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
Alberto Rodriguez Parole Committee
Publisher: Alberto Rodriguez Parole CommitteeFormat: PamphletCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Rompiendo Barrotes
Publisher: Comite Ofensiva '92 Are OesteVolume Number: 33817Format: PeriodicalCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Porque ni piense en probatoria - Why not consider the evidence & other news
Alberto Rodriguez Parole
Collection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Poster in protest of the imprisonment of Alberto Rodriguez and other Puerto Rican Prisoners of War
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
Freedom for the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War
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.
FALN Communique 2-28-1982
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.