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Vieques - the campaign to completely get the Navy and the US out of Vieques and the rest of Puerto Rico, is still necessary, in particular making sure that the land is put back in the hands of to the people, decontaminated, and the repression ends against any Vieques activists.
South Bronx/ East Harlem clean air campaign - the people of the asthma belt of the United States are oganizing to free their communities from the polluton of bus depots, power plants, waste transfer stations and a unlivable amount of car exhaust, in violations of Federal Clean Air Act and our human rights. Please contact the Welfare Poets to volunteer organizing and doing outreach.
Political Prisoners - there are still over 100 political prisoners behind the walls and in the dungeons of the unites states prison system. There are still Puerto Rican poitical prisoners who have struggled and risked their freedom and lives for the independence of Puerto Rico and end to the Naval Occupation of Vieques.
There are still Black Panthers, Move members, R.A.M (Revolutionary Action Movement) member and A.I.M members (American Indian Movement) held in violation of thier human rights in accordance with the Geneva Convention adn the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights. We will not forget them and will continue exposing the truth and contradictions. Contact us to join in this struggle.
Education -
we need to create our own institutions of learning that has to be community
controlled. Schools have failed to do their job in meeting the needs of
children and their familles. We will expand existing independent
educational programs to address these needs with wholistic educational
process. To Volunteer for our Hip Hop Workshop please contact us.
Media - from independent music to a liberated press, we are fighting to
create our own outlets and vessels for the distribution of vital information
necessary for liberation of the colonies in the americas and around the
entire world Please look for our community newsletter which will
be made available online. Also look for Radio Welfano, a stream
of conscious, uplifting music for those struggling for freedom everywhere.
Self Producing., Seff Publishing., Self distribution is Self Determination!
Police Brutality/Racial
Profiling - the first line of defense to keep the masses of poor
and back and brown people in line are the police. The utter brutality
is an important part to the perpetuation of fear needed to maintain a
police state many of us do not care to recognize. The psuedo war
on terrorism has been transformed to a war on the poor and those who stand,
speak and fight in opposition to the flagrant contradicitons of this
backwards society. The Patriot Acts and Anti-terrorrisim Bill attempt
to cement big brother's hold on the awakening masses. In the face of these
threats on our civil liberties, our only option is to step up our efforts
in destroying any legacy of this empire, american the unfruitful.
Human Rights - International
Human Rights Day is December 12, 2003. The Welfare Poets are
making a call to all groups to organize their own event around any of
the tenets of Human Rights found in the Declaration of Human Rights: right
to self-determination, freedom of political prisoners, rights to education,
housing etc. Organize circles to discuss the issue and produce talking
points or an essay or testimony around the issue to share with other organizations
or crews around the nation. We will post the calendar of events
for December Human Rights Events and post any testimony and/or essays
people produce. Together we can form a new national consciousness
to create a new country of peace and justice. To take part in this
campaign please contact us via this website.
Poetry, Writings and Articles
- Vieques is Me, by Hector Rivera
- Short audio interview on art and activism [mp3]
- We're Tired of the Navy's Bull!
- Environmental Sell-out
- Imagining a New(er) Puerto Rican Radicalism [adobe pdf]
In Solidarity With....
Political Prisoners & POW's in the US
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