Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
The Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (Armed Forces
for National Liberation) -FALN- was an anti-colonial and anti-imperialist
clandestine organization based in the diaspora using armed propaganda to advocate for Puerto
Rican independence.
This collection contains a variety of materials by and pertaining to the FALN, its activities and the eleven Puerto Rican political prisoners captured in the early 1980s. In addition to background information and various news clippings, this collection features a number of writings, biographies, poems, and statements from the eleven captured POWs as well as solidarity statements and letters of support. The collection also features FALN communiques, legal background as to the imprisonment of alleged FALN members and a full application, agenda and planning materials for a seminar on terrorism for security forces and the prosecutor's office in Puerto Rico dated 1978.
This collection contains a variety of materials by and pertaining to the FALN, its activities and the eleven Puerto Rican political prisoners captured in the early 1980s. In addition to background information and various news clippings, this collection features a number of writings, biographies, poems, and statements from the eleven captured POWs as well as solidarity statements and letters of support. The collection also features FALN communiques, legal background as to the imprisonment of alleged FALN members and a full application, agenda and planning materials for a seminar on terrorism for security forces and the prosecutor's office in Puerto Rico dated 1978.
Documents
Postcard to Michael Quinlan
Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Appeal to Director of the Board of Prisons to allow furlough to Ricardo Jimenez to visit his mother in hospital.
Letter to Attorney General William French Smith
Publisher: Matrix, Woman's Press, No More cages, Off Our Backs, Big mama Rage, Womannews, Throughtthe (sic) Looking GlassFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Inquiry and demand for the whereabouts of Alfredo Mendez, his visitation rights and his condition.
Some positive stories on the Puerto Rican prisoners
Positive articles in response to anti-terrorist backlash on clemency debate for 15 Puerto Rican political prisoners
Puerto Rican Demo Reports & the Backlash
Forwarded pieces on demonstrations in San Juan, San Francisco and Humboldt. Includes San Francisco Chronicle editorial on Clinton's clemency offer.
Chron Editorial on PR POWs
Forwarded article from SF gate with request to write editorials in favor of unconditional clemency for Puerto Rican Political Prisoners
Release of Puerto Rican Prisoners
Publisher: Prison Activist Resource CenterYear: 1999Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Request to write White House for uncriminalized and unconditional clemency for 15 Puerto Rican political prisoners. Includes statement of issues with offer
Letter to Comrades
Discusses women in national struggles and offer solidarity
Message of Solidarity to the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners
Publisher: African National CongressYear: 1999Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Call for the 15 Puerto Rican Prisoners of war to be released
Letter from Puerto Rican Congress-Persons to the President of the United States
Letter urging President Clinton to enact his resolution of Clemency for 15 Puerto Rican Political Prisoners
Letter to Bill Clinton
Publisher: Puerto Rican Bar Association, INC.Year: 1995Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Plea to President Clinton to free Puerto Rican Political Prisoners
