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
![Angel Rodriguez Cristobal Commando communique](images/thumbnails//33764.jpg)
Publisher: FALNDate: 12/31/1982Volume Number: December 31Format: CommuniqueCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Communique taking responsibility for coordinated attacks against US agencies of repression.
![Due Obedience - Fires](images/thumbnails//26850.jpg)
Format: MonographCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
First chapter of Due Obedience Fire/ Obediencia debida Fuegos. translated by Marilyn Buck.
![The Indispensables](images/thumbnails//26841.jpg)
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
![Freedom for the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War](images/thumbnails//26838.jpg)
Pamphlet on the campaign to free Puerto Rican political prisoners and prisoners of war. 2nd copy incomplete. Includes: What is ProLibertad?; Who Are the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War?; Puerto Rico's colonial case; Arrests; Punitive Sentences; Human Rights violations. Includes call to action.
![Statement of the Case](images/thumbnails//26775.jpg)
Publisher: International Legal Counsel for Petitioners and the National Committee to Support Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarYear: 1980Format: MonographCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Statement of the case for release and treatment of the Flan 11 as Political Prisoners. Includes historical context
![In Defense of Armed Struggle](images/thumbnails//26768.jpg)
Publisher: The Coordinating Committee of the Nationalist Part of Puerto Rico in the United StatesYear: 1975Format: MonographCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Discussion of U.S. imperialism in light of the FALN bombing of 1975.
![FALN Communique 2-28-1982](images/thumbnails//34179.jpg)
Publisher: FALNVolume Number: February 28Format: CommuniqueCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Communique claiming responsibility for the bombings on Wall Street on Sunday February 28, 1982.