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![Four Puerto Rican Political Prisoners](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Puerto Rican Political Prisoners Alicia and Ida Luz Rodriguez explain the 1898 US military invasion of Puerto Rico, stripped the island of its independence, continue to maintain Puerto Rico as a colony. As Puerto Rican Revolutionary women, they stress the importance of family, describe the violent US military presence with 11 military bases on the island. They defend the use of arms as essential in protecting life when threatened with colonial violence. They explain how these conditions create the need for a clandestine struggle. They explain how the fight is against multinational corporations, not the people of the US.
They expose the torturous realities of prison life for them as Puerto Rican women imprisoned for their political beliefs. They discuss torture units, known as "control units" where they were held.
![Nothing Is More Precious Than](images/thumbnails//5345.jpg)
Date: 8/2/1975Call Number: NI 075 R2Format: Reel 2Producers: Claude Marks, Lincoln BergmanProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Program focuses on several major stories: start of the San Quentin 6 trial, start of Joanne Little trial in North Carolina with actuality, taped message from underground of Abby Hoffman, and stories on Latin America and American Indian Movement.
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