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'. HAPPY HOLIDAYS .PRO" N~,R , ',1····11-.F . ... " eo,

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July 25, 1898, the new proper way: holding strikes and thieves invade Puerto Rico ... the fighting against the lombriz u.s. brings 18,OOOmen, troops parties -- the republicans and which are led by nelson a. miles the liberals.

. who makes this statement: So, the worker party goes "We come for the cause of into the political 'electOral

liberty, justice and humanity .. ; struggle and wins in the to promote your prosperity and municipality of Arecibo in 1914. t he blessings of enlightened Next yeaf.~ in Cayey. it becomes civilization." the Socialist Party, receiving

Liberty ..• Justice •.. To more than 24,000 votes during promote whose prosperity? the 1917 elections, the year the

Advanteg8S and bMmingsl socialist revolution wins in The bigger the thief, the Russia.

bigger the lies. Workers all over the world These same persons that took this as an example of the

spoke those lies had been su periority of workers over terrorizing, steali n 9, enslaving, bosses and of how thay colild be and murdering Native Americans overthrown. The bosses also (American Indians) in their own realized this, and the u.s. and land and bringing .thousands of' other dominant countries began A frican workers for the the anti-socialist, anti-worker advantages of the ridt, who the campaigns. more they have, the more they, At thet same time, the want. American Federation of Labor

These words about the was created with a sell-out· liberty they wanted so much, leadership that defended . the brought great contusion to the interests of the bosses (as is thll Puerto Rican workers, peasants, case today with pig george day workers, artisans and the meany, head of the AFL-CIO people in general. who supports his pal nixon's

In the meantime, workers wage-freaze). from the sugar and tobacco T hat's the way santiago plantations and the cOffee iglesias pantin sold out under the haciendas hed already organized influence of samU4il gompers, themselved under the leadership president of the AFL at that of the Socialist Party, Their time. santiago iglesias pantin

"leader, Santlago IgieslasPantin, bet rayed the w 0 r k e r s had been jailed in Fajardo Prison completely, making the SOcialist by the spanish government, but Perty' enter e cealition with the general nelson a. miles freed /Um most sol9 out pig party Puerto while he chased the spanish Rico hed and $lift .has -- th8 army. republican party.' (now called

The first workers congress in pnp).' I' Puerto Rico was held the first of , . All the sacrifices, str!l9llles,

Mev, 1900. 5,000 members of iqI. strength . that the . Puerto worker groups perticipated. The . Rican .workerS had gained, which strength of the ¥yorker .roups means ' thiI wltole people, '_re was felt throughout thiI Island. . $tapped on and used as a

TtIe:~ -1teiIlJI~the,~mp~ ..=t4 .. ""~i

leadership that left the workers tlehind once more ..

This ~ened our W!I9IIIe and made it easier for those that

_re there already, hiding behind the army, the police, the UIaIess parties and the. sold-out unions.

Liberty .•.. prosperity .•• in the name of fwd and COmpany, south Puerto Rico sugar, fajardo suger CO., aguirre co., eastern sugar associates, the american tobacco co ...•.

By 1901, 78% of the products were imported from the u.s. Coffee, our main Product, went down 20% of the value of our total exports. By 1928, it represanted only 2.5% of the total value of exports. Of course, the coffee economy'of our island _nt bankruptl .

0" the other hend, b¥.1930, the total amount of commercial banking resources was ejgfity.two million dollars in the island. More than half of this ernount was kept in the niltiona1 city

. back of New Vork, the royal bank of Canada, and the bank of Nova Scotia.

The rest of that capital was' in the hands of the Puerto Rican rich: banco populer, credito y ahorro poncano, banco de ponce (property of ferre now a day s ), The

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northamerican racketeers and the two or three Puerto Rican Pits (like ferre, casiano, rexach const, garcia mendez, and othersl were filling their pockets with millions at the .tipense of the workers.

Working long days to live in houses that collapse on top of .. , suffering tuberculosis ~ .. lack of food, not being able.ta . send our children to __ , '" because _ have no clothin& fer . them, THEV ARE SUCKING· OUR BLOOD! '

IT"· infornHttion was taken from ~ 1!JI! P'''!Po Bjqan People. by Juan A. SlIeffl.

QUE VIVA PUERTO RICO LlBREI GlorieF~

.Meriscal de Campo PARTIDO YOUNG LO,RDS

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The New Economic Policy set up by .. presi<Itmt nixon on August 15 has now been eXtended indefinitely by Phase II .. We are going to try to explain how this policy is a direct attack on aM working people in the united states, and its colonies, July, a month before the.freeze. especially Puerto Rico. Obviously, they got _ned by

To understand the New the government thet the freeze Economic Policy, we should wes coming so that they could diVide it into two parts: first, the raise their prices and h_ them Wage freeze and second the frozen at a very high rata. This

. pr_~ way, they were insured of .WhMthe New £conomic corttinuing to I1IIIQ PIOfits

'PO!icY . VI/IIS announced by nixon during the freeze. ,.J!r'~ ... ,1ltstatlid:that.,.'wage: .' . Aceofdin, t.G the

. . . ~""i;,i' .. '9.,1.".'1. ",~{_ il.:!!" n . Ph.n . hl!S been set up to r$gUn prices this by saying that and ....,t. What they didn't tell us

any il'lCrell!l8s in .... II!U$l be is thatthelMGPle put in ella,.. <d,eci*d awi!t Pay·.1JOIrInf ~ is . of this commission have a long ;'.... up. of rePreSentatives of

BUstness, labor, and the '~ic". .

The first decision that wages _id be fIwen ~ that aven though working peopfe have biM!n . fighting the bosses for better .,aries, ~ will ~ even get the bits and Ci1fmbs we won in ~ :stFUIJ91es. The Phase II dlllCision means thlit our salaries are tlow going to depend on. the capitel"lSt$, the own8rJ' of1arge corporations, /II'Id the corrupt UniOn leaden Who have $Oid out workIln for years. And we know what weean axpect if bie

/business, senout labor leaders, and the government are going to

"decide .\¥bether or not -eat any ·jncrease in .waees.

. Aft the money which _

staved for is beinIJ'$lOIIIn from us

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Our WlllJ8S are' being tightly f8gU1~ (or controlled) by Phase n, while prices are not, ,This means that it will becorna mora and mora difficult for workers, peopfe on watfare, and students to live. Wages don't go up. wetfare.isbeing cut, student ilrentl are being cut. But the ",cit' ~ tbUip we need to _lIr,,'.' ~- 'lWJd:. ~ng, llIothing, and beelth cate -- are going.,p.

The govemrnant is reedy and willing to control wages, but

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especially the colonies of the U.Ii.

like Puerto Rico, and the Black, latin,and Asian working peopfe whose wlllJ8S are IGwtO be8in' with .

. What cen we do? Working people must beein to unite and axpose this govemrnant'. poIiflies 8IJ8inst poor people in IJIII8I'8l and working peopfe in p8I1icuter. The constitution of the. u.s. says that the government is instituted for thepeopfe and by the JI8OPfe. and. wben the lJOVernment flO'

longer serves interests of the the the IJOV8Il't'IIIMliilt

what must establish a peopIe"s gc·MlnllTl8llt. in the· uni1ild states lJ<Wernmint that serves the, interests of worktngpeople .... ...;'r. socittlistgovtirnment. A. governrnant that stOPs ~ other ftIItiGM lib harte Rfcq, and our 0_ national'minoritiis (Blacks; Cflical'los: lite.). Socialism puts· the poW into the. hands of erking' peopledt eliminates privat.:pr~itS,.

axpI~~':st:; ~~ fib tlui Puerto. Rican .~ Feclilratioo or· the Q_. W~ Congres$or other w.oM!r IJf'OIfPII that wIIJ, defand the ri9ftts and Reads of working peopfe.

POOR.P~1: ,UH'T~f WORt(PlACESBElON(J TO THOSE wHo; WORt( TijEMt.

. and gjIIlIn..to the cOrporations $0

they, ~an increase their ptOfits. 1ltecost of tiVing oontinues to d .... but wage~ are notkee;ing up ~ it (for 8Umpfe. the 'me itt' prie'JAd rents).

"ESEIT FUM IfUl

l1rN briItgs us to the·1econct '.,oint, the so-@Iled~ "Price ~~. .' .

Phase"', .:prices '6'lIra IllDiDMIlIf1:o ..... been fr. at

,..tIwat·tf!8y '~'t, :JlIiIIIJ*I .'" ~.

iIUt·JiIJtO.~ •. ·JIi\J

Mstorv' .ot'· very clos. retet i{)nsb{p$ with the rich corporetiQns. .. ·Of.~ they tiJqlecl. off ,... big COl poretioll. and'l\fOl\Il~"'~ trytotceep· ...

to i1II8I, __ '., .. _,... .. ,.. .. tt.

whIn 'h .. C0Rf8S to prices and f8!t9, they lll'en't so ..... y to act. This .tbOws wI\ieh.,. oleas the go,~rt ~ts - the rich. The ~ is wotIUne to maIcIt·,..._ ,..:: .rich.

c:OntinuI. ;~ ... ·iiGftet,w...,' ~,-._._, __ t· WiW .• _~IDmt~~~~~ij '/'''''I;''*'''_i;.''''W.;

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«TWO AIiEnTS IEIiAn TO HI[H THE DOOR"

"/ wsnt everyone to know that / have no intantion of committing suicide or attempting to ascapa. If / die, you'll know that the empire has exterminated me." ,

-- Humberto Pagan

Hum berto. Pag:';, for believing in fnIadom for puerto Rico, has been falsely accused of killing the commander of the taetieal police force (the aquivJlent of the force troops used by dictator batiste in Cube), on last March 11 th during the student rebellion at the Univeni\y of Puerto Rico in RiO Piedra Here we publish an Interview that we had with Humberto's father, Mr. Isaac p..,an.

Mr. Pagan is the father of 8 children, a man of medium height and in whose face one can see the signs of yean of eorttinuous work. He is a penon who is well known In all the corners of Alluadilla and oeiJlhboring towns.

Aftarprolonged .queS'tioliing, he an_led us firmly: '" am a father who is PfOUd of having been ... to educete my entire family and I am grateful to God for all the good thinp He has given '*'"" When I ~Ied mysalf, he spoke more and apologized, adding: '" live in constant fear of the many threats and the persecution that my whole family faces", . I.~

. To our questions he answentd that he ill "married". '" married in 1934. I was bom in Santurce in 1913. I have lived in Aguadilla for 38 years and I have a family of 8 children -- 5 men and 3 women. Six aie married, (and with a crililel one suspended from th8 University, three of them haveservad in the armed forces, and two are athlates of international fame".

When. asked about hill ~ who is accused, Humharto Pagan, he answers us with firm voice; "This is the greatest abuse being carried out by justice and by those who consider him guilty!

. m the photograph that appeared in the press, hill picture was fixed so he ,would look like I

criminal. They said. he was 24 years of age though he is really only 20 years old".

What kind .f person is Humberto?

"He. was always iritalllgllnl ~i; He &Ushed biah school in only 2

'::: years, Ihd In the. UrUvehity fse c :)~ • .ow. ~ ... third ~ 1ft I

~,fim.~ .• ~

Later he told us how thay arrested Humberto.

"On March 16th, at 9:15 p.m., my son was in front of the house when two cars passed and eight persons came out and threw themsalves at him. He got away from them and ran into the house for protection. My, wife, seeing all that commotion,·came out to ... what was going on and thay pushed her. I told my son to get into his room. Tf!ey* two agents,began to kick the dOor. A third agent came in threatening, breaking the screen On the door, with his gun in hishllrldo. A fourth agent, named Ocasio, was belting on the windows,

screaming at my son, 'Corne on out so we can tear you apart'. When thay antared my home,

While thay passed by the place Where my younger daughter was studylng, thay knocked her to the floor and scattared all the furniture on the floor. I still have the phot...-aph .... When I asked them if thay had,e warrenf'for an arrest or I search warrant, thay said, 'We don't .,eed one'" This is a violation of civil rights, thinp which are no longer respected."

"Then they told _ that

~ had to tak& my son away for .. itl..-I .. tioil. f told them that he would to if I lOCal lIP-lied him. and it .. , "'~tiIGuId have to wait for our ...,. ...... the!~'!'8,: '.IL; .......... ....

San Juan attar midnight-to thjI Department of Drup and Narcotics. Ten mI'nutes later, the district attorney showed up, and Atilano (the man who daims that he _ Humberto kill the commanderl came tatar, asking the district attorney which one was my son .. Humberto answentd, 'This ill my old man', not knowing that he was the Judas who would accuse him. The district attorney, then, began questioning him in an office, without fim warning him that ·if he mentioned others, those parsons would be made witnesses for the StauI. When Humberto refused to answer his questions, thay began to beat hlm. ...

"When the 'investigation' was over, . my son and I found ourselves seated together again. Meanwhile, the agents were inviting me to return to Aguadilta. which I did not do. Then the district attorney began to bring charges ~,~iIl~ he got to eight, wtiich Was ..... hit stopped."

"Upon arrIVing at ~ surprile was great when A i

who Is considered to be working for lustiee, lecused Humber\!) of beinjJ the

murderer. Doesn't Mr. Atilano realize that in a grove. where there's 8 statue in the middle, and amidst all tty contusion, that there. was, it's impossible to distlnguilh the, ,color -of I

person's clothing or that ~'s faetures? Or was Mr. Att.no an obse~ver? Or did he have binoculaR? And I ask and tall myself -- is somebody lying? When the films from the television crews are reveeled in court, if such films exilt, and 1M people have the right that they be revealed as proof, and when hundreds of witnesses declare in court. the people will have a question in mind.

"I am not one to judge anyone and, believe me, with my . religious beliefs I always say that to be at peace with God, one has to ofsey the commandments: among them, thou shIIIt not kill, thou shalt not bear false witness agaiMtthy ~, nor follow the law oPal, ey& for an ey&; I

tooth for a tooth'.'" ''Thay have planted /Mitred

and vengeance for Humberto in the family of the ~, but thay do not .. the words of our RedeIIneI', 'forgive Iftord&r to be forgiven'. It'$ like • swarm of ants carrying m lW'/to ...... ..

..... 'my mmct ...... . --just ........... . . ....; ......... ~~~,

, , "~\,,'t~,><-~;;i2:;;<~'d"

Why did the agents have the intention of beating him in my home or maybe who knows what if thay had -caught him in the street? Would they have killed him? Why did four agents follow

and threatai'! him whan he came out on bail? Why does the police or agents have to persecute my sons while thay go or come horne from work? Why do agents pass by Our home at dawn and blow their car horns just to wake US

up? Why so many anonymous letters and signs made with chalk on our sidewalk as If we were murderers? I ask myself, who is the writer of this play and who is the director?"

"I know that God's justice is great and if my son were guHty he should be punished, in a fair trial and without fabricating avidence because I crime cannot remain unpunished like in the case 'of Antonia Martinez (murdered by the police on. M.ch 4, 19701, or the taxi ' driver (shot to deeth on September Xl, 1967 at the University Of 1'uarto Ric:o), or the deeth of a young cadet (killed on March 11, 19711, OJ: the suffering of a mother and father and their family - God created famHies and united them so thay would' love each other and we do so."

''Many ""cIoh't:,~" that if Humberto.did not ...... before VillI it was bee.Hun ... pr .. ,ure of ~hr.llt. ,..,d anoft,.. .. fattIm and. he CIIR'ItI to the concIUIioJt that the ~ wants to destroy his young Iifa with fabricated aitidance."

---END OF INTERVtew--

Humharto is now in Canada. Soon the Canedian IJOV8I'IIR*lt will celebrate his trial for allegedly entering the· country illagaly. tip to now, hi. parents have been able to 1JO$tpOne the trial due to the political ~ of hiseasa.

We itemand that the Canadian' governmant grant him free passage to obtain political exile in the country of his choice becaUSe Iieie in Puerto Rico, thay want to destroy him tJhVsically and morally for his political convictions. We also support all groups, like the AntoniaMert!nez Committee, that have moved in hill defense.

The only _ing that the 'government knows how to do is to abuse averY'One. Look at whet. thay do to us. There is no medicel lIttention and ..... there is some, thay treat liS like animals. They evict people from shacks that they had to buird out of deIperetion becaUse thay h4Id no pi!Ice to go, or out of empty buildings __ thay searched

for shelter. There are so 1IIIIn" things that they do to III the( ~k" cajJima.i ... what tM gova:rn .. e .. t wovl(l ,d/)!to;

eon\', P.JS /0/ ,

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PANCHO AND GOODY SENTENCED In October, Eduardo

''PIIIdlo'' Cruz and Wilfnldo "Goody" Melendez were fnmIId on' charges of possessing explosives; and on D __

14th, they were santenced. PancI10 got 7 veers" and. Goody got&' '

Pancho, who is 22 years old, _ a sMtent at City Collega in N.Y. when he _ arlUWd. Goody, 21. _ e night student at Bnmdeis High $lhool in N.Y. Thllir conviction and san18ncing lin! anothar IItt!IImpt by tha amerlkkkan go¥8l'f)fJl8nt to intimidllt.. and Silence the growing Puerto Rican Iiber4ltion IIICMIIlI8Ilt. ThII government prosecutor, assistant district attorney, john' fine (he'. also prosecuting Carlos FeliGieno and Herbert Blyden)' originally -..d Pancho end Goody of being _ben of MIRA, a "subversive group" that plalmed to set off bombs in dapllnrnent stores throughout the city. But tha brothars were not, indicted for this phoney charge. They lIIIIII8 chargad with "possession of explosive cleva. wit.h, m1!lM to use them against the person or .~of~."

it.ts ., .. YOUng'l~s Party grana tha prize of Pig of

thII, . Week to ~'*~' p,..ident of die -, ~ts asSociation. of Forest Hills, 0uaeM; New York. '

birbedt is tha leader of this middle class whi18 community agamst tha cOnstruotiol\ of •

.Iow-income housing project for 840 primarily Black families.

birbach Iles ~,.tUCCIIISfuI in mobiliZing the reSidents '(If

Forest Hills and has coIIec18d signatures demanding the hnpeachment of mayor john v. lindsaY, and the· h8ecI of the housing authority, srm- gofer. lindsay, like othllr opportunist politicians who lin! taking advantage of thII situation to look for vo18s, is backing tha construction of lhe project and condemning the ~ involved.

birbach 'cleims that it's not a nvrttei' of flltism, but rather tha fMr, of the conFuctlon of a project that will bring "people who are accon\pIIQed by c:rimII, drug ecldiction • .-tt". _ that-

1t!iJ-'d decrease tha.veIue 0' ~ inFo,. Hills. _, .~ it _Id lower tbe

!,".of~;:tha I!k"' way i~ ........ in "-to.l;\kIowhen •

project is,,\JuiIJ • to a cI'-.s '~J file

.' dassgets ~".J:IecauSa ~y,O ,.~~,.k~JP~ •. ,~ sc ~. that."- better than the

~.;...,.~J9 .. ~. A",C,' ;f:/<~'~.~1P~+f .. +::) ;"\"'/ ,~:~.", ~,:,;:<:: ,",ft""

~':;i ;"~x~).:·C(",,.,0.>~ y: '~:,

At 'thII sentancing. pig fine _ pushing for long prison tIIrn1s. He said that "information provided to ma by the police showed Cruz and Melendez were resPonsible for a large numbar of tha bombings that ocCurred thoughout 1he city during 1969 end 1978." But, of. cOurse, he had no evkleheli to back up this lie.

PI6 OP WEhW

"coma to spoil' the neighborhood." They',. paying good 4IIoney ill order to live comfOrtably and they don't want that~~.

But whet's realty hIIavy is that birbedt not only encou'lIflIIl

This _ wiN be lIppIIeIed,

and we will be in court. Just as we ~ and demonstrated at the Mltltncill9. with this same spirit, we must fight for our brothers' freedoml

FREE PANCHOI FREfGQODYI

QUE v.~ V~ . PUERtO RICO ... IM£I • ~!i"

THE the poor tamilies, renovated the buildings, and ,then raised the" rents so that thapoor filmilies coufd not return. He evicU thr poor in· the c:ity and ~ ,..' leeds a. carnpaigR to keep them-, from findtng a roof in .. tba' ...... .

birbldl is serving as • Ioyaf '. tool of the rich. Malting use of racism, IN! keeps the poor (who have l1CJthing tt) falllitII:k on. and the ~':cIass {~~e little rnorel,'Clivided. ~Ie. the ownar of the chase I1lIII'ifIattan bank and thII first national city (~I·loses no sleep since thII value ()f the property in" Fo,.astHills continues 'high. 6kbacb. ,for being ~ttunkie of the rich. you

RVJfJJEJl1'O Humberto who opposed theM things. They would kill him without thinking about it twice.

Why?' Because there is no democracy either hera or in tha uni1lld states. There is no better way to enslave a person than by giving that person the vote and telling him or her that they lin!

free. A democracy. A democracy is where the' majority of the people, the ones who lII1!

suffering, have control over everything that affects their liveL Here what we have isa dictatorship of a minority, the

'rich, who 18rroriza the poor imd all who oppose it.

LONG LIVE DEMOCRACY! QUE VIVA PUERTO RICO LlBREl

Jesus Villanueva RoId$. and Pedro Rodrt9uIlZ'Cosme PARTIDO YOUNG LORDS Rama Julio R~ Aguadltfa, Puerto Rico

INFOJIMATlON

LETTERS TO THE EDifoR:

Palante is stillting 8 column ,soon, to be' CliJIIecI "LETTERS TO THE EDlTOR'~ It will be ..nother Way for peepiB who are (lOt in' the Party, to let us :;;~ lTOW yoU f~ Sbout things:

,'#Xircrlticisms; suggestions, ideil!$ etc, So write! '

Address II':'YLP NA T'L 35iJ Wi~A~nue' Brcinx, . New York

10454

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li' _____ ~-----........,;\PA--.iiiiiIiiii·tiiiiioiiiii'M ...... JroiiiiiioiiiIE ... J "o'.lIce ,I,t/JIlII

In our daily life, this government shows us more end more how little it cares for our well·being,

Everywhere you go, you see cases of innocent brothers and sisters beaten by under.cover poliee looking for publicity in EI Nuevo Dia and EI Mundo (irresponsible newspaper~ of Puerto Rico) as if they were doing something against drugs. They grab anyone that they don't like and they accuse that person of selling drugs and, as it' that wasn't enough, then they beat that innocent person.

But there is no one who is blind to the trick, of this government. They tell every?ne that it's just 2 or 3 poIij;e who are bad. But when it comes time for false arrest and for brutalizing 8 worker or another poor person, they don't do anything to them. They protect those undercover agents who do ,as they please. \

Take a look at the case of Wilfredo Guerra Nieves (Vitito). What happened to him is outrageous! Here is a broth!lr who spends his time workill\l to

• feed his family and they say thet he was selling drugs. They must be out of their minds! Everyone in EI Tamarindo knows. Vitito and they know that he was not invofved in that:

Well, as the .shameless gorillas that they are, ihev carne to the community of EI Tamarindo in Aguadilla and the \ '

narcotics agents kidnapped him. On the way to Meyaguez, where they took him, they beat him so much that they laft him black lind blue. Then they gave him a ransom, of $90,000 (rantom, because this is no bail for a. poor person) and then they lowered the rensom to $15,000.

These thin .. can't belaft like this! If we don't do something to protect ourselves from this abuse, forget it. Probably your own family mey be the next

, , WE.RE

"_0' c..IIt'''''e.

Victim of these authorized crimi~ls.

Lat's see what we can do. These kinds of things have to stop! And they won't stop on their own. Under the system ot capitalism, tt.e police exist to oppress our people. We have to take control of these iNtitutions to make sure that they function as they should, serving the poor people, the overwhelming majority.

us our live. Join the People's

organizations that support the Young. Lords Partyl

DEFEND TH~ RIGHT TO LIVE! LON G .L I VET H.E w()RKERis' ... THE·, WRETCHED WHO WILL BE THE GOVeRNMENT 9f THE fUTURE I P8ctro RodrIiIueir ec.me Partido Young lords Rama Julio RoIdiii AguadiII.,.Pt,Jerto Rico

SICK' OF"GARBAGE

It has been three weeks that the people of the section La Via and'the Young Lords Party have been carrying out an ectionw the cleaning of the lIOMmunitv of EI Tarnarindco, ~ La Via--one of the poorest secif&ns of Aguedilla. The garbage ection is a demand for this government to clean our community.

What has happened "that La Via has, hed the worst kind of serviee in garbage collection and almost nothing • far • heahh facilities for our people.

that the workers don't want 'to collect the garbage. This, is, ftOt: true. The problem is that there are ,only ,3 trucks for 3 different -. Tbe,workeq are forced to 'W0I'k too AIUdI for • very low ,saIery. Be,sidW.. the area of La Via is ,ftOt: ~ to clean Ibother pH" of town and the countryside of Aguedilla. It's almost all hills and there's more people living in the area. In La Via """'" trucks and more Workers are needed in order to do a thorough job in the cleaning of the community. When the municipal trucks

pass by, the workel's 100 more than 4) _ a lot of .fIIIrbage to collect "and abo mayor cerezo puts pressure on them to clean the communities that voted for him first. So, what they do is that thev' collect. AIUdI as thev' can and fN!Y Have:

0" TueIaiay; November 23rd, theVouno'LoR14 Party tOgether with the·peopfe of La Via had a pickat in fForit of the mayor's office demaniling that mayor cerezo (Jombr_iz) ~,~ trucks with brigades of men and women to clean La V .... including everf hill and road that can be reached.

, Many.peopfe think that it's

After the picket on. that ' TuesdaV, we visited the mayor demanding a cleaner community. The first thing that came out of his, mouth was: "FrenkIy, the problem is that the people who !,' live up there are the dirtiest in the world:' This is how the government is, ifiltliiOtlSible and they hate poor people. W88,_ presented him the following demands, for him to carry out immediately;

J. We went apfIfOpriate __

trucks to clean the area on the farm of ManoIo Oliver and inEI ChIlpeY.

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Once again the Christmas M850n has arrived and our people prepare to say good-bye and at the same time greet the year. These are the days of doing the cleaning and reviewing what hes happened to us during 1971.

CHRIS I MAS The se are the days to

remember the IOnS and daughter that we hwe far eway from us, working in the factories of New York and Bridgeport or on' the migrant farms of Philec:\elp1lia and o. New Jersey. For the

.A TIME.

Boricuas who are absent from Puerto Rico, these .... day. to tefII8IIIber OUt' 10¥IId ones and . to feel, __ than _. the pain

of being a dividad nation. . Th.. _ .. days -to · remember our lOAf, huIbanctI. and brothers who._ flflhting in the VI8tnam War; and _ abo . ""'*"'* __ who left our nation dressed in mourning during the Korean War.

This is the time to _ UIe

bo"ds with OUt' neighIIors. frierids, and relatives -- bondS that may have been broken

· throu,h political discussions wttUe the poI~ continued could lICIt send the card _ were ... fat in their positions, waitint for. ignorint our misery. And ID on down the line,

For us. poor people, it is a they impose on us the cost of a time in which the most beautiful Christmas tnse, edormnenu for part of our culture Aligns: the the ho use, Christmas seals

· 'aguiRaldos' (jibaro Ch ristmas wrapping paper for gHts, and · fIIUSict played on 'cuetro' (a four ~other thi!lp,. strine guitarl and tJUitar, the Thaystatt a \llllllp8ign ....... at ~ wIth'guiros' t1noutb. all ma.ns ·of .. ,.t"I1.':"~·""""" '3' f i··· ... ; ........ ~t;.u •• llt ... y· •• ,~ 4YYl~.Jv..tileil ...... on 'Ulbaro nllKntl that are ~ trains, stfeetIJ 10 that· """w-., the· '~_ cbiIdren,. wilt .... falters. tG fRpIIrlId .With>.GOIIIItIQt .... ; . "Sante ctaus ia the North ..... ~

,the .,..,.. and tile fBmIIIIs IIIIdngfor eXpensive ... 1'hasIt roast pork for the ¥iIitots that tovs. that .. mlllli: riililtUAllf .., -gnlftwithpride. poor . worlt .... ;·~t .. t.

It is abo the time .In lIfhich eompetitIqn ........ ~; . ___ ken buIiI.............. til t!*1I*!iJ .............. . field day ..-... the ... .-t of" , .... see m8Ife to feel of us. T'- IIMII'dIants make sad ....... their dlildren cannot .

million. with our feelinp and have •• t'toys.theof ..... W' ---,we start off the _ year with the ~ .... _ 0iIr

cIII1fts. They make us bat .. that c:bifdteIt ...... 10 dAr they · tha way in whid! you show that wilt. tcIiiIfl oa· ............ ·• you care is throI!th an 8JCP8IIIiYe the kmllist ,fit' Obligltiol._ tift; then they h.Uhe _ to already have --- and -... 110

· say that "it's the· thought that ~- few driIdNu thIII counts." Then they 1eacII us to . . to. fl'-. d C?luh tm as

~iil8 iiICIl other through . em~" .the Christmas · Christmas cards, which is IIIothar _. dabt that we havell¥8l'Y year. We - h •. come and. our people fall for this game and ~ .1prep~f8 ··to c:elabrata . it in ._,evell get offended if IDm8OD8 happiness and in love. It's

. important and R8C88f8rY that waf

... \.III COi'IelUSlON, F&UDW PEA$Wr5/L~T ME ~

."... NEJiO FOI2 PIiAC! AHO HARMOfoIV.

UNITY

<con.L). W):!BE

SICK. 01 .QA..II.JIABE 2: To hW hrigedel of .­

and .. wome.1I to combat unemployment and ID that tfla.

• workeN _'t...,.to work.twice • mueiI 3. T~ .. CIIIIeCt ..... at laastfour ...... .

4. To setup ...... c:ans ia all· part. of .. , ~ ID that no one wIil Ie. forced to .... ..... in .... where WI berm our- selves.

all !. =of-_lDthelllililli:OOlNlllOlIti.:.tII.n:.::"

to .. _ that no • has

.:1IO\1IIIIt tick from the ....... the 'J '.,bll,e. And." _kat

attantion':tof .... ~ ...... it.

Tha only thing that the fhmIdes of .. mayor ,who filled his office could rapty. to . these demands _ "communists! cornmunistst"

continue in this spirit II¥8l'Y day of the new year because a people tfIat are dispirited and disunited cannot defeat their anarny.

The Young Lords Party congratulates our divided nation and wa ask all workers and ~ people of the united statas and Puarto Rico to units ID that 1972 wilt ba a v- that wilt bring us closer ... our goal.

QUE VIVA PUERTO RICO lIBREI WOflKl'LACES BELONG TO THOSE WHO WORK THEMI .

GIorie~ YOUNG I..ORDS PARTY National Hurfqua li8is

Aftd now the radio stIItieia WA8A of AguadiUa comes out' with an editorial sayint that there is • small IJI'OUP that waits for the garbaga _ trudt to '-' and then .beOiA· '. to .~"'_c ...... I'IIobacIY It_li. ... no:-. this is' ~ 1heit the rasidanU' of La- ¥ia.. T"· Only thing thet the:fiisOf ·Hector: I'I!IIcheaI "the rid! owner Of .. station ) '1I1d Nt -puppet. ~; AIvaIw, 'have &iill:bnplisheclis to . -.ken.,; •• " that .4he. 0

mtiorit¥ of.En'amariado feel. wa know ... t'- ·teJribIe

eoAditions of_ exist~. thare _ poor P!ICIPIe. fw'lhis f'88IOR,. - mUst' ~ to unite .. to' ~ our poor communitiesia"...., ..... of the word 10 that __ have

cleaR _4· A .UnI1ed J)II(IIIferapr8l8ltt .........

ALL POWER y.o·THE PEOPLE' QUE VWA. PUERTO RICOU .' Miguel.Z ~i Faderach(n' ·Obrer.(!P ~.

~"~IO"~,

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,....-'WW'7W"tn .. no • .. ••• .... iiAiAii'iir

HOW DO PEOPLE LIVE IN CHINA?

From Sap/ember 21 to. November 2, Pablo "Yoruba" Guzman, member of our Central Committee, was the guest of the People's Republic of China. In that six week period, he saw much and met with many people. The following article is an account of that trip. We hope that this article, short as it must be, expresses the advances that can be made under sGail(ISII1.

The People's Republic of China invited the Young Lords Party to participate in the NatiOnal Day, and also to sit down and talk, as among friands. (National Day commemorates the day China was first run by the people, October " 1949). In the six weeks we were there, we learned what socialism is. It was everywhere: the way they talked, the way they treated each other, in the workers' faces, at jobs that gave them happiness.

Why does it seem strange that workers in China are happy at their jobs? Because China is 8

united states and Puerto R ieo. Whether it's a tenement in Bridgeport or a shack in EI Cano, ona thing remains the same, it's rotten. In China, the people are building a society where needs like housing take priority over going to the moon or increasing

the president's salary. So houses are being built all over China, warm in the winter, cool in summer, and free of rats and roaches.

In education, we visited schools where the children era given a true education. of themselves. More than that, tl)ey are being made aware of their relationship to workers all around the world. Here in Puerto Rico, and the u.s., we get a distorted picture of the world, as seen through the u.s. government's eyes. In China, the children learn in school about workers' strikes in San Juen.

Health? Here socialism shines most brightly. Hospital workers and doctors administer the

socialist country, and under .. _____________________ •

socialism, the wor1<ers own the workplaces. They sit down together and figure out what they can make and how they're going to do it. instaed of having a boss who does nothil1\J but cotIect money (and gives a small pert of that money back to the workers in what is called wagesl, the workers collect the money. As 1I result, goods are cheap in China because, the price of a thing is only whet· It cost to make. There are no extra charges such .8S taxes or bosses' profits added on. This.~ind of ~ is called a planned aconomy, unlika the I!COnOmy of ~ Rico and the united.states which follows no consistant. plan > tbat benefits the peoPle.

l:he effacts of a. plJlRned econo",y under workers! guidance (or socfalisml can be. seen everywhere. We. are all femiliar with the.housW9 situation for poor people in ~

hospitals together. Because the' people come first, prices are not high at all for health care. In the

# .... ,~ ... ,... .... ...

day. In· China, ·anyona ... the right to the best health care; AriIf" like the workers in the factories, ~Ile."'.pjtal workers are encouraged .• cfweIop thtir .. fur the r. T h r'o u 911 experimentation, they use an ancient for.., of Cltin_ rned_ina called acupunctura !needles p'-J in the body lIS anesthesial together with modem scianca to cure petients in e longer lasting . way. In Puerto Rico and the u.s., health is a business where health bosses wait for you to·fIIl sjck, give you something for thepain, and.welt for you fa. get sick again, to charge at least ten mora dollars. Under SOCialism, es in China, the object is to prevent illness.

everyWhere we _t in China, the workers and paasants wanted us to tell Puerto Rican and American workers, whom they ~l ·theit·· class sisters and ~ttiI/n;.ihat:theY look forward

, .. to the day .. wtMn _ can all meet lIach -other':.Utrtilthen, they wislr to let us know that, beyond a doubt, the¥ . ., ill full support of our struci!Ites for freedom and iustifllt, ,

:tong • live 'the militant sofidatity of tnt.chinese, Puerto R_1Ild A~ Peoples!

::;. 'I' <'

_bLACES BELONG TO ,-tHOSE WHO WORK THEMI;' .

: , P~ "VOfI/be" Guzman . ~ of IIJtormation

,- VO\.lNG-'LORDS PARTy

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IPAI;Di.BY'f~

La Con'ptlniu del Tete/olIO i~~~:::::' tlllefonistas 58 ponen en la cabeza

Disel';mi "" Co"'I-a las n.uje,-es" S=;.:':o'!a~o~ Los Neg,·os y Los Latinos

[HlnA weld' a enfermar para cobrarIe par to menos $10 maL Bajo eI lOCiaIismo, como en China, la ..... es witar enfermedades.

Oondequiera .... fuimos par China, los trabajadores y los campesilaos _ 1JId1aron qUe Ie __ a los bab.jado .. "

puetton'iqueiiOs y alillll i can DB

(q~hm.. aflo. 11an.n ... hannenas y hacmenos de d_1 que estai ensiosos pOi" eI diB en que podanaos eonocamos. Hasta _ diB, qIJiaren dajamos SIlber

que, sin dude eIguna, den apoyo. plano a nuestres Iuchas par ilbac1ad y justic:ia.

i Qua- viva Ia soIldaridad mlfitan'lll defol pueblos chi_, ~$y-":enos'

tL OS UTIOS 0 E TRABAJOt>£RTENeee'N A . Q U 'eNE.S LOS

I TRA13AiA1itYN!

Pablo "Vofuba" GuZrnM Ministro de Informacion PA R TIDO YOUNG LORDS

i Ouiere apoyar la lu~ de liberacioli del pueblo PUBrtDrrique­no? i COMPRE PAL ANTE., la his­taria de/\Partido Young Lords durante nuestro primer aiio, en entrevistlls II fotografi'asl Cubitma SU8VF$3.00; ClJbierta dura=$7.26. Obtllnible en Cuartele$ Nacionales, 3S2 WiflisAvenue, Bronx, N. y, 10464. TEL. (212J 669·3643 sOlo en ingieS. (A;;1KIa III costa da· "'los Ii or· dena por carreo).

***~******.********** •• **.****

CtJARTELES NAGIONAL.IS HAN SIDe MU . (JAOfJS?

NtJESTRA' NUE'III D/RECCION ES .

362 WltttS AVENuE BRONX, . NeW YORK

10464 .,

TEt.EFONo: . {2121 S6!J~43'

PALANTE 'EN RADIO SABAD(), .. :--./:~.P,M. " WBAI-FM . lftl.7I .. ~ ',' mUsics. notk;ilJl, ~treviStlls.

En dieialntHe del 1970, la Amar<ican Telephona and Telegraph Company (Cornpailfa Americana· del T~ y eI TeWirafol. qua ~maS gentll quac:uelquiar otra corporaciOO .. los esIIIdos unidos, soIieitO'deI gobiemo 11ft. aumanto an las tarif. par Uamades a Iarga distancia. La EEOC 10 .eom;sioR de Oportunidadas .",eIes de EmpIao) 58 oputO eI aumanto, acusendo a laAmerican' J......-. end Telegraph IAT 81 ').d~

, £ntoncu, la faderal CommunicatioM Commission (fCC 0 ComisiOft federal de

porque somas cotocadas en trabajos de tan poca page, como telefonistaS 0 secretaries. Por ejemplo, las telafonistas ·estan perdiendo $1,812.98 an .. aldos adicioneles eI aiio.

En cuanto aI racismo, a la compaii18 58 Ie _ de fallar en p..- "vardadara igualdad para Afro--u:.nos y' Lati_". La E EO C aca sa que los Afro-aililllic:allos no sOlo 58 ven obIigados a cogar los empleos de manor page y los que nadia quiare, peru que lIdemaS 58 haca uso de examen.. y requisitos injustos en eI pr-.o de esc:oqer

.lillni.iollas) .. metiO en eI ampleado$.. Y fa Soutttarn 8SUnto y Ie dlo a la EEOC basta TeI8phona System (c:ompama diciembra dal 1.71 para tlllefOfnca del .. r de los a.u.) ni "respaIdat las -saciones serias siqv-' alcenza "los asfuerzos qua habi'"an .... antado:· jy las mrnimos del resto dela compailla 1BI,II11dalonmuybienl tal.efoni1la de .mplear

En 11ft informa de. 290 Afro·americanos," Acusan __ , 8scribiaron. cO'ine la AT ~ qua Ia gaBte Latina son 6T sin dudaatguna. as "almaS '!ta minona invisl.... Los ....... ~ de mujam en los Latin9s iguelmenta son negedot estados unidos", y fUll acusada oportunidadas igueles de empIeo de di1crlmihacidil en' los trabajos y de adaIante. 11'0 n t r a tra b a; ado r a s En Puerto Rico, an Ie Afro-amaricanos (nagrost y compafiiii leIafciiuca colonial, 58

LatinoS. IVH qqu.iara qua I1abIamos '-" Para dar atgu_ ajampIO$ de ingleS .. 8RtII$ de que nos den 10.., indufa eI f8p0rta: .tr1iIIbajjt .. y '.nos entreaan II" der

"Hay' 624,000 mvjara. ~:""-.8';"" ~de' .......... par AT .. T, _ de fMII(OCIfO~;,.-. a:. 'los ampIeados de Ia ~ QUuU'6 .propia ......... :.1:.:.,. a;'par lot8!ltO, eI pIItrortO ., c:on4iciones de" ~. i .• '; t,

'ttIUjaftls "* grande en '-'e.u. oprKhtatel igualqua{ an;,>" P8to Ie _a en qua AT.a", .ha 'fI''''lquiJr jl:llfulVia :~o ... ,

:::,~vr:*;...~ forma; de,,0::.f~ ..... ~ .• ~ •..... " '"aba;os ~/.olo ,perij '-"':!~.: .~ .... ,0IIImpIIInia. . ~(',. fiiintns" yl"sOto .'~ ·,·,t~~;:'W!F ri .... ,:.~:~' nw.tjacasff viola las Ieyas de . :"~~I:~.; TaI~ # _t, ~-oiviles. "tli.~IITTt'"VJ es "De acUerdo _Ie EEOt, ,*' prtipIadad de Ia AT ... ntillnen

tnuiIIIes que +1rIlbajandQ,,. ~ trabajar - ~_,no ~t, &iT astan -... " ~ .. dati. cal Q .. I.! .... ~ Qite, 'Wfollesal ..:;-;;.-~ puada __ rI8Ao ffS1co. A wtit

;" '

Otros ejemplos de la cI_ de vida que lIevan traba;adores en la ' compaiifa tlltetOiuca: .

uno tlena que santana de eierta forma en la silla de tlllefonistas 0 sino mandan a uno para fuara. AURqua uno _

supuasto a desc:I!mar por 16 hor. entre tumos, tienen a .uno . trabajando hasta I. 11:30 de la

nocha y cIesputs Ie dic:en a uno qua regrese a I. 6: 30 de "'Ia maiiana Para, siUne quiafa traba;ar ':ov8rtime", . entonc:es vienen y Ie dic:en qua no puade porqUa pol' ley uno tlena qua __ eI menos 16 hor. antr!l lYlllOS., __

hermanas .. ven obIigadas a dormir en eI cuarto de baiio porqua viven muy Iejos de Ie oficina y no res da tiampro deir y volver para eI prOximo turno '(y no las den laS 16 ,""as para descansart. Si uno quiare ir at baiio, tiena que .... antar la .­para peelir parmiso antes de dajar Ie silla. Ragistran a uno 8Rt11$de en traf al edifieio.. Elle$ mantienen 11ft archivo de .. ias actividadas en.que uno pa~ y escuc:ban I. conve~· privadas qua uno tlena poI'eI telelono. Estos son r&to ..... ejemplos d. la c:la~ .' de tratamillfito . qua raCibail' los empleados de la ~ telafOOic:a. Y si alguien ~, esa persona es daspellida enseguida y 58 _siguan OR

(Hay mucha gentll desemp'B1da., as( quasiampre puaden ~ir alguien quareemptaze a uno):

La AT It T tlena 2 mesas para axaminer eI informe. Habra una vista pUblica'sabre af ... eI dfa 31 de anero de 1972. .

No dabemO$ _ ..... , ......

decisiOn de esta vista fllVOIrUclll a 10$ trabajac:/oras qua hafi' de AT 81 T la rica corporacioii qua as Nodebemos d8alas iguel tratiafo,o trabajadores del T •• __ , .... - ...

'Es precisamenta

dWisionas de raza y -:~== t fab8;adores sori I

dlmres y , , rilla

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"La conferencia sobr. Estudios Puertorriquaii'os nevada a cabo en 'a Universidad cia Princeton '01 dlBs 5,6, y 7 .cia noviembre, IlllUlto' en un saito ' hac ia dalante en 'a 'ucha puertorriquena por aI control 4e todos 'OS aspectOS de RUastras ¥las.

La URid'iI Estudientil Boricua • entero .... de .a confenmcia a principios de ocfubre. La primero que entendimc; fue que .e confenmcla no fue planeada para llenar las necetidacJes de los ettudientes puertOrriqueiios y de fa nacioii puertOrr~ en genetal. Originalmente, Ia COIoencia habi8 sido planeada C!N1IO una serle de discuraos por unos inteIectuales. Era obvio que muy poco tiampo _ra esignado para que estudiantes y fI8I'It8 de Ia COlllunidad participara - y IIOIOtrOS fuitoos la milma fI8I'It8 qua .ucho'" por astudiol puartorriqueI1o en primer Iugar. La con~ fue d'-iada por y para administradoras cia univanidadas norteamericenes, para "v,nd,," Estudios P uertorrlqueiios a 'as varias escueIas que todavfa no han 8SUib1ecido estos programas. Por eso fue que origlnalmente .010 inviteroR a. 86 edministradoras y unos cuantos astudiantes.

.. ~ l811timos que esta conferancia debarm presenter las

r •• Uda4es de Estudiol puertiJrriquaOOs y del Pueblo Puertorriqueno. Nosotros Uamamo$ a una sarie cia r.eunicnes con estudiantes puertorriqueiios, faculted, y ad minlstradoras de' area cia Nueva York. Discutimos el significado de Estudios Puertorriquenos, y $U

~ia en la lucha por Uberacjon naclonal. T amblefl discutlmos 'a necesidad de re-estableGar la relaciOIi antra administradores, la facu.ted (profesores. 0 maestros), y 8IIIiUIfientes que estaii luchendo ftaciI! IIINt trieta comun. . 'EI 31 de octubre. II.egamos at

8IIU8rdo de que tenten que haber 8mbi..,. ' . en 'a agmda cia .~ ,La mayorl8 de los ~ que estaben lUpUlStos 8

,*,,-;, en Prinoeton. estaban ...... y respaldaron.la idea cia ' eM .,,",, .estudiantes cIfbIin sa, ~ .• hIl'IIer en su Iugar. ~'" .JfICII'darnos que los 1JIiIItaIou deberfin ., osrradOS I .. ," __ adoral. n-tros .... los hijos a· hijes de ... 'fMIbfa. qUe no poctf8.wos """*', que nos estudlara Ia ..... fl8S'te que tantesvens nos ~. por demendat cambios .,.jcjIcDi.......... . '.....101 ettudiantes de ~ estuvillrpn de acuanlo ~n ,'. ' . .oJ"'1:lmblol .". a' .... teo'" de la faculdad cia '''lfti.t~.ancont'o' las

'.. . " ... 1 ··,azonall.a. y ila administrlC~

'" -L plan UlImal'idoto ",!·,Ii";' .......... ~

PAI,ANUI

[onleren[ia de Estudias Pue~torriqueflos

lubstiturr oJ8Rt8 cia 'a comunidad Par 'os oradoras qua ya .habi8n" acordado cedar sus tumos. SO.o ~n cambios rnanoras.

£1 3 de noviambra, estudiantes de Ia mayor perte de las univenldadas en Ie Cluded de Nueva York fueron informados de las dacisionei de PrInceton y un plan fI8S'8reI fue deurrollado. Oocanas de estudiantes de .a ciuded fuaron mobilizados para Ia confenmcla. Alraclador de 400

estudiantes, fI8I'It8 de la faculted y edministradoras atandieron Ie conferancla. La conferancia ampazc( viames con 'a bianvenida par UI)OS cuantos astudlantes de Princeton y adminlstradores.

Manuel Maldonado Deni$ tayo' una tesis muy ....... iobre "La

EmigraciOP de' Puertorriquefio." Fue entonCIIJ que '. cosas ampuaron a 'c:ambiar. Un

estudIante hablO .. '''''' de uno de _ oradores quian ni siqulara

lIegO"a la conferancia. EI heblo tobre 'a nacesidllll de USlr Estudios Puertorriqueiios en 'a lua. de 'ibaracioit. DespueS, un harmano y una hermena heblentn de Ie raeIIdad de la ¥ida en la carllal, bienIistar ~blico. Y viviand... La Con-feranda entonCIIJ ernpazO' a tomar forma, no ~ una serle dt discursos, pat'O·como una vista a Ia forma en que nos men1ienen pobres y

,qut{c • .,.... "- tobre nuestra ~.

el ... en 18 nWfena. Ja ";; agenda dela admillls1rackiit de

fIrincaton fue cambIada otra VIZ. EI .".;;elmo' or..... . i:8dio' su tielllJill' a" un panel cia 4 •• tudiantes y _tede' la comunidad. E. panel h$ld'de como Puertorriquefios y otra fI8I'It8 . pobre lR todo Ia hlJtoria

han sido nagadas eI clarecho de clatel'mlnar sus propias vidas y 'a co nfarencia habra sido otr~ ajemplo de e'sto . En este puAto .a audianela daclar6 ernocionelmente que no iben a ser contro.ados y qua los administradoras tentan que Irse porqua "nolotrol estamos cansados de qua nos digen 10,.. tenernos que hacer y como, hacerIo."

So.amante 'os admlnlstradores que habf'an raspaldado nuestra Iucha fueron parmitidos a quad_. Ahora, 'a confenmcia estaba en contrat de 'a gante dabida, 'os Puertorriqueilos oprimidos.

Era eI tiampo de "'iinpiar at patio." adward aponte,

u-dacano de estudiantes en de Hostos Community ~,en e!. Bronx y ahara miembro de 'a administracio'ii de nixon, estaba en Ia audiencia, y fuejuzgado por 4er la orden de 8I¥iIsto .,.,. estudientlis cjue protesteben .. cia Hostos. Dasafortunadamente. .as _iones estaban ten aItes que sa Ie dio la oportuftidad • zafana con e.- 'labia. Fue, fI8S'8reI-- acordado,.. ~ .... .cuIpabIa de accioINtscontra del pueblO par ordenarlos arrest:os de estudiensas que de: a laban _ daAlctios;paro no II.egamos a

una conctusiOO tobre tOino trat$' .

con ". T aHeras de madio cJta fueron abiertos Ifara &Studianta. ~ y otras fJIIf$Ol1aI del Tn, Mundo, facultad 1. admi .. iwadoias. Toda Ia ...... ' que no tuvo la oportunidad· Iff halltar' antariormante, .pude hablar en lospaqueiioa grupos de Iostell&ras. ResoIucioneSy 9U­,.,. aI futurO' cia' estudiOS hertotriqueiibs fueron craada

en los talle_ y presentedas ~ por .a noche. Las 9Uras van a sar distribufctes par todo aI pars para astablllcar _os programas .y para avaluar progr_ viejos.

E. domingo an la maiiana, Ie disc:uciOO sobre 'a fonnacicit cia una organizaci6il astudiantil nacionaI continu<l. Finalmente, fue genaralmante acordado que selfa I neorracto crear una organizacion compueste de "representantes de orgenIzaciones" C!N1IO habi8 sido propuesto aI ~.

Fue decidido que cuelquiar cosa qu., sa'iara ~ .. conferencla, deMFIa sar compuesta por estuc:Iiantes que no nacesariamente son miambros de nlnguna organizacion estructurada ya que los issues serian issues astudientills y que ningu~a organizacion ya establecida deber' controlar.

Una mociO'I) que fue acepteda' fue que un comi. cia timOti sea esteblecido, ~ por 2 est~dt cada~ y esCuela superior Para volvel'" a ·~end~x.~ una Confereneia Nacional cia Estudiantes para eI" 11 de marzo cia 1973 (el aniversario de la rebelion estudiantil en la Universit;!ad de Puerto Rico en RiO Piedrasl.

Oomingo ' par la t4rda mucllos de los administradores puertorriquenos presentes respaldaron 10 qu.e habra ocurr~do an 'a confereneia.

Aunque 'a confereneia fut genaralmente un gran ex-ito y una gran experiancia eclucativa para •• mayorm cia las 400 personas prasente.tambiail temimos que determiner' los errores para no comater los mismos en aI futuro,

Genaralmenta, Ie mayorra cia los errores sa basen en el lider.o del gr upp.Se este haciando todo esfuerzo par. trater estos errores, y como resultado cia Ie axperiancia en Princeton, mucho fue aprandido -que sa va poder implamenter en aI futule.

iPALANT£, HERMANAS Y HERMANOS EN LA LUCHA!

i QUE VIVA I PUERTO RICO LIBRE ,Y 'SOCIAUSTA!

UnioA Estudiantil Boricua

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THE YOUNG LORDS PARTY IS A REVOLUTIONARY POLITICAL PARTY FIGHTING FmI THE LI8l!RATION OF ALL OPPRESSED PEOPLE

1. wE, WIIUfT SELf.O£TERMlNATION FOR PUERTO RICANS. LiBeRATION ON THE, ISLAND AND INSiDE THE, UNITED srATII.

Fw _~ tint ......... the ............... coIonInd '*",........,. 8IIioM Of .... I., pfofils ..... _ ........, for the' ........ WIlY ,....In-r -V __ ...... ", the.,.. We _ .............. ,...lnthe ..... ",the ...... ;not'-to RIIIIn ......... QUE VIVA PUEfn'O R~ LIME! -

z. WE WANT SELF-DETERMINATION FOR' ALL LATINOS.

Our t..tin IInMhIn ... ~ ,inIide ... IIIItII* the unilild .-. _ .......... by -addran butInaI: The Chc- pIOpIII built chi IIoudwMIt. ... _ .......... ritItIf to conlrGf ............ theIr ' ..... "{lie ...... of $ento Oominao continUe to fight ...... .... .. I Iii ... '111,..... ...... ,.... .................. . t..tin.--.. _ ,. ", the '* "'·LaInOs ..... InIpiriIIlim. ~VtVA LA RAZAI .

3. WE~ LIBERAflON OF ALL tHtRo WORLD PEOPLE •

..... J ....... fRt ............... ' .... B1IIck ....... 1ndiInf, ... AIiInJ ...... to buId till WIIIhIt ", 1Iiis --*y.For 400.,....., .... __ fer ........... dianitY ...... Add BIbyIon. ,... World .............. till fight fer .......... Ali till ....................... of .. ,... _ OM JWIicIW ...... ..... I .. NO PUERTO RICAN II FAIE UNTIL ALl:' PEOPLE ARE'RE!, '

4_,· .. · ~ ."'tONAI,.IIft AND.QIIIIOSE :~"" ·C., '

l1rtUdn, ............... AIiIIt ...... }nIIdt .. ~-....... ' ......... -.... ...... _ ... ' ....... ... 1Ily""tty.""'_ Flll. r '. ""' ..... 1rUt .... .................................. ",,.., ... ............................ ., ............ ,... ... __ ._ .. U .................... ..,' ........ .. ............................................ ' :;=t ..... ~-wMl .... It~·lIOWER.TO

7. WE WANT A TRUE EDUCATION OF OUR AFRO-INDIO CUL1l'RE ANO SPANISH LANGUAGE.

We _st ..... .-Iont histDry of fighting ....... cuItImII ........ --.nic ...-we by the ...... ..... ncwII the yanquis. RWoIutioray cuhu.... cultUre of our people. is 1M only flu. e.ching. JleARO SI. YANQUI NOI

s. WE OPPOSE CAPITALISTS AND ALLIANCES WJTH TRAITORS.

"-to RIIIIn,rvIen, .. puppets or the ~. do not heIp_ people. They _ peid by 1M syS1IIIri to .... our people doh blind aIeys. just Iik. 1M tbousancIs of poverty pimps who .... our c:ommunit .. paceful for busiMa, or 1M street -un who keep pngs dMcNd lind ~i", .... other aMy. We want • lCICiety where 1M ...... lDCiIIIisticaIIy control their labor. V!NC£REMOS'

9. WE OPPOSE THE AMER'KKKAN MILITARY.

We cIImend ~ ~, ol ell U.L military forces and __ from "-to Rico. VietN_ ...... ell oppreIIId, _ities inIide ... OUUidl1M. ".1.. No Puetto RIIIIn should _ in 1M U.L

lImY ..-mst his Brothers and Sisters. for 1M only true IIIIJIY of oppreIIId people is lM.eopte·s Liberation Army to fight all rulers. U.S. OUT OF VIETNAM. FREE PUERTO RICO NOW!

to.WE WANT:.fREEDOM R*A'-L POLlTte;Al PR!SONERS AND PRISONERS OF .ft. . \ No Ptlerto'~ thoulct. III Ul jail t)I' ~ first ...... we _ a nation, .... _ikkka "" tIOd .... lid 111; __ ,'--we "-not .......... by Oftr own people (peen). We alto want ell ~ fighters .. of Jell. __ they _ fIr'-- of 1M _ for liberation.

FRlE ALL IIOUntAL PRISONERS AND'R'SONERSOF~WAR'

I.WEARE IfQiQNA,. ..... IST&

Our,.......~ 11",11 •. t Id~ ---. ...... -....r. .. 1tChooh ......... ,IiIf:\~ ........ , In ... ....,.. fight .. for their ........ ~,......- ..................... '-'-....... ..,. . __ ......... who'''' .... ·friIndi .. We WIll,

......... ;_ ........................ -'d 'Wilo '_'fOr :::-d:.~ ....... -~ of IhIIICIIIItIry:iOUE VIVA CHE .

• ,;WE'; _1M .• w..-i ... ,. .. '1iIIIi ~ .8TIU&GLEARE""'~¥MEANS TO L_RAftON

, t _ , . './ >\_ _' _' - -" - ~~,; 1.( --....... ~~ .... .,~ .............. , ....... ;~ ........... _vilDllnW",~ .... ~··}· 'w.hiI!It~'~ ...... to~'.I' b_'~"i' ..... VOIIIt ..... ~ ~ of empty ~·ihti\_Jtill aift't frfti. T ..... 'in!' .. r-'to . defend the ..... ", _ ........... ~'.l .... ,tar,.!~~ . .,ludu • .,- ....... ~~. ~ ............ · ... IUI.IIt~ .. IIJI!IIIII!t.;,we liM .. r.~ __ '1t Iind ... _ "",--".ARM~lV.ES ~P!!'t~,~L'" , '.,..,,'. "

,~i - '\ -~ - '><:-< J"'-' <' ~ , '

0, • ..., A .. At,J$T JQCIETiY.

We i",~,'~ 'f,... food. ·edlicatiOA.' .......... • tr~~~i,.., .... ,~t ..... .--.We~.~e"i i

1M~;Of," ~_jit;$1.ancI wheft WIt tiW1OIWati(y;anc1 aid.;_ peopIe~f _~.not' ~ ancI .. -S!'"':: ..... S::r~ t.:A.VICT!MlIAS._itt,: . ", i

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On December 4th and 5th of 1971, the Federation of Puerto Rican Workers held a conference in the James Weldon Johnson Theater Arts Center, IIOth Street and Lexington Avenue in EI Barrio, New York CitY. The main theme of the conference wes wage and price freeze a this affects the working and poor people in general working people are the one work the factories, hospitals, restaurants, and all work places, we believe that the workplaces belong to those who work them. Right now, we work under rotten working conditions and

price freeze is really a freeze on the salaries of workers because we know that prices have c ontin"ed to rise. The government and the businessmen know that this is the beginning of a depression, andbecause we know that prices have continued to rise. The government and the businessmen know that this is the beginning of a depression, and they are trying to save their own skin.

Federico Cintro;. from The Gremio Puertorriqueiio de Trabajadores (Puerto Rican Workers Guild) , a workers' organization in Puerto Rico spoke about the history of working people in Puerto Rico, and how those struggles have been controlled by the petty bourgeoisie or middle classpeople. He emphesized the need for working people to lead the struggle for the liberation of Puerto Rico. He also talked about the support the YLP has given to their struggles.

Juan "Fi" Ortiz, Chief of Staff of the Young Lords Party, spoke about the role of the

businessmen need to have a surplus or extra labor force. These ·unemployed people are used as a threat against working people to hold down the wages since they can replace fired workers. Some people say that Lumpen have no role in revolution; others say that

change and begin to follow the leadership and direction. of the workers.

On Sundey, December 5th, Carlos Feliciano, a father of six children who. held two jobs to

ngr wide organization of black workers; I Wor Kuen, a nation wide Chinese revolutionary orgazization; the Gremio Puertorriqueno de Trabajadores, The Revolutionary Union, a multi-national (many nationalities) organization in the u.s.; The Federation of Puerto Rican Workers and HRUM, a member organization of the Federation which is an organization of Third World Health Workers in New York. The pmwJ discussed the need for unity of all workers to win our fight for freedom, justice, equality, and progress.

There were also il workshops on the following topics:

I. Tile wage and price freeze which discussed the differents aspects of this law. It made it clear this is an attack on

people since wages have belIn frozen, but there is no real control on rising prices and pr~fits were left untouched by the govern-

ment because the government and big business work together.

2. The Workers Struggle Workshop discu history

. e united and their

each other pie around

we saw that the major things that have kept working these divisions.

3. The Workshop on the Lumpen-Worker Alliance which discussed what is the lumpen and their role in the revolution.

4. The Worker Organizing W~rk~p came up with gene~1

exploitation of women workers. 6. The general conclusion of

the Bleck and Puerto Rican History Workshop was that slavery In the United States and

saw clearly that our struggle can't be separated from the struggle of an the exploited people around the world because our struggle in the united states and Puerto Rico is the ' the struggle between class and the rich

Rich amerikkkans own the oil in Venezuela, mines in Africa, the copper In Puerto Rico, and they want to own the natural resources and the workers of Vietnam.

This is why it's important to fight against incorrect ideas (ideas of racllm and male chauvinism which divide the races like the Puerto Rican from the Afro-American, and the

that can do this. The more we fight together,

the closer we'll be to our liberation.

WORKPLACES BELONG TO THOSE WHO WORK THEMI

Federation of Puerto Rican Workers

5~~iciembre raclon Obrera celabro'" una

conferencla en el Centro de Artes Teatrales Jamel Weldon Johnson, Calle 110 y Avenida Lexington, I¥l EI Barrio de Nueva York. EI teme principal de la conferenota era la congelaci6n de precios y

cOmo afecta a los

emlgraciOn forzada a los e.u. Explioo que la congelaciOn de precios y ~I~rios es en v~rdad una congelaclon de los salarlos de los trabajadores porque sabemos que los precios han seguido subiendo. . EI gobierno y los hombres de negoclo saben que (sto es el principio de una depresion y estan tratando de salvar su pellejo.

Federico Cintrci"n del Gremio Puertorrlqueno de Trabajadores, una organizeciOn de trabajadores en Puerto Rico, habla'sobre la h' .

media. neces!,dad de los trabajadores ser los hderes de la lucha por la

liberacion de Puerto Rico. Tambier. habla acerca del apoyo que el Partido Young Lords ha dado a las luches del Gremio.

Juan "Fi" Ortiz, Jefe de Operaciones del Partido Young Lords, hablo sobre el papel del lumpen en nuestra lucha. Lumpen son las personas que estan permanentemente dasempleadasy que tienen que buscar otro~ medios de so~~ivir como blenestar publico, prostituci6n, droges. EI explioo que la clase lumpen fue creada porque los hombres de negocio necesitaban una fuerza trabajadora de sobra 0 extra. Estas personas desempleadas IOn usedas como uria amenaza contra los trabajadores para mantener los sueldos bajos ya que pueden reemplazau- a obreros y obreras despedidos. Alguna gente dice

gente pobre blanca se creyera que eran mejor que la gente del Tercer Mundo. iToda la gente trabajadora tlene que unirsel

EI dio enfasis aI hecho de que

tenemos la responsabilidad apoyar a los trabajadores alrededor del mundo. Tenemos que tomar control de nuestros sitios de trabajo para poder

s d,!'stinos y reslon de otros los e.u.

de un panel compuesto por el COngrelO de Trab~ja~'!.res . Negro~, una organlzaclon a nlvel naclOnal de trabajadores afro-americanos; I Wor Kuen, una organizacioli"

1'",,/, zaeion multi-naclonal, 0

sea que tiene miembros de todas las nacionalidades;la Federacio'ii

Obrera..Puertorrjqueiia y HRUM (MovimientoRevolucionario de Salud), una organizacioo de trabajadores de salud compuesta por gente del Tercer Mundo, en Nueva York y miembro de la Federacion.EI panel discutio la necesidad de la unidad de todos los t r abajadores para ganar nuestra lucha por libertad, justicia, igualdad y progreso.

Hubo ademaS los talleres donde se discutleron I~ slgulentes temas en grupos mas pequenos: 1) la congalacion de precios y salarios; 2) las luchas de trabajadores; 3) la alianza lumpen-obrera; 4) ~odos de organizar trabajadores; 5) las mujeres como obreras; y 6) historia Afro-americano y Puertorriqueiia.

Sa exhibio la peli'cula del Partido Young Lords, "EI Pueblo Sa Levanta", la cual cubre la historia del Partido durante el primer ano y medio.

Por eso es que es importante luchar contra ideas incorrectas (ideas de racismo y de machismo q~e dividen las razas, como eI puertorriqueiio del

mujer del Ie que los oprimlda

10 que tenemos que hacer es organizar en las f~bricas, en los sitios de trabajo, y desarrollar un m 0 vim i e n t'o d e trabajadortS. Mientras mas luchemos juntos, mas. cerca estaremos a nuestra IiberaciOn.

iLOS SITIOS DE TRABAJO PERTENECEN A OUIENES LOS TRABAJAN!

Federaci~:n Obrera

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LA CON6ELACION BE

SALABIOS ES UN

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CONTBA

NUEST&JJ ~- .-- .

RAMIL(A

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~ia~' 4e .. ~~.' w.o1oa '. '_'h.~l.a""~~ .' .. Wri44 .... ca.e ~~.~-.,' .

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EI 25 da julio de 1898, les nuevos ledrones invaden a Puarto Rico .•.. los 88UU, con un ejtr'cito da 18,000 "hombres, tropas que diriga nelson a. miles quieri' hace asta proclama:

"Venimos por la causc.de la libartad, la justicia y Ie humanided ... a promover nuestre properidad Y bendiciones de la civilizaclon ilustreda."

Libertad ... Justicia ... ~A p ro!1'over. la prosperided de quien? i Ventajas y bendiciones!

Mientras m' grande el laclron, mts grandes tambien las mantinlS. Jr

Estos mismos que hablabail asta baba, lIevaban a~.· tarrorizando, robando,

__ esclavizando y uesinando . amarlcanos nativos (indios

ameriCanosl en sus propias tiarras y trayando miles de trabajedoras afriCanos, para las vantajes de los ricos que mientras m8's tiensn

-cMeran. A 101 .trabajadoral

pII8I1.OI't'Iqu, los campasinos, los jorne\aros, al artssano y el pueblo an general que lIavabaA taritps aiios de sufrimiento/ bIIjo at regimen espaiioJ, astas p81i1bras •• fa libertad que tanto dasaabaA, las crao- bastan18 confUsi6n. ,

Mientras tanto, va sa hablan organizedo los obraros de las plantilcionas de can?y tabeco V de las haciendas de cafe" bajo la diracC"" del Partido Socialista. Su ., Santiago Iglesias Pantfn habtiJ tido puasto an la prisidf\ de. FajardO por at iIOb/arno !ISP8Iio1. perofue liberado (Jar at ganeral .na/tQn a. milas cuando iiSte

~ ~ alaje'icito aspaiiol.

• s

EI prlmero de mayo del 1900, sa calabrd' en Puerto Rico e I pr i mer congreso obrero. Participaron 5,000 miambros de las organizaciones sindicales. EI poder de las orgenizaciones obreras sa sant' por toda la isla. la lucha sa !Ievaba a cabo como es debido: lIevando a cabo hua/gas V anfrant8Odose a los partidos IQIllbrices -- los

republicanos Y los liberales. As( pues el partido obraro

antra en la lucha polltica electorel V en eI 1914 triunfa an eI ~o de Aracibo. AI aoo siguie'" sa constituve en Cavey como .partido Socialista, .1.clbiendo m8s de 24,000 votos en las eleccionas del 1917, el misrno: aII'o que triunfa la revolu~ socialista en RUlia •

los trabajadoras del Mundo entero viaron cl8I'IIIYienta este ejamplo de la superiorided de los obreros sobra los patronas y como .-OS pod(an _ derroted~ los patronas tambieii' sa dieron cuenta V los 88UU V otros pa1Set dominantes comenzaron Ie propaganda anti-sociatista, anti-obrera.

AI mismo tiarnpo sa habiB organizedo' In los aeuu la Arnarican Federation of Labor, una union con liderato p8nsista, dafensores de los intarasas de los patrones (como as al caso hoy en diS con at puerco meany, jete de /a AFL-CIO, quien apovoJ su panita nixon an la congaIacion da salariosl. J'

Asr ·tambien sa vendio santiago ig~pantiO.·bIIjo la Influencia de samuel . gompers. presldame an _ tlampo de la

AFL. .-ntiago iglesias pandA

santi.gO Igles¥s i'Sllti'n" tien~ ~o::;. CO~~~ una can los obreros 1L·2 .~ 0,.0 y ·h~ d (!(),J 3:t::''..1cl 10mpers

eai Yhen 10a rico ,lpero cOlao 9'iy~ 108 pobreat 1e1 obrero que cr' au auclor

hi;' •• ate e4i,t'icio •

traiciono' a los obreros por El· ... deI·api.tal quedeIra compiato, l1evendo aI Partido an manos de 101 ricos Socialista a forrnar coaIickiii con Jlue~." lIi!InCo, ",,-~" aI partido .• - <de ......... pnpt __ .. ~.~"'fII!":'".:"'cF4&""· .. ito~~y~ahorro"i1::~-r'-qua he tenido V tIene Puerto ponce'!fo. at banco de ponce lllOY ; Rico -. at partido republicano en dfa propiadad de terr6). y at (hoy di8 e1 pnp). roig comrnarclal de humacIIo.

Todos los sacrIfieios. las Los r a que te r \) s luchas Y fuerzas que habf8n ,nortaarnaricanos 'f los dos \) tras lograr 101 trabajadoras gatos rieos puertorriquei'iba puettorriquenos, y erA pues aI (como tern( ~ I'8X8Ilh puablo an teNral. fuaron const, germ;; ~ y otros) sa plsotaedas y cojides como un lIenaban 101 bolsiltol' con trampolift para que sa trapara un m iltones· a costIllas de los liderato buscciii que dejo, una vez trabaiedOfas. . !Mi. a los pobras atr8i. t.aborendo largos dfaspara

Esto dabiJito' nuestra luch" V vhrir en viviendes qua sa nos _. las facilit6" aUn mas al camino a encima, sufriendo de tubarculosis los que va astaben rnatidos, par falta de comlcla,lin poder ascondidos detrii de su ajcifcitb, mender a nuestrOS hijos a las polier.; .. partidos inG'tilasY ascueJes por faIta de rope, NOS uniones obraras fatulas. SACt\N EL JOOO! .

Libartact.~.prosperided .. .en at ILIBERTAD - JUSTICIA ., nombre de fa ford and company. PROSPERIDADI Eso .. south Puerto RicO sugar, Ia U'nicarnante . f~' sugar CO" fa lllJUirra co., WANDO 1.()S-S1if1O$ DE la eastern. fI!g&r ~. Ie t.RABAJO PERTENECEN . A arnarican tobacco CO ... ~ GUJl.NES J,-QSTRABAJANI

Va para t901, eI 78% de los' rjt,Id;;",NTE 4-0S DE ~ sa _ilPfabaA1IA 88UU. ATlfAs4. ... Elcaf(queera~produuto iOU£ viVA ~lORtGO principal, baj6'2O%Ai8Ior totalde LlJaHf /

, ~. Para.at 1828. solo F8p1'esentabe 2.5% del·

vator totaV de Attest, .... ", exportacionas. lClaro. que&rO. nuestra eC:onoml8 catetera!.'

Sin embargo. para td18 aI total de IosI8CliFlOS' bMcarios colriiIrciaias' de .fa isla.. de ~ y. dos millonas c:t8, ·dOI-. Mi' de Ia mited de esa sums astabe en. lOs bllllCOt Ilatlonal . city bank de Nueva,

York, at •. tbank ~a C(anad~ y al;bIJQfc of:. ~ua.

,J' Glorie Fontanez Mariscal de C8mp0.;' p",A R T I,DO YOUNG lO~. 'J' ' ..

'(Esta infonnacion fue .. tomeda de ~ 11M',

Vi.iOO Positfta 'dl' tJ"""!'" ...... ~ ..... ' A..ailim).. ~ , ;, ~i:'

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CDNGELACIDN DE

La nueva polltica economica establecida. par el prasidente nixon al 15 de agosto, ha sido axtendidolpor tiampo indafinido a travis de la Fase II. Vamos a traterde expIicerIas ccfu,o asta potftica "un ataque directo contra todos los trebajador8s en "N-. t I,onidoilv_ iMIkInIaS, ~Puerto Rico.

hre comprilnder' Ie _

polltica econ6mica. debemOs diYidirfa an d~ partes: prirnero. la coogeIacion de salarias. y segundo,.~ te1e k>.dt~ do prtt', OJ,

Cuando nixon anunciO la nueva poti'tiea acon6'mica en agosto, dijo que los aumentos de safarios que los trabajadores estaban supuastos a recibir, no _180 pagados par los prOximos 90 ""as. La Fase II ha,extendido esto diciendo qual' cueIquier aumento en salarias tiene que ., decidido par una Junta de Salarias que quada compuasta por representantas del negocio, las unlonas obraras. V "aI ~ico"

La ~ primere deomon de congelar saIarIos quiere daclr qua eunque los ttabajadocas hemos estado luchando contra los PBtrQnes pOt. I'II8,joressallries, ni siquiera vamos a ·nIIlitIIr las migafas que genamosBlt _

luchas. La decisio'A de \a ~H quieta decir que shora nuasttos saIarIos van a dependar de los

capitelistas, \os. duei'ios de las fl!andes corparaciories, y los Itderes corruptos de las uniones obreras qua han estado vandiando a los trabajadores por aiios. Y sabemos 10 que podemos esperar Ii eI negocio grande, "-- Dbraros venMidos,y . eI ~_ a.daeidir si vamos a recibir aumentosen los safatios 0

. no. Todo el dinero por el cual

sudamos est8 si4lndo robado de n050tros V dado a las corporacionas para que puadan aumenter sus ganancias. EI costo de la vida sigue Sllbiando pero los salarias no estiift subiando aI camp&; (par ejamp\o. los precios y la rertta adO subiando).

Esto nos trae aI segundo ,junto.la llameda "congelaciOi'l'l~

preciOl."

Durertte la Fase I. los precios astaban supuestOli a sar co"!"ados at pun~ nuii alto que hebiim a\cartJaI:kf at mas anterior a la imjllamentackii1 de la' congeIaciOii Las corporaciones grendes eumentaron su? precios en julio, on mas entas de la eOftlla~. QlwNmente at gobierno' las aviso'. ~ qua ven1a una COIIg8IacioIl para qUe .,..fIIUI!Iieran tIIImentar' sus Prec\D$ 'r~0I a \hi punta bieli i.... De esf8 forma se ,,' di I de seguir haciendo

gaftanCtas dlirante la congeIacion.

SALARIDS ~~g!n al gobiarno, una

com ISlon da precios ha sido establecida para regular precios V rentas. Lo que no nos dijaron es que la gente que tue yuesta a cargo de esta comision tiene una historia larga de relaeiones tntimas con las corporaciones ricas. ;Por supuesto que iban a avisarle a las grandes corpot8Clones V ni siquiera van a tratar de mantaner los precios bajasl Como sabemos, duranta la Fase I, los precios V . las rentas sigularon subiando. Y ahora duranta la Fasell, !9' precios V rantas todav18 estan subiendo. Nuestros safarios astan siando regulados (0 controlados)

firmemente par laFase II, pero no asr con los precios. Esto CWiere decir qua. sera maS ditiCiI par,a los trablijadores, las parson. an bianestar pritmco, las becas de astudiantasestan siendo cortac:las. Pero los precios de co sas qua neeesitamos para sobreviYir -- comida, vlvienda,

, ropa V atenCiOn m4itica - esUIft subiando. '

EI . .gobierno esta rtuK que dispuesto a. controlar safarios pIrO no __ tan dispuesto

~ se trata de prl;1os V rantas.. Esto damuestra cUal clase eI gobiemo ~ta -- los ricas. EI gobiemo est&' trabajando para IISIIgUrar qUe los rlcos cocntintfan e'frl.,aciendose mientras Ia gllnte tP8beiaOOra ~ los qua mis golpes han recibldo

con-fa mtM8 poli\ica econ6mica, especielmente las coIoniai de los astaC:Ios unidos como Puerto R ieO; y los. traa.jdo, .. afroamaricanos (nagrosl. IatInos, Y 'lI$i8iicios cuyos sueIdos son bajos para lII'IIf*er. '

lQu~pad.os haeer nosat;o'?o . Los ':ctrabajadores tienenqua .Bft\pedf:·a:upirse y a daSlll1mllSChr a fa polltica elf

este gobierno contra los pobras an ganaral V los trabajadores an particular. La constitucion de los estados unidos dice que este gobierno . tue creado por eI pueblo V para eI pueblo, V que cuando eI gobiarno deja de servir V proteger los intereses del pueblo, tenemos eI deracho V eI deber de cembiar ase gobiarno por uno que verdadaramante sirva nuestros interases. Entoncas 10 que tenemos que hacer es astablecer un gobierno del pueblo an los astados unidos -un gobiarno que sirva los interesas de la gents trebaiadora. un go&ierno socielista. un gobierno que termine con 1* opresion de otros pa(sas Como:' Puerto Rico V de nuestras propias minor" nacIonaIes (afroemericanos, chicanos. Itc.l. EI socialismo pone eI JXXI!!r en las manos de los trIIbaiadores. Elimina las ganenciaspriv.de los capitelistas, la explo~, 18 guerra y la pobreza. .

T enamos que unlmoS a organizaeiones com!> II, Fed era c i o~n 0 b tar a Puertorriqueiia, eI Congreso de Trabajadores Negros y otros grupos de trabajadores que van a defender los derechos y las necesidadas de gants trabajlldora.

/UNIDAD .01: LOS . POBRES! /LOS SITlO! DE

TRABAJO PERTEHeCEN A QUIENES LOS TRABAJANI

SaccIcin de Estudlantet P'ARTIDO VOYNO' LORDS

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"·INJVSrICCA" DICE t ELSR.PAGAN

"Quiero que sepan todos que no me pienso suicidar ni tratar de escapar. Si muaro, ya saben que el imperio me ha /iquidado. "

-- Humberto Pagan

Humberto Pag8il, por creer en 18 libertad para Puerto Rico, ha lido falsamen1ll acusado de matar el comandan1ll de la fuena de choque (equivalen1ll a 11$. tropas de choque utilizadas por eI dictador batista en Cuba), eI pasado.11 de marzo, en la levantacion de estudiantes en la Universidad de Puerto R leo en RIO Piedras. Aqu( publicamo$ una entrevista que tuvimos con el padre de .... Humberto. el Senor lsaec Pagan.

EI Sr. Pagan es padre de 8 hijos, hombre de mediana .-ure en cuyo rostro sa notan ... arrugas de los aOOs de contiiwo trabajo. Es una figure conocida en todos los rincones de Aguadilla y los pueblos que Ie

rodItan. A contlOU81 y prokmgadas

preguntBI nos contestaba con tirmeza. "Soy un padre orgulloso de haber podido educar tode mi fanilia y Ie agredesco a Dios ........ casas buen. que me '" dado." Cuando me identifique,

, expreso m8S y pidio .... disculpas potqU8. "Vivo en una consten1ll intranquilided par I •. much81 ~yla~que tiD to..Ia Ie familia." .

A preguntBI nuestras nos contesto .... que as. "casado." "Contraje nupcias en eI· aiio 1934. Neel"'" en Senturce en eI aiiO 19',3. He vivido en Aguedilla 38 ... y tango una familia de 8 hijos - 5 varones, 3 mujeres. SeIJ son casados, (y con una SOftrisa) uno suspendido de Ie Unlvenlded, 3 de elias !Ian IItYido en I. fuerz. armadas y dOl attetas de fama /ntIIImaeionll ...

AI preguntarle par SU hijo . 1IClISIIIto, Humberto.~, con . VOl firma nos contestO; "Eate as.;

....abuso ""' grande que esta haciIncIo Ie justic:ia y los que to _ como un culpablel En '8 foto de la prentII. au fotografl8 Ie 8rJ1II!.Iaron perar que estuviera eI es. de un criminal. Le

.J?Iet- en ~ 24 aiios cu~ tOIq tiene 20 enos." tout tIpo de ~._

Humberto? "Siempre fue )m.liflllnt8. En

... estqdios I*rso la High School ....s6to 2 aiios yen' la, """I Iii_dad en uncertamen gena ...... y .. rcer. premto e"",alilndo SUI estudios de ~ai\o" • .. ~.nos~~ j~e~· .;;;:.;,~-:;,18 •. 1mtRO. :8 ,.

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9: 15 p.m., estaba mi hijo fren1ll a la casa cuando sa pasaron dos carros ysalieron ~ Perso~ y 58 Ie abalanzaron; ill sa seto y corrie{ a guarecerse en el hogar. Mi esposa, al ver aquella algarabia. salio'" 8 ver 10 que sucedla y la empujaron. Yo Ie dije a mi hijo que sa metiera en al cuarto. Entonces dos &gentes empezaron 8 materle patadas a la ... puerta. Un 1IIrcer agen1ll entro emenazan1ll, rompiendo eJ screen de 18 puerta, con el revOlver en mano. Un cuarto &gen1ll, de nombre Ocasio, Ie daba golpes a les ventanes miami, grita'iidole a mi hijo, 'T;r81ll pare afuera que te vamos a destrozar: AI me1llrse en mi hoger, mientres pasaban par donde estaba mi hija menor estudiando, la tumbaron aI suelo y ragaron tados los muebtos par eI piso. A6n conservo la foto ... Cuando Ies preguntl Ii tani8n orden de ariesto y aJlanamiento me djlron. 'no la necesitamos'. Esto as una violaciOO de los derechos civiles, cosa que va no • respetan."

U.P.R. - Rfo Pied::"3~, 11 de MarzQ, 1071. "L tIII8D me dijeron que

teni8n que IIev_e. hijopera una ilW8stigac""" L_ pregunW,

ipa, que? y me contastaron;' 'Lo queremol ver para una investigecion.~. yo .... que" lbasiyoto~pdelo contrario teni8n que ..... ar par nuestro ~. l-tlll8D. dejaron que \ yo '}PI .c~a. L~ a Sen Juan_ 1IIrde

. demedia'tIOcIhe alOlpe _1*110 de DAIgIIS y Ner~ lob 10 rninutos sa personc( eI f'1SCaI, negando Atilano "" tarde Iquien 7 a1ega .haber vista a ~berto -. eI comendantel y pnguRtando eI fiscal ate! de ... ctos ere mi hijo. Humberto ~ 'Eate as mi viejo', sin

saber "" " ere eI Judas qua to acusarta. EI fitca!. pues. empezO' aJMertogario en une eficine sin

antes avi_le que si " deletaba a otros, los harlan testigos del estado. AI negarse. Ie irrumpieron a golpes." /

"Cuando terminG el 'in1llrrogetorio', nos encontramos mi hijo y yo sentados juntos otra vez. Mientras tanto, los agentes me ,invitaban pare traerme a Aguadilla. cosa que yo no hice. Luego eI fiscal empezO' a lIenar IC}'saciones hasta que IIegO' 8 la numero pcho, que fue con la que sa quedo.H

"AI nagar a la com mi asornbro . fue grande cuando Atilano, que sa dice sar un miembro de la justicia. acuso' e Nona (Hwnberto) de ser eI asesino.iNoI8 da cuenta eI Sr" Atilane que en una arboleda' donde existe una &statua par eI mismo medio, y en medio de la confusiOii que habiB. no sa puede . distinguir eI color de la rope,y las fac:ciones de una personaUO !JI Sr. Atilano ere un espectador?~O . fue que'" tenfa unos anteojos? Y yo me pregunto y dlgo,te\guien miente? Cuendo en Ie cor1II sa reveIen lea peltCutas de las teIevisiones ~ Ii as que existlllf -- y eI pueblo tieM derec:h9 qUe - AI¥8!ades como ~ y cuando cientas de testigos declaren en cor1II, eI puebto tendr&" en $U mente un intllrrofJ8tario." -

"Yo no tf1Y. quien pare juzgar a nedie y ~ que con mis creencias religiosas siempre dlgo, pare estar con Oias hay que cumplir los ~tos; env" ellos. no ___ • no levantaras

falso testimonio contra tu. • mejentes. ni asguiraS la ley del T aJloR. ojo par ojo y dien18 par dien18."

"A Ie familia del clifunto Ie hen sembredo eI odio y Ie vengenze hecla Humberto, pero no _ . las peI"as de 'perdona pare ser perdooedo·. E.' como un hormiguero cargendo au prase hecia Ie cuev ....

"En mi mente mi ill1ltlogatorio .. lPar que"'los agentes ~ III i~ de agoIpearto en. mi hogar 0 tal V8iI: que .... COJI8 Ii 10 agarraben en Ie caIJe1 A Lo matarf~7 jP9r ., Cl,llltro agen1lls, despu8S que _10 bajo f'.anza,. 10 persiguieron ~?tpor.ple pOUciA

o agen~." tienen que __ perseuuciolt "con mis hijos mientrlis.VIIIt 0 JJenen de till

~flP9r ~ en hollIS de,~ ~etoC8!1 clexon {~. pari'" despertartIoi? i Por que tantas ·cItlas allS'nimes y Ietr8ros cOn tiza en 1a -. de nu8Sbo hogar.como si fu'samos' 8SIIIinos? Yo me preguntoiau.m sera" ef autorde" 'Obra y quldl\

sere"aI director? , "Yo as'" que Ie justicia de Dios

as grande y Ii mi hijo fuera culpable debe sar cestigado, en un juicio justo y sin febricar pruebes parque un delito no puede quedar impune como el de Antonio.MarUnez (asasineda par la polici8 duran1ll la revuelta

estudiantil del 4 de marzo de

19781. ni eI taxista (muerto II bel. eI Xl de septie",bie de 1967 en la UPR), ni Ie vida de un ;oven 'cadete (mauiclo at 11 de marzo de 1971). ni eI martIrio de una . .medI'8JUII ..... Y.~. farnili ... Dios Uni6 laS fem!'~cl~~_ para am_. y lSI ki 1IliCiiiiiOS:"

"Muches personas no saban que Ii Humberto no cOm~ a julcio fue par hr pNsion de ... amenazas, y las cartes ~ hesta 'llegar a 'a concIuclOA de que una corte con pruebas fabricades quiere destruif . au joven vida:'

E It estos mom.nto • Humbarto ' •. encuentra en eenacta:' EI.gobierno de Cenade en poco ttimpo Ie ceIebrara' un juicio por alapd., .... te envar en eI pari ...... 11...... Haste II fMI1IBntO _ paches pud/eron

posponer eI juicio par eI aspecto po~oo que tienn" CIllO.

Le exlgimos II.~ ... Canada" queleconcecte peso ... peril ..... 1Utilio. ,.,._ aI

... que "'ctecicta, porque • en Puerto .Rico 10 ...... ctestrW· ttiica y _raImente po, _ c-a potfiices. Tamb-' ~a~_aI

Comite" Antonia tlertl"nez que • hen IMbiIizado en au defense.

Lo d'niClO que eI .gobiemo tebe ItaJIr .. __ • tecto .. IIIIIIlde. Ya _ Ie que_hacen. No hay, ~ m8diea. y. donde.J8 hay _ tratan comO\ satvajee, ao.,.Sa·t*R1I! que no' tienen .nete •• de ... __ que de ....... adani8Ol!t tuwieron

qw .. montar.. • 0 cJemllllptWnll ... 'Ios de'~v"en"'~ tw""""'~ refugio.;." _ta· las· ... "',,!IOS ....

.... d "5'" C~h p,",

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tMt4111 PA.NCBO· Y ,GOODY

SENTENCIADOS En octu bre. Eduardo

Cruz I y Wilfreda "Goody" Mele"ndez fueron victimas de un

rancho del gobierno que los de Ie ciudad durante eI 1969 y at 8CU$O" de poESioo de explosivos; 1970. Perc, por supuesto, no y at dfa /4 de diciembre fueron ten' ninguna evidencie para sentenciados. Pancho fue respaldar esta rnentira. santenciado a 7 aiios yGoody a Este C8$O _8' apeI~o, I 5. estaremos en corte. I Segun

PanCho, quien tiene 22 aiiOs. gritamos y protestamos en la era un estudiante de City College santencia, con este mismo en Nueva York. cuando fue esp(ritu tenemos que luchar por arrestado. Goody, de 21 aiios, era Ia libertad de nuestros herrnenos! un estudiante de noche en Ie

(Co •••• ) · 4t

J".JVSTJCJA

que imaglOenllll 10 que Ie hari8 at gobierno a Humberto quien l1li

opu$O a estes casas. Lo I118tariM sin pensarlo dos vaceL , ..

l Por qu'? Porque ni acju(, nf' en los ee.uu. hay democracia. NO hay major forma de, escIeviiai', . una. pertona que con darla et: ' '. voto y decirla que as libte. Una democracia as donde la mayor: parte del pueblo, Ie gente sufrida, ti_ control de. todo to que afecte sus vides. Aqu(to que hey' es una dictadura por una mi~ - los ricos - que sa dedicen e;< ,. terrorizar a' los pobres .y It todo' quien sa oponga.

Escuata Superior Brandeis de iL I B E R TAD PAR A i V I V A Nueva York. Su $8nteneia es otr. PANCHO! .. DEMOCRACIA! . .,. intento mas del gobiernotl', B E R T AD PARA laUE VIVA I'lJERTO\. amerikkkano de intimidar y GOODY I ( RICO UBREI';" .'" silanciar at creciente movimientolQ lJ E V I V A PUERTO ". de Iiberaci6it puertorriquet'ia. RICO LIBRE! JesU's Villanueva .oIdan yi"

EI fiscal del goI:Iierno, John acusados de "posesid'n de Pedro Rodr(guez.<:osme .... Fina,(quieD.~esatfiscal artefactos explosivos con Ie COLEGTIVA DE PARTIDO YO·UNG.,.~ en at C8$O de Carlos Fetlciano y intenciOil de USIIftos contra I. PALANTE LORDS ....... de Herbert X. Blydenl p8I'SOfIaolapropiedaddeotro." PARTIDO YOUNG RamaJulitoRoIdlirt: .•• ",

::~:,:en: ~y ~.= fine Ene: sen~ LORDS Aguadilla, Puerto'~ '~l~~~j: .~~. miembros de MtRA, un "grupo 1_ sentencillS de ....... Oii. ""- ;~0;" ,:.l~.;: :?:

--.- ... " -- -"'" 'J: v subversi¥o" que flabi8 pIaneado que "informacidii que me fut '~" '. .. ~ .. ~.!III ~'" de supIida par Ia poIic18 demuestra.i: ··~~.·.t.~." •.. <~t.~: ~ellertamen:tos par todIt ".... •• Gru,z Y if~ .,... ::~~i . ....: =#.i~o~·~riU~;' ... ::;::.~~!::==-~.;~:~~ .;~;~: ~ . falia. 'Ambo$ ~;if;,n il.:~:

-=P:"';;;:';;·UE~A~C~O-D---. E----L-A---,~;·;:S-EM.a..-A~· .. ~ ..... 6~lit.:" . " '.~., . ~:.:<~~~ "i~ ~

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'/'lENC/1I C'"T/NIIII C'"TItIl'l'S "'RES En nuestra vida diaria este

· gobierno demuestra m8i y m8s 10 poco que se preocupa por nuestro bienestar,

Par donde quiera se yen los caSos de hermanos y hermanas inoeentes macaneados par poIicl8s encubiertos buscando publicidad en EI Nuevo Ora y EI Mundo (perldOlcos t(tares en Puerto Rico) de qua esten haciendo alga contra las drogeS. Cogan II cualquiera que no I Ie ClIiga blen.y 10 acusan de estar wndlendo droges, y como si eso fu«a poco, despu8$ Ie meten una pela a un inocenta.

No hay mano sufieient8rnenta grande para taper at eielo, y nadie ast8 ciego a Jas trampas que hace asta gobierno. Le dicen a todos qua ton 2 rf 3 polieiBs qua son malos. Para' cuendC) llega eI momento de /levar a esos gorjlas a un juicio par arresto felao y por brutalizar

· II un trablUador u otra persona po bre, no Ie hacen naJ1~ Protegen a los encubiertos esos que Ie dan a qulen Ie de la gena

• Miren eI ceso de Wilfredo Guarra Nieves (Vitito). Lo que Ie hi:. pasado a ill as la cosa rn8S

· gfande. Un harrnano que se pasa trebajendO buscando aI' arroz y habichuatas para su filmilia y vienen a decir que " estaba vendiendo drogas. Tieneo qua SIr

brutosl Tado eI mundo en ai, Barrio ,Ternarindo a;\noce a

Vftito1 saban que 8i no estaba enesaco§,

Pues, como los 90rilas y sinvergiienz8S que son, se rnetieron aquf' en eI Barrio

, 'farnarindo de AguediHa y los camarones de v'leio 10

Ha.3 I8I1I8MS que la 911* del sector La Vr. y aI Partido Young' lords ban estado llevando a cabo una.. acclOO para Ia IImpieza del BarrioTarnarindo, piIIticu/arrnen La via - uno 4etos _eras maS pobres de .Aguadik La acci6ft .. /lasura es andemanda de que esta: gobierno JImpie Mstra comunidad. , Lo que'M pasado es que La '

,Via tiene fa peor cIase de servicio para .. tirnpieza y .. nade efI

;e-tiones de saIud para IIU8SttO pueblo.

CuaAdo pesan Ids traces del RIUfIii:ipip; los trabajadores I no ,,_ .4l tieneo muchi$ima

:~fla:-a .... flIII098r, Y talllbilin aI "'~,~,IOS tiena apura'os

'pa,., qll' limpren I .. «!tfIUriIifades que 18 dieroo at ':_: .10 que hae8n til que -d.. ,ttfque puedan y se

Loe ril:os siempre usan 1a violencia:contranosotros.

.. )

secuastrarOR. Por aI camino a Mayagliez, adonde 10 llevaron, Ie dieron tanto que Ie dejaron un la' 0 negro, Oespu8s Ie pusieron un na:- de $90,000 (rescata parque ese no. es fianza para un pobra) y entonces rebajaron eI rescata a $15,000.

Estes cosas no se pueden dejar as( 51 no hacernos al90 para

.protegarnos de est" abusos, loIvI'densa!, que 10 mas segura su propia filmilia sera" la proxima victlmizada por estos criminates

autorizados. i V amos a ver .10 que

hacernosl Estes cosas sa tIene qua tarmi""'l jLos abu_ no se acabarI par su cuentaI Baja eI siStema' _talistalos poIier. _ para oprirnir a nuestro

pueblo. T_' qua torner contrOl de estes instltuciOnes pera asegurar qua funcioneo como es debido, aI tarVicio del pueblo pobre, la abrurnadore mayon&.

j Unanse a las orgenizacionet populares que'apoyan aI Partido Young Lord$!

Pedro RodrlIuez Cosme pAR 'fl-DO YOUNG LORDS Rarna Julito Ro~ Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

aI PartkIo YOUI1l/ lord$ efI conjunto' con gen. de La via, IIevJll'llOa' a cabo unpiquete frante de Ie IIIcafdiit dernimdando que eI alcalde c8rUo ('-'bI'iz) mande 'sufic_.ttoces y'gni"es conbrigaclw de . hombies y rnujeres ... ~ atlllCtor de .. La vr..;.,-. eso incfuy. _ todo carro y IIim1no en sus IIIMIces.

It jllIEBtI fI.TIITA

Mqche ... ' tit crean' ... es .IJt,III JOt trafl.;.1iores ,.. Cll!1eren r8COll8t Ie baIura. ~ • .r. EI

JItttII/ato ... ~""'" 3 traces~3·~.~ Los trabajadores ton obJigados a trabajar dernesiado para un

. salario baj~mo. AdernaS eI area de La Vi8 no es fa'Ci1 de lirnpiar como son otres partas del pueblo y los campos de Aguadilla. &to es to' cerro, y viven rn8i gen •. En'La Viii .. necesitaR mas tracesy rna trabajac:!ores para ali ,.., un trabejo cornp/atoefl fa

eont. p. ,7

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IPAtANfi

Ha llegado de nuevo Ia ePoca navideft'a y IIU8ItrO pullbto 18

prapara para despedir y a Ia va saludar II aiio. Estos son los di8s de h_ la IImpieu y aI repaso de 10 que nos he acolllllCido dunnteel1971.

Son los diM ,de rec:ordar a los hljos. hijasquetenemoslejosde no.otros, trabajando ., las f{bricas de Nueva York y Bridgaport. 0 en 'as tinea de Filadelfia y Nueva Jersey. Para los Boricuas ausentes son di8s de recordar a nue.troi ..­queridos y 1BRtir, _ que nunca. Ia .... stia de·... un pueblo clividido.

Estos son Iold_ de recorder a los hjjos. esposos y hIIrIn-. que esIIIi1 peIaando en la guerra de Vietnllm. ytainbien ~ a los que dejamn a nuestra patrie vestida de luto durante la ...,ira de Corea. '

Es la epoca de reanudat·/os I _ con nuastros vecinos. amistades y famitiaras - Iazos que quizai' 18 rompiaron par discusiones pot{til:aI miet1tf;as los poIitiqueros SIIfIUiM engordando en sus puestos, ignorando nuestra miseria. '.

Para nosotros lospobres fI$

una AiPoce en· I. cull reina 10 mK harmoso de ituestra'eUlturar los aguinaldos con cuatro,y guitarra. las _etas de ~·con aUims y maracas. las cIeCimas

71 LA EPOCA

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NAVIDENAES TIEMPOPARA

VNIDAD

iIilPICHisad8. eI 1lOQUit9, los pesteIes y aI ~ 1eohat1 ... par. las "iIitaI que AICibimos COlI

orgutlo •. ~ Tambieit asia .. en que

101 hombra. de neloeio _ikkkanos 18 ...- las bates seeuctonos al vivlr. EstA:II c:oman:iantes hacIn II1iIIonel COlI

nuestros I8ntimientos y nosotros lllgUimos con las deudas durante aI nuevo .no. Nos hacen creer qua la forma de demostrar carino IS con un regaIo caro y despUes tienan Ia cara de decir que "10 que vale IS la intenciOil." Despues, nos ansenan a faIicItemos a traveS de tarjetas de Neided. que as otra dauda qua acumu'-os todos los aiios. Nosotros nos comamos ISt8 IIU8'f8ba 'y a _ haste nos _timos ofendidos Ii alguien no nos ~ _iar , tarjeta qua .... iIban-. Y .. par eI estilo. nos imponen los gIItoS de '-'as de Neid8d, adornos para Ia .casa. sellos de Neidad, papal .pIra .waiver regaIos, y un sinnG'marode _ mii

HaiIIn una canIpeiia' a tr_ dj;. to,cto, 101 mad ios de

. IIIIImUnicIcic1 '(televisiOO, radio, ........ IIIIUIlCiOs en las gu.as, • los trarias, las Cllllesl para qua los ftiI1'OI Ie 8ICi'ibM cartes a "Santa Claus 8ft 8' PoIo° Norte" pidieAdole regaIos ~mos. Estos rIIIIIIos. que son fabricados par los pobras 'traItajadores. - competellela entre nuastos

.... ~ que /os padres y

...... de f!lmilias.1RIftdes 18 sIenten triIt8I cuando sus nliios . no puaden t8nIr los regaIos que ~ Los capitaNstes haste Ie

;El....... 3. eh~D.alanlUdebarura. IIIItJ, par 10 manos, cuatro _ en la

.Pntad. ---IImpieu del barno. 4. Et astablacimianto de

Delpue$deI piquete de equal drGhIS para Ia barura en todos ..... • .. ' II alcalde los fuIaras del barrio para qua. ctamandando Iimpieza.' Aiii' 10 nadia 18 _ obItgado a cIeposIt8r

~ que ,seliG de su"boca fue, basura en IugarIS donde nosotroi mismOs nos perjudicamos.

Hf_te aI probIemt 81 5. Eleen- nwlCticos para que Ia fIR. qua vivan alla"rriba tpdaIllas ~ del ~io para "'" 10 mal puerco del mundo." ...... qua nadia ISt8 enfarmo

Aft IS aI tfObiemo. irresponSIble: JIOi' Ios.em-- en Ia basura. Y y_ian a I. gente pobra. Bueno, bat8i.lielilO m8iic0. • Ia presantarOtt. tas "siguientes A ISt8S deI'IIandas 10 UAico demandas para qua 81 ac1Uar. que los aIcIIhueteS del alcalde que sobte elias inmediJtlmente: If!InabIIn ... oficina pod(an decIr

1. auer.mos grilas. .r ... " ;contunista,' ~ para Ia limpieza ...' ,. ~ .. (1 .Ahara ternbia'ft Ie $!IIClOr.an Ia tinea de MII(IOIo .stu"," .r.dialWABA, an Oliver y an EI~. ~(."'" "'torialitanllo

.. h8y'un grupo paqllllfto qua 2. AlqilUar. brigades de cuaniJo e' tro de basura 18 va, ~y rnqjIIrespara ~ ~. tirar barura.' wadiI II deset1IpIao, y para quI' los major que los rasidantes en II tntbajadoras oo ... n........ $!IIClOr de La ViS, SIIbe II trabajo dobIe. disparate qua IS ISO. L~ unleo

coman aI carabro a nuestros nioos para. que iStos, siglin aOactiendo pNsioli a Iii large lists de obligac:iones que yaJlpp8mOS. Y no hay tristeza mayor para los ninas que pesar las ..,idades COlI

las manos vaciis. Ha llapdo de nuevo"_.

navideM y IIU8ItrO pueblo 18 pr.perII para C8Iebrarfa. con ..... Ii y en haliRMCiil. Es importante Y as ~ que continuamos con est.;:.n;.no esp(ritu todos los dii.: di aiio porque un puIIbto _"" ... .,.. ... ,_ y datunldo 00 puade anamigo.'·

EI Partido You .. , ';lGrds fel.icita a nu.stro;.: ...... dividido. y Ie axhortamos.,todos los trabajadoras y ~~ !oil astados unidos y PUIftOAMe que nos unamos para qua aI ai!! •. .. uno qua nos lC8I'QQI!'a,as • nuestra meta. ."', •

laUE VIVA ~RTO • RICO L1BREI .' ILOS SITIOS DE

TRABAJO PERTEff£CEN A au I ElIES . LOS TRABAJANf ' '

GIoria~ PARTIDO YOyNG LORDS CuartelesN~

que los ......... de"~ reichant Cal riqu"- .... de Ia astaI:iM) y su ..... ,capella .... han Iogndo ....... Ia funa que ... Ia ~ ... BarrIo T-mdo. .,

Sabem.os qU."est •• ~icionas bIibaras deWCiided axiSllln par donde qufl\ra .... haya pobras. Par ISO. p/trI"'" _ com •. II I IiIitpja ....... que saluir· u.J~nosy defImder. ·nuastras ~, pabras, an todo ~;de. ... .. 'i"orque eI ........ 'poI;ije .•. unido repttllllnt81a ...... .

i TQOO EL l.puEBt.9!

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Desde el 21 de septiembre at 2 de noviembre, Pablo "Yoruba" Guzma"n, miembro de nuestro Comite Central, fue el invitado

,de .la Republica Popular de China. En ese peri5do de seis semanas, " vio mucho. y se reunio' con mucha gente. EI siguiente articulo es tin fTJlato de ese viaje. Esperamos que este artiCulo, aunque breve" logre tlKpresilr los adelantos que se. pueden hacer bajo el iociatismo.

L'a Re,£blica Popu .... de China invito' aI Partido Yount LQrdspara participar en las t;elebr9nes del DiS Nacional de este 6. y para SllQ18rnos a IIOIIV8fJI!I: como amigpS. (ElOra Necional COR1118I110ra' eI dill en que CtIIila fue manajada por el puebIopor primera VBZ, eI lde octubra de 1949). En 1as .ii. semana. que pasamos alta:'

.. ,aprendirnos que'" es eI soc:ialismo. . Esteba' en todas partes: en Ia

forma .... que hablaban; en la , " .formII .• que se trataban unos a " .l-~; "'en los rostros"de los

1rIIbajadOres en ampleos que Ies prodJI~ falicidad.

4 Par que he de S8J' extrano que los. trabajadores' In China _ contentos en IUS. tr8ba;os? Porq\le China es. un paiS socIaiiste. y bajo aI socialismo, los trabajadores son dueii'os de los sitios de trabajo. Se sienten juntos y 8veriguan cuanto jlU!lden . producir y co'1no van a hacerlo. En vez de tenar un jefa que no hace nada mas que recoger dinero (y devolverle una pequeiia parte de ese di./18ro a los trabajidores en 10 que llarnan -!dOs), los trabajadores recogen et dinero. Como rasultedo. an

China los productos son baratos porque eI precio de una cosa es 1610 10 que costO produdrla. No hay gatos adicionales como impuestos 0 ganancias de los

jefes. Esta clese de economiS se llama una economiS planificada, aI contrario de la economiS de Puerto Rico y los estados unidos que no sigue ni,.(., plan consistente que beneficia aI pueblo.

Los efectos de una economlG. planific8da bajo la direcciciO de los trabajadores (0 soc:ialismo) puadan verse por todas partes. T ados astamos familiarizados con Ia situeci<iii de la yivienda para los pobres en los astados unidos Y Puerto Rico. Aunque sea en un edificio en Bridgeport o una casita en EI Cai'io. hay una cosa en ccimiln -- • miterabIe. En China, la gente .-creando una lOCiedad donde necetidedes como la vivienda tiene,n prioridad a cosas como Ir a Ia luna 0

aurnenter el aueldo del presidente. Ast' que se _ 1IOI1StnIyendo viviendas por todas

visitemos ninos reciben una verdadera ~ de ellos mismos. MIlS que eSO' est8i1 aptlIndiendo a raconocer su relaciOO 'con otros trabajadores alredeclor del mundo. Aqu( en Puerto Rico y en los estados unidos, nos dan una vision distorsionada del mundo, visto par los ojos del gobierno de los e.u. En China, los ninos aprenden en la escuela sobre huelgas de los trabajadores en San Juan.

i La salud? Aqu( es donde el socialismo brilla mas.

, T rabajadores de los hospitales y los doc:tores administran los hospitaIes juntos. Como Ia gente as 10 que vien.. prjmero, los praciot por lIItYIcios m8d1cos no son nada de altos. En los astados \tnidos, camesen los IIaIpitaIes _ • $30 aI dfi. .IrI China,

todo"JII' mundo tiane derecIlo a la mei<* atencio'ft nMKIica. Y segUn ". 1iIICe'" ,. flitwicas, los trabajadores en los hospitaIes son a.l.ntedol pat'a que ligen de:sarfoIfendo' sus destrezes. A ~de exparlmantos hacen_ ell. una forma de I1Iedicina entigua china lIameda "acupuntura" (8jjUjes puestes en eI c+po como anestette), y de ~ne rnoderna para curer AllCieines 811 'yne forma 1IiIIS" duradera. En ~ Rico y en los estados unidos. Ie seltid as un negocio donde· .... que uno '" enterme. Ie d!In aI80 pate eI dGIiIr, y esperan que uno ..

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Tile Conference on Puerto Rican Studies held at Princeton Univ .. sity on Novermber 6, 8, .nd 7, resulted in our taking a leap forward in the Puerto Rican strUllllIlt for control over

all aspects of our Ii"es. The Puerto Rican Student

Union fidt learned about the conference in early October. The . first thing w. thought was that it was not set up to meet the needs of PueA:tRican students and the Puerto Rican nation in general. Th. conference, IS it was originelly planned, would have t..'I a _ies of speeches given by intellectuals' around topics like: "A Social·Economic Intatpteurtion of the Puerto R,ic.n " Migration", and "~and AcwIiuration of­the , P\w;Jo . RicM Child on the MeinIand." If\ looking _ the

.... it was obvious !hat very IittII time would be ow. ·for· ~u and eomFllllrihy PIOpl. to per:SicipRa -- lind __

the pmpIe that fought to !let Puerto Rican studies programs in the fintplece. Puerto Rican Studies was going to be IfIIII¥zed and dweIoped at this conflnnc:e, bin _ were not going to be

allowed, a role in doing this. Tile COII ......... . _ ..... '.., and for whit., north _lceo uninnity administrators to .... , .. PuertoRian Studies ·to the ¥8riouI. IChooIs. ~.had not yet set uptIIeM ~-. This is why origilMlUy oll'y66 adminiltratont . and-.onty __ students had. ~ .ilMtiBI. . It _ i~to " ,tNt

this conference present the raelities of Puerto Rican Studies and the Puerto Rican people, and so _ called a series of meetings with Puerto Rican students, faculty, and administraiors from the New York City _ . We ditcuaed the meaning of Puerto R lean Studies and its importance in our struggle . for national liberation and also the neMI ~ re-est.blish the relationship ~ administrators, faculty (ptO~ students working together for common goals.

On October 31, _ all agreed that c:fcantas in the Princeton agenda had to be made. Most of the speakers that were supposed to speak at Princeton were present at this meeting and supportad the _ that more

stucilJcts. 1hou1d ) 8 i.."itad to ~dpate and speak in dteir pI8cia. ' We '. 'aho_ that _ neIded "workshops" where _

CQtIId diticust our difflnlnt ideas and i_ th8t _important to UL We 1110- agreed that .the W«kshops Ihoukt .-be c:to.I to 8dinlnIstr1ItOr W. felt ... _ could not lliow 011'-" to be stvdied by the ..,..~who '*' .oftn . ,....... · and ~ us, "the .1Om and ~. of ~ ;JMIOPIe, for. demllnding iultifiable ChalgIs in the IChooIL ...

:: 0;' ~ '-. ' .,.,... group of ·studeli.taand· Puerto R,ca" pro,f ... j .... ·· .!sited P~jni: .• ton . to . pre"nt .. the ~ ......... W.1Mrned -tfItt ~ ..... . PrincMnn . students ... ,on'-COi'''''_ pl.nnine COmmi"M, ' :th.

About 400 people attended the coni'er(!UCe . ' came Iibout ..cI the alternatlV8S

P r i ncato n facu Ity and _ had. The panel ipoke of how administration made all the Puerto Ricans and other poor

dacisionL people have all through history Although Princeton students been deniad the right to

agreed with the changes and the determine our own lives _ _ -and Princeton faculty representetive the conference was another fou nd .the alternat ives examp .. of thiL At this point the "reasonable 8nd justifiable", the audience emotionally ded.-ad administration rejactad the plan. that they would not be saying that it was "too radical". control lad ..cI demanded th~ all They refused to replace the administrators leave because _

planned speakers even ~ are tired of being told what to do ~ people had agreed to gMt and how to do it." Only those their speaki,ng time over to ad min i strators who have students and community supportad our struggle ~ r.presentati"... Princeton's lllowed to _in. From thIS administration refuted to mike point on, the CUI.fe;et~ _ in the con'- something that full control of the people who would exprea the Puwto Rican Ihould have controlled it in the reality, .nd a9read to only minor first pI_, PUerto RicanL

chaniI8i It wei now timiI . to "cIea1 " On NOvember 3, students out our own backyad." edwa1I

from most Of the uniVWli_ in 1pOIItB;.x-dtac of rtudtnts of de , 'New York City ... told of Hostos eommunity College In

Princeton'i, dtcisions and. the .BiOnx and'now a member of

general p\&I was workad out. nixon's administration, _S in DoZens of students from the city the *,lienee and was put on trill were mobilized ..cI prep8I*licMII for ""ing ordenId the ,.,....of were made to arrive at Princeton danonstlliting students at de on November 6. ~ Unfortunately, emotions

About 400 students, faculty, ~ 10 high that _ gave hi.m and administrators attended the the opportunity to talk his wey ~ , out of the litWition .• t · was

The confetenct Ii'opn on IJIiIl8t1iffY agreed that , he Was friday, as had been liIi!Inned by tIIIilty of ~ llitinst- ... the l'rinaItonadtnhilstc.tion, p"pla by ~" siucfents witfc welcom •• by some ......... for demacdm,.-- 1Mir' PriMeton students andi'rineetoit I*ic rights. but'll!) concIution

, admlli i.tuton. 1(I~liu.' wiarliM:hed on how lie 1hoUfcI·.,. .,.ldDOlldiJ Oeni$ tben ftlId· • d8ttt with. ' to,ce PII* ~ ''T ... ~'R~ On Siturday ~, MigntiDIt".' It w.at .. ~ ..". workshops . ..,. 0fiIRId' .- to that th .. begin to dIenIt. A I'U.rto Rican &Cd 'other Third student· ..... pIfct. of oiit of Wo r 111 Itudtrits, W f'cvttr, , the ....... wtco didn't showliP; anthdminist'nlllOis: · 1'n ·these he spoIca of f'uerto Ricin lltudiel wql'kshops. WI . tlldisau~. the. ,; IS apmethinIJ that_must ute in i~;_ ~"'" ~:~ " our IfrutIJIa for IIbIration. AfW ~ end · how.Jti~" ~ this, ......... --1P(Ike ~,.~i7~1ty eboutdil! .... ity of life in priwJn, ~~ ._ . .... :. , iiiiU. ·w.lfe .... 'j, •• . housine- . The .......... 4u""'; ....... ~ .... ~,;,;,.:. '

'==::"-=~~. ·· :·~~·~~;:;i:'t~, f bOt _.Iook -.at the .... :in ..... 1I'iIa..q.-~ 110 ~'. ~ •.. ,'.,'. whlcbwt_keptJlOO'and.wIIat .~ .. of . ,. :~ ..• •. .•.. ,lilt. · ,it6Uld cfoabout ', our • ' R~$ lind 1!I,~ '!fi!.Iil( ,~- ' ;.' " ; ::. . .tfie' fIitUre ',"" ·" .

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to evaluate old programs. Til. 1.'.,,1 •• ~ •• ""1 tIl.,I.I".'.'.'1II1 On Sunday morning, the discussion of whether or not to form a national student organization continued. Finally, it was ganerally agreed that it would be _ong to heve an organization made up of "re p fesentatives of organizations" as had been proposed on Saturday. It was decided that anything coming out of this confenlnlle Ihoufd be CompoSIId of studants who are not _iIy members of any

", ••• II.'_It •. l.,III. In December, 1970, the such low-paying jobs, like

American Telephone and Qperators or clerks. That means Telegraph Company (which that telephone operators, for employs more people than any example, are losing $1,812.98' other corporation in the u.s.) extra pay II'year. petitioned the government asking . A I for the racism, the ' for an increase in the long company il accused of failing to distaooe telephone retes. The provide "real equality for Black, Equal Employmant Opportunity and Latins." EEOC charges that Commission IEEOC) opposed not only do blacks have to take the increase, accusing AT 8r T of the lowest paying, unwanted dlmmination. positions, but that unfeir

So, the Federal standards end tests are used in Communications Commission the hiring. And the Southern (FCC) stepped in end gave EEOC Telephone System doesn't evan until December, 1971 to come up to the "minimal efforts "substantiate lback up what you

say • evkterlC8l the .-ious ...... they had railed." And so, beck it up they did.

In • 290-P1118 report, they ""* that AT a T (and the Bell ... ·it operata! is without • 'doubt .... \arv8I( oppr...- of

, women wodc:ers 'in the u ..... and ac cu ,ed them of job disorimiflatIon against 8IaC:k end ·Utin~

To ,gire . some examples of ' .'" was in the report; ,

Tbeftt are • .000 women empIofediby AT aT. or" of the COIIIPIfIV's emp\oyeM. .t ,il ~ the'\arv8I(-empIoytr.of Women in.theu"," .w.,in which AT aT has structuredi1t ,.itl:'U ifiri.,.t, Ifirl"', 'end promotion' is to ~., ~"wom8rt from ~., ..... etso' cnIeUIda IYstem .. fII8IIoOnIy and --<OnI'¥ job CIIteIOiieS. which violates elva r;tItft taws. ,.~ ... !OEEOO.~, ... .,..~ "'" AmJric8rj T~ IIId TefegrIlPM:o. are .

0;~."'milflon a year in· ·· ......... __ .... Ift

of the rest of the Bell Syttam.to employ BIacks." TIley further charge 1bat I.lItin people are "the invisible minority". I.lItins too are denied ecwaI job and advaI_nent opportunities.

1ft . ~ RiCo, in' the . colonial baH· GQII1P8IIY. .. are required to speak english WIllI ~ .. CIIII .. a job 1IId. are trained to gire ~ WI'Yice to ~ken ___ then to our _ people. WOrkinIJ ConiIItions are oppreuM . .Jike flny oth.... profit-making industrY. Fot instance, in'~ Rioo, the .un who Waric in tT ... T" (tlltemltio"" Tet.phone ~ ,Telegrapb Co .• " which' it

. OWPIICtby A:r aT) have to work' ~th equipmettt that ftot'onIy , .... ~ . ...-. ~t. CIA daIna!II .you,~Iy,Qne'" had .. earctruin bIowft out 6v aroud noise that rang in her earbecaull her .. ' fIeaidset _~t WaricinIJ PrOf*IY- .... of thIIl ..... is OO*",6ef: Other' ....... of

. ... telephone wodcen' have"to t9 thrOUgh -- you have to sit e ~ WfY iftyout~ or~.

tall you to leave the room; evan though you're supposed to have 16 houn rest '*- shifts they have you working until 11: 30 at night and then tell you to come beck at 6:30 a.m. the following morning; if you. want to work overtime. they tell you you can't because , you have to rest at least· 16 ~; some sisten are forced to 90 to sleep in the Ioungs because they live too fer away from the office to be able to go home and come back in time for the next shift Ithat's when they're not given 16 hn. rest); if you want to 90 to the ladies' room, you have to raile your hand; you're searched before you enter the building; they keep a file on your activities and listan in on your phone conversations. These are jUst some examples of what the phone co. makes you 90 through. And if anyone complains, you're fired on the spot and they get someone alse Ithere's alot of people u'*"P1oyed, so they can alway" get somebody else to take., your place}.

AT 8t T has 2 months to examine the report. 'A pubW hetIring. iIbout the _ will .,

bald on January at, 1912. We should I\Dt<·expect the

verdict of this hearing to be in favor of the workers who have made AT lit T the rich IIId powerful corporation that it is today. We thoukI not expect AT 8t T to grant _ equal pay

,for equal -'<, or equality for Third World ...,. it it precl •• 1y .,by meIcing .. : dlvitioM of _and .. 1bat --... are kept weak and 'AT'a T remains rich and powerful. Only under socialism will -'-s Iteve a go ...... that pro1IIIItS the hits of oUr 1abor4

arxf _equality. '.

'"8 .. " • .;,.+..... ' WIt 4e¢,de4 ~'-* ...

steering committee composed of two student representatives of every college end high school should return to Princeton in December to plan a national studant conference for March 11 1972 Itheannlversary of ~ student rebellion at the University of Puerto Rico; at Rio Piedras).

The COnfvellC8 ended on Sunday afternoon after many of the Puerto Rican administrators present spoke, suppOrting what had happened at the conference.

Although the conference was generally a great success and a learning experiance for most of the 400 people there, it is importlllltto look at oUr mistakes so ·thet they can be avoided in the future.

1) We did not makesu\'e that ""C/rd . about the confiltr_ reached mOre f*!PIe. As a~; the, ppf~l, impoft,ance. of the COlli .... ICe was not tIJ'Idarstoed

.by everyGn8, and many' ~"'; that attIIIed, the conference did not understand the raIationthlp of the COllf .... 1C8 to _ daily life of miBy. 2' A t the conference, communil:atiofts _ weak.Tltit 1'IISUhIct. in fl1IInY SIIICI8IItl not knowing whet plan was 'being carried out.· It was not until

.~.that ~ 3. PIopfe tot insIeure and lit

times didn't knoW· how to deal "",til the wroiIg' ideas ~ IIId 10 Iet.them F by. .-

ALL JIOWER TO US -.- 4) Some of the people that POOR AND WGRKINe .. -'. 10 . MncItton went for CI.ASS PEOPLEt "plll8lllre IIltring'" and ~

no ..... ~i\the~ ~. of theconf81ence. '

In ..... _4i~ihe errors wItIch ~ can be traced to the ~ group. Every effort if beiR!I made to mdVe.on 'these -.. ... as a f8SI!It of "the ~ ~.'ricenton, mucb _~ ~."wilfbe ,lIbIe to.lIIO!fl. ~ ... ~ future..

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