Antonio Camacho Negron Released-May 20th!!

Please contact ProLibertad@xxxxxxxxxxx if you are interested in endorsing 
and MOBILIZING for this very special reception!!
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The ProLibertad Freedom Campaign invites all of our supporters and allies to 
a very special reception for our brother Antonio Camacho Negron!!

Whenever one of our Political Prisoners is set free it is an international 
victory against imperialism, racism, repression and must be celebrated!!

On Monday May 20th, Antonio Camacho Negron will be released from FCI 
Allenwood and will be coming to New York for one night.

We invite you to a reception at St. Mary's Episcopal Church at 6:30pm, we 
ask folks to come and show their solidarity with Antonio and with the Puerto 
Rican Liberation struggle!!

WE WILL HAVE DELICIOUS PUERTO RICAN FOOD, FUN, LIVE MUSIC, DANCING, AND 
PERFORMANCES BY THE WELFARE POETS, MARIPOSA AND MORE...

Monday May 20th, 2002 at 6:30pm
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
521 w126th St. (between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue)
Take the 1 or 9 train to 125th St. and Broadway

***** We are asking all political organizations and campaigns to endorse 
this activity and help us MOBILIZE for this monumental event!!  To become an 
endorser please email ProLibertad@xxxxxxxxxxx ******

*****We are also trying to raise funds for Antonio's expenses and travel 
costs.  If you are interested in donating to Antonio Please make your tax 
dedcutible donation to:

IFCO/ProLibertad for Antonio Camacho Negron
402 w145th St., NY, NY 10031

The ProLibertad Freedom Campaign
ProLibertad@xxxxxxxxxxx
www.ProLibertad.org
Bronx 718-601-4751
Manhattan 212-927-9065
New Jersey 201-435-3244
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BELOW IS A STATEMENT WRITTEN BY ANTONIO CAMACHO NEGRON ON HIS RELEASE
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Dear Compatriots:

This afternoon I do not find myself physically close to all of you, but my 
heart, my thoughts and my words are with you during this commemoration of 
the birth of Juan Antonio Corretjer.  Because I have sent a written message, 
  I will be brief.

As all of you know, I have rejected, time and again, every attempt by the 
government of the United States to criminalize our legitimate right to 
struggle for our independence by the recognized avenues afforded us
by our high moral standards, history and international law.

I have repeatedly denounced colonialism and a conditional freedom and 
consistent with this I have also rejected the conditional freedom that the 
United States government has sought to impose upon me in the
same manner in which I reject the conditional freedom under which our Puerto 
Rican homeland suffers.

On May 9th two-thirds of my sentence will be done.  According to the laws of 
the empire my release is mandatory.  Because I continue to reject any type 
of conditions for this supposed freedom, the government of the United States 
will hold me until May 20th with the purpose of having me report to the 
Federal Building in Puerto Rico.  I completely reject that condition.

I invite you to join me in front of the Federal Building (in Puerto Rico) on 
May 22nd at noon, not to sign for my freedom, but to reaffirm our freedom 
and our Puertoricanness.

Compatriots:

The independence of our homeland will not be a gift that is granted to us by 
the Congress of the  United States:  The independence of our homeland must 
be taken, we must win it.

Empires are not deities, they are structures lead by men and women.  They 
are omnipotent while there exist men and women that because of ignorance, 
opportunism or cowardice, surrender their souls and are
indifferent to its injustices and harm.

Don Pedro said:   "We do not have the arms to deal a blow to their naval 
forces, but we have the moral force to deal a blow to their reputation in 
the eyes of the world."

Many constantly repeat these words, but they are not empty words.  In this 
concept lies the key to our independence.

We who believe in the independence of our country, who grasp the urgency of 
becoming a free and sovereign nation have to bury defeatism and develop the 
aunthentic support of the majority.

We can not content ourselves with exercising some influences or to establish 
some goals.  Even less should we find satisfaciton in the electoral carnival 
that takes place every four years - suicidal faith in elections and our 
participatory collaboration in them - have robbed our people of the natural 
tendency to be free.

The present conditions favor us and call for us to become a minority for 
change; a minority is a force for transformation. A minority will be an 
authentic support of the majority.

The Sovereignty, dignity and liberty of our people cannot be conditioned by 
fear, by myopic interests, opportunism or ignorance, even if it comes from 
the majority.  The banners of freedom, sovereignty and dignity of the people 
have never first been championed by the broad masses.  It has always been a 
minority that through its example of persistance, love, sacrifice and 
courage, has brought the masses to embrace these ideals.

Independentistas, are not a majority but we are the legitimate 
representatives of the freedom and dignity of our homeland.  More than a 
duty we have to ourselves, it is our responsibility to the men and women who 
have given their lives or have dedicated them to this sacred ideal.  More 
so, it is our responsibility to future generations and to humanity itself.

To struggle for independence is to struggle for the highest universal values 
of justice, dignity, sovereignty and liberty.  And while there exists even 
one colony in the world, these values will be contested. Humanity has paid a 
very dear price for these and will can not and will not betray them.

Let us remember our compatriots!

" We do not have the arms to deal a blow to the naval forces, but we have 
the moral force to deal a blow to their reputation in the eyes of the 
world."

This is their achilles heal.
This is our challenge.

Thank you all.

Antonio Camacho Negron
#03587-069
P.O. Box 2000
White Deer, PA 17887







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