Records
10th Person Subpoenaed to Grand Jury
Flyer documenting the tenth supporter to be subpoenaed to a federal grand jury during the FALN-era investigations of the Puerto Rican independence movement. Part of the Freedom Archives DOC41 "New Movement in Solidarity with Puerto Rican Independence" collection.
25 Years of Struggle, 25 Years of Resistance — Document No. 1 (1978)
Document submitted on behalf of the four imprisoned Puerto Rican Nationalists (Lolita Lebron, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Irvin Flores, Andres Figueroa Cordero) laying out the factual and legal basis for their release after 25 years.
25 Years of Struggle, 25 Years of Resistance — Document No. 2 (Lolita Lebron, 1978)
Memorandum from imprisoned Puerto Rican Nationalist Lolita Lebron on Puerto Rico and the Nationalist prisoners taken after the November 1, 1954 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Acto Politico — Juan Antonio Corretjer (April 1983)
April 1983 program for a cultural and political event in support of Puerto Rican POWs featuring Juan Antonio Corretjer.
Alejandrina Torres: A Profile of a Puerto Rican Prisoner of War
Biography and account of inhumane treatment at the hands of the US prison system.
Breakthrough (Winter-Spring 1987)
Editorials: Puerto Rico: Yankee Go Home p. 1 - Defend the Palestinian Revolution p. 4 - Contragate p. 6 - Chicago: Confronting the Racist Right p. 7 - Myth of Black Progress, New Afrikan People's Organization p. 17 - Kuwasi Balagoon 1946-1986 p. 21 - U.S. and Zaire Training African Contras p. 22 - Chile: Crisis in the Southern Cone p. 24 - Interview with Pue...
Bulletin — New Movement in Solidarity with Puerto Rican Independence (Jan–Feb 1980)
Memorial issue dedicated to Ángel Rodríguez Cristóbal (1946–1979), published weeks after his death in FCI Tallahassee while serving his six-month Vieques trespass sentence as a self-declared Prisoner of War. Carries his statement to the sentencing court, the account of his funeral in Ciales drawing 8,000 people, the Sabana Seca response, the Vieques campaign...
COINTELPRO Puerto Rican Groups — Part 1 of 11
FBI HQ COINTELPRO file on 'Groups Seeking Independence for Puerto Rico.' Surveillance file underlying prosecutions of Nationalist Party members and FALN/Macheteros prisoners including Oscar López Rivera.
Church Committee Final Report — Book III
Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans. The definitive congressional documentation of COINTELPRO operations against MLK, BPP, AIM, SWP, Puerto Rican independence groups, and the Communist Party USA.
Civic-Religious Committee In Support of the Puerto Rican POWs
Pamphlet on the colonial status of Puerto Rico, the basis for the FALN 11 prisoners' POW claims, and grand-jury repression in the independentista movement.
Come to the Citizen's Review Commission on the FBI!
This flyer exposes the variety of tactics used in state-sponsored repression including grand juries and imprisonment to target as well as dismantle Black Liberation, Chicano, Puerto Rican Independence, and women's movements, among others.
Control Unit Prisons: Health and Human Rights Violations
Presented to the American Public Health Association on November 15, 1988 by the Socialist Caucus. Contents include: The Health Affects of Control Unit Prisons; APHA Opposes Lexington High Security Unit; The Women of Lexington Prison; Victory in Lexington Lawsuit; The Marion Control Unit; United Nations Position on Puerto Rican POWs; Public Health Decimates P...
Death to the Klan! December 1979
This issue of the newsletter includes articles about Klan activity, Zionist and white supremacist unity in opposition to Arab and Black liberation, the struggle against gentrification in Brooklyn, a march against the Klan in Texas, the assassination of Puerto Rican freedom fighter Angel Rodriguez Cristobal, a forum on U.S. imperialism and the struggle to fre...
Death to the Klan! Summer 1986
In this Issue: Klan Using Cable TV to Reach Millions; Centers for Black Survival; A look at the Puerto Rican Independence Movement; Fighting for Freedom (News on Political Prisoners); Commentary on Libya. Also, Chicago to be "racist capitol of the word" says Klan; Marines Train NC Klan; Mobilizations Against Prison Control Units; Sandinistas Fight Amerikkka'...
Declaration to the International Community Regarding the Crime of Genocide Against the People of Puerto Rico
Table Contents- Education: Instrument for the Destruction of the National Culture; Forced Emigration: Dispersion of the Puerto Rican Nation; Public Health: Tool for the Decimation of the Puerto Rican Nation; Repression: Physical Destruction of the Independence Movement and the Puerto Rican People; Conclusion.
Desde Las Rejas: Statements by the Eleven Puerto Rican Prisoners of War In the Concentration Camp of Cook County
Statements and Declarations by the FALN 11.
Did You Know That… (Puerto Rican POWs Educational Packet)
Educational packet with portraits of 12 Puerto Rican prisoners, background on the independence struggle, calls for amnesty, and methods of support.
Discussion with Don Juan Antonio Corretjer on Puerto Rico and World Situation
A discussion with Juan Antonio Correjter about how the Puerto Rican struggle fits into the larger world situation and global politics.
Dona Consuelo Speaks...
This pamphlet includes a message written by the 11 Puerto Rican Prisoners of War to Dona Consuelo regarding the rededication of a childcare center in Dona's name. It also features a short essay from an interview with Dona Consuelo. Contents: Solidarity Message from the 11 Puerto Rican POWs; Interview with Dona Consuelo (taken from El Nuevo Dia); Talking with...
El Boicot Electoral de Betances a Corretjer
This postcard promoted an event for the Puerto Rican National Independence campaign to boycott elections, representing the anti-colonial and pro-independence position that there are no free elections while there is an occupation.
El Viejo Vive: En la memoria de nuestra gente
Program: Memorial service given in honor of Reverend Jose "El Viejo" Torres
End the Marion Lockdown: Shut Down the Lexington Control Unit
Flyer for 12/19 demonstration.
Evening in Solidarity with Puerto Rican Independence
Solidarity event program promoting Puerto Rican independence and the release of Puerto Rican POWs.
FALN / Puerto Rico Materials — Finding Aid
Collection guide to FALN and Puerto Rican POW materials in the Freedom Archives holdings.
Free Puerto Rico! January/February 1990
Newsletter of the Free Puerto Rico Committee, North Americans in Solidarity with Puerto Rican Independence. Articles include "Referendum Plan Stumbles in Congress"; "Felix Matta Speaks Out Against the US Navy in Vieques"; "Newbriefs" including the death of Ruth Reynolds. Free Puerto Rico Committee is a national organization that works under the leadership of...