Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico was invaded by the US in 1898 after winning
independence from Spain. An independence movement has thrived ever since
that has reasserted a right to self-determination and an end to US
colonialism. Includes extensive material on Puerto Rican
Independentistas, political prisoners, prisoners of war* and land rights as well as
struggles in the diaspora.
This collection contains sub-collections focused on political parties and organizations committed to the struggle for Puerto Rican independence, groups and organizations founded to support political prisoners and prisoners of war and general information.
*Prisoners of War:
On October 12, 1970, UN resolution 2621 approved by the General Assembly, declared colonialism an international crime. Said resolution reaffirmed the right of any intervened, colonized nation to utilize whatever form of struggle is necessary to obtain its independence. Armed struggle, military resistance and whatever form of struggle that leads to the independence of nations that are colonized, invaded and occupied by foreign military troops, is recognized as a right by the UN. Puerto Rico, by virtue of being a colonial state is supported by International Law.
International Law is also very specific in reference to prisoners of war. According to the Geneva Convention, combatants who have declared themselves prisoners of war must be recognized as such. Those Puerto Ricans arrested were armed and accused of belonging to the Armed Forces of Puerto Rican National Libertion. The nature of the arrest and the US government's own indictment only serves to reaffirm that the eleven were combatants in the struggle for Puerto Rican independence at the time of their arrests. According to the Geneva Treaty, ratified by the UN in 1949, captured soldiers are prisoners of war. It is thus the argument of the eleven that they are prisoners of war.
This collection contains sub-collections focused on political parties and organizations committed to the struggle for Puerto Rican independence, groups and organizations founded to support political prisoners and prisoners of war and general information.
*Prisoners of War:
On October 12, 1970, UN resolution 2621 approved by the General Assembly, declared colonialism an international crime. Said resolution reaffirmed the right of any intervened, colonized nation to utilize whatever form of struggle is necessary to obtain its independence. Armed struggle, military resistance and whatever form of struggle that leads to the independence of nations that are colonized, invaded and occupied by foreign military troops, is recognized as a right by the UN. Puerto Rico, by virtue of being a colonial state is supported by International Law.
International Law is also very specific in reference to prisoners of war. According to the Geneva Convention, combatants who have declared themselves prisoners of war must be recognized as such. Those Puerto Ricans arrested were armed and accused of belonging to the Armed Forces of Puerto Rican National Libertion. The nature of the arrest and the US government's own indictment only serves to reaffirm that the eleven were combatants in the struggle for Puerto Rican independence at the time of their arrests. According to the Geneva Treaty, ratified by the UN in 1949, captured soldiers are prisoners of war. It is thus the argument of the eleven that they are prisoners of war.
Documents
Trilateral Commission: The new US imperialist world strategy
Publisher: Political Studies Commission of the Movimiento de LiberaciYear: 1979Format: MonographCollection: Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional
Includes historical background, the current crisis of imperialism, and a summary of factors in the current situation.
Already the Hour: History and Analysis of the Guerilla Movements in Mexico: 1965-1978
Publisher: New Movement in Solidarity with the Puerto Rican and Mexican RevolutionsDate: 10/2/1983Volume Number: 2-OctFormat: MonographCollection: New Movement
Have You Seen La Nueva Mujer Revolucionaria Puertorriquena?: The Poetry and Lives of Revolutionary Puerto Rican Women
Publisher: New Movement in Solidarity with the Puerto Rican and Mexican RevolutionsFormat: MonographCollection: New Movement
Biographies of Lola Rodriguez de Tio; Julia de Borgos; Do
I am With You in Prison, Alejandrina
Format: MonographCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Personal account of meeting with Alejandrina Torres at USP Lexington, Kentucky
The Moral Strength of the Puerto Rican Prisoners of War
Format: MonographCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Essay on anti-imperialist struggle of Puerto rice, their suffering as a colony, and the suffering and struggle of Puerto Rican prisoners of war in the US
Due Obedience - Fires
Format: MonographCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
First chapter of Due Obedience Fire/ Obediencia debida Fuegos. translated by Marilyn Buck.
Daughter, I Hope to See You When the day of Liberation Dawns
Format: MonographCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Personal account of the imprisonment of Maria Haydee Torres
The Indispensables
Publisher: Editorial El conquiFormat: MonographCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
The struggle and ideals of Puerto Rican prisoners of war Edwin Cortes, Alejandrina Torres and Alberto Rodriguez and of political prisoner Jose Luis Rodriguez
El Viejo Vive: En la memoria de nuestra gente
Publisher: Juan Antonio Corretjer Puerto Rican Cultural CenterYear: 2005Format: MonographCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Program: Memorial service given in honor of Reverend Jose "El Viejo" Torres
