIBERTAD, as well and their sub-committee, National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of war.

Documents

Our Struggle from Within: A Discussion Document - #3 Our Struggle from Within: A Discussion Document - #3
Publisher: Movimiento de Liberacion NacionalVolume Number: No. 3Format: MonographCollection: Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional (MLN)
This document considers the question of governability in the context of a report issued by the Trilateral Commission entitled The Crisis of Democracy. The analysis connects US foreign policy and domestic repression and considers how the US responded to threats to governability. Contents: Part I: Repression, the Trilateral Commission, and a tentative program for combating both; On the anti-imperialist vanguard in the US and armed struggle by Puerto Ricans in the US; Part II: The Puerto Rican movement in the US: An appraisal.
Steven Guerra, MLN Saturday Steven Guerra, MLN Saturday
Author: Steven GuerraPublisher: Movimiento de Liberacion NacionalDate: 11/14/1981Format: TranscriptCollection: Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional (MLN)
Reproduction of speech on the Puerto Rican National struggle against the Klu Klux Klan.
Declaration to the International Community Regarding the Crime of Genocide Against the People of Puerto Rico Declaration to the International Community Regarding the Crime of Genocide Against the People of Puerto Rico
Publisher: Movimiento de Liberacion NacionalFormat: StatementCollection: Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional (MLN)
Table Contents- Education: Instrument for the Destruction of the National Culture; Forced Emigration: Dispersion of the Puerto Rican Nation; Public Health: Tool for the Decimation of the Puerto Rican Nation; Repression: Physical Destruction of the Independence Movement and the Puerto Rican People; Conclusion.
Dona Consuelo Speaks... Dona Consuelo Speaks...
Year: 1981Format: PamphletCollection: Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional (MLN)
This pamphlet includes a message written by the 11 Puerto Rican Prisoners of War to Dona Consuelo regarding the rededication of a childcare center in Dona's name. It also features a short essay from an interview with Dona Consuelo. Contents: Solidarity Message from the 11 Puerto Rican POWs; Interview with Dona Consuelo (taken from El Nuevo Dia); Talking with Comrades; Teaching the Communist Manifesto.
Juan Antonio Corretjer, 1908-1985 Juan Antonio Corretjer, 1908-1985
Publisher: Movimiento de Liberacion NacionalYear: 1987Format: ArticleCollection: Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional (MLN)
Spanish tabloid insert, includes biography of Juan Antonio Corretjer and poster for 1987 International Women's Day celebration.
Juan Antonio Corretjer Presentation at MLN Anti-Repression Conference Juan Antonio Corretjer Presentation at MLN Anti-Repression Conference
Author: Juan Antonio CorretjerPublisher: Movimiento de Liberacion NacionalFormat: TranscriptCollection: Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional (MLN)
Reproduction of speech on the repression against Puerto Rican workers, the history of US exploitation, and how to defend the worker's struggle against imperialist agression.
In Commemoration of his Life: Don Juan Antonio Corretjer 1908-1985 In Commemoration of his Life: Don Juan Antonio Corretjer 1908-1985
Publisher: MLN Comite Nacional Pro-Libertad Prisioneros de Guerra Puertorriquenos Prairie Fire Organizing Committee New Movement in Solidarity with Puerto Rican Independence and SocialismYear: 1985Volume Number: 3-FebFormat: FlyerCollection: Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional (MLN)
Announcement to a tribute to Don Juan Antonio Corretjer. Don Juan Antonio Corretjer 1908-1985.Commemorative Program with Poetry, Music, & Film at the Women's Building in San Francisco.
Free Puerto Rico! January/February 1990 Free Puerto Rico! January/February 1990
Publisher: Free Puerto Rico Committee, North Americans in Solidarity with Puerto Rican IndependenceYear: 1990Volume Number: January-FebruaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional (MLN)
Newsletter of the Free Puerto Rico Committee, North Americans in Solidarity with Puerto Rican Independence. Articles include "Referendum Plan Stumbles in Congress"; "Felix Matta Speaks Out Against the US Navy in Vieques"; "Newbriefs" including the death of Ruth Reynolds. Free Puerto Rico Committee is a national organization that works under the leadership of the Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional Puertorriqueno.
Free Puerto Rico! March/April 1990 Free Puerto Rico! March/April 1990
Publisher: Free Puerto Rico Committee, North Americans in Solidarity with Puerto Rican IndependenceYear: 1990Volume Number: March-AprilFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional (MLN)
Newsletter of the Free Puerto Rico Committee, North Americans in Solidarity with Puerto Rican Independence. Articles include "April 4, 1990: Puerto Rican POWs mark 10 years in US prisons, Looking Back . . . Moving Forward"; "Puerto Rican Prisoner of War Ida Luz Rodriguez Speaks... " Free Puerto Rico Committee is a national organization working under the leadership of the Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional Puertorriqueno.
Free Puerto Rico! November/December 1989 Free Puerto Rico! November/December 1989
Publisher: Free Puerto Rico Committee, North Americans in Solidarity with Puerto Rican IndependenceYear: 1989Volume Number: Nov-DecFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional (MLN)
Newsletter of the Free Puerto Rico Committee, North Americans in Solidarity with Puerto Rican Independence. Articles include "Senate Committee Approves Puerto Rico Status Bill"; "Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Jaime Delgado Speaks . . ."; "Filiberto Ojeda Rios Not Guilty!"; "Thousands of Dollars Raised for Hurricane Hugo Victims"; "Lexington Ruling Reversed"; "Chicago Passes Resolution Supporting UN-Plebiscite". Free Puerto Rico Committee is a national organization working under the leadership of the Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional Puertorriqueno.