PUERTO RICO IS THE OLDEST COLONY IN THE WORLD. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PROFITS ARE TAKEN FROM OUR COUNTRY FOR THE US EVERY YEAR WHILE OUR PEOPLE ARE BEING DISPLACED FROM THE ISLAND. US ACTIONS TOWARD PUERTO RICANS ON AND OFF THE ISLAND, LIKE GOVERNMENT POLICY AND ECONOMIC EXPERIMENTS, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, OPPRESSION, AND USING OUR PEOPLE AS LAB RATS, HAVE CAUSED UNSPEAKABLE HARM THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY. WE WANT PUERTO RICO'S LIBERATION AND POWER IN THE HANDS OF PUERTO RICANS, NOT NEO-COLONIAL EXPLOITERS, AND CORRUPTED PUPPET POLITICIANS. FREE PUERTO RICO! WE DESERVE OUR SELF-DETERMINATION!
OPPRESSION, IMPERIALISTIC INTERVENTION, AND VIOLENCE BY AMERIKKKA AND ITS ALLIES HAVE SEPARATED THE PEOPLE FROM THEIR ANCESTRAL LANDS WITH THE CREATION OF ILLEGAL BORDERS. THE SEPARATIONS OF THE PEOPLE FROM THEIR LAND IS EXACERBATED BY THE CRIMINALIZATION OF MIGRATION. IN AMERIKKKA THIS CRIMINALIZATION CONTRIBUTES TO AN OVERCROWDED PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX THAT DISPROPORTIONALLY AFFECTS BLACK, BROWN, INDIGENOUS, AND IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITIES. THE CRIMINALIZATION OF MIGRATION ON TURTLE ISLAND CONTRIBUTES TO SOCIAL ECONOMIC ISSUES THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN REGIONS, LEADING TO INCREASED VIOLENCE, AND INSTABILITY FOR CAPITALISTIC GAIN. FOR CENTURIES AMERIKKKA HAS STOLEN, MANIPULATED, AND DESTROYED THE RIGHTS OF ALL OPPRESSED PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. WE STAND WITH THE RESTORATION OF THE FIGHT AGAINST, COLONIZATION, URBAN REMOVAL, ILLEGAL BORDERS, AND IMPRISONMENT BY ALL OPPRESSIVE GOVERNMENTS. IMPOVERISHED AND OPPRESSED PEOPLE ARE CENTERED AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE SO WITH THE PUSH TOWARD ACCESS TO EDUCATION, BEYOND LIVABLE WAGES, HEALTHCARE, RIGHTS TO SOVEREIGN LAND, SECURE HOUSING, BODILY AUTONOMY, AND FREEDOM FROM DETENTION.
NO ILLEGAL BORDERS ON STOLEN LAND! FREE' EM ALL!
OPPRESSIVE IMPERIALIST POLITICS BY THE AMERIKKKAN GOVERNMENT AND ITS ALLIES, HAVE FUNDED AND FUELED GENOCIDE ACROSS ALL CONTINENTS. THESE POLICIES INCLUDE THE JONES ACT AGAINST THE PUERTO RICAN PEOPLE AND THE CUBAN TRADE EMBARGO THAT RESULT IN ECONOMIC TERRORISM AGAINST THE PEOPLE. THESE POLICIES ALSO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OF ILLEGAL OCCUPATIONS OF PUERTO RICO, PALESTINE, HAWAII, AND MANY OTHER STOLEN LANDS AND ARE ENFORCED BY THE MILITARY AND MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS. AMERIKKKA AND ITS ALLIES HAVE USED THEIR MILITARY TO TERRORIZE THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AS WELL THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO WITH SYSTEMATIC VIOLENCE AND BOMBINGS. ALL PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE, TRAVEL AND WORK WHERE THEY WANT WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION AND COMPROMISED SAFETY. THIS LAND BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE.
IT IS TRUE THAT "ALL THE PEOPLE OF COLOR, MARGINALIZED AND OPPRESSED PEOPLES OF THE WORLD ARE ONE NATION UNDER OPPRESSION."
WE ARE ONE OF MANY COLONIES FIGHTING FOR LIBERATION WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. WE KNOW THAT THE MEDIA, THE POLICE, AND THE GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHMENT WILL TRY TO MAKE OUR NATIONALISM INTO RACISM; BUT PUERTO RICANS ARE OF ALL COLORS, AND WE OPPOSE RACISM AND COLORISM. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS ARE FEELING THE SHARPENING CONTRADICTIONS OF THIS CROOKED SOCIETY AND BECOMING RADICALIZED. WE STAND WITH THEM. THESE ARE THE ONES IN THE U.S. THAT ARE STEPPED ON BY THE GOVERNMENT. WE RESPECTIVELY ORGANIZE OUR PEOPLE, BUT OUR FIGHTS ARE AGAINST THE SAME OPPRESSION AND WE WILL DEFEAT IT TOGETHER.
FIGHT RACISM WITH SOLIDARITY!
WE WANT CONTROL OF OUR COMMUNITIES BY OUR PEOPLE, AND PROGRAMS TO GUARANTEE THAT ALL INSTITUTIONS SERVE THE NEEDS OF OUR PEOPLE. PEOPLE'S CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF POLICE, HEALTH SERVICES, PLACES OF WORSHIP, SCHOOLS, HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION AND WELFARE ARE NEEDED. ALTERNATIVES TO POLICE INTERVENTION, INCLUDING ACCESSIBLE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, ARE NEEDED! WE WANT AN END TO ATTACKS ON OUR LAND BY GENTRIFICATION, NEGLECTED INFRASTRUCTURE, HIGHWAY DESTRUCTION, UNIVERSITIES AND CORPORATIONS. WE WANT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE THROUGH THE RETURN OF LAND TO INDIGENOUS AND 1ST NATIONS PEOPLE.
LAND BACK!
REVOLUTIONARY CULTURE OF OUR PEOPLE IS THE ONLY TRUE TEACHING. THE FIGHT AGAINST CULTURAL ERASURE OF OUR HISTORY, LANGUAGE, PRACTICES, AND SHARED STRUGGLES IS A FIGHT AGAINST IMPERIALISM AND WHITE SUPREMACY. THIS IS A SHARED FIGHT FOR ALL COLONIZED PEOPLE OF THE WORLD AND IS A FIGHT FOR UNITY BY THE OPPRESSED. ONLY THROUGH THE UNDERSTANDING OF OUR TRUE HISTORY CAN WE DEMAND REPARATIONS AND FREEDOM. A FREEDOM NOT ONLY OF THE BODY AND OF THE SPIRIT, BUT ALSO FREEDOM FROM A COLONIZED MIND.
ENLIGHTENMENT WILL BE THE REVOLUTION!
THOSE THAT ARE PAID BY THE SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION BETRAY THE PEOPLE, FOR PROFIT OR CAPITALISTIC GAINS. THE CORRUPT POLITICIANS, COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS, RELIGIOUS LEADERS AND DISGUISED WARLORDS LIE TO AND ABUSE THE PEOPLE TO KEEP THEM COMPLACENT. THE TRAITORS OF THE PEOPLE THAT PROFITEER OFF COMMUNITY VIOLENCE, EXPLOITATION OF LABOR, DRUGS, SEX AND OPPRESSION ALL IN THE NAME OF GREED. WE OPPOSE THE CORPORATIONS THAT SUPPORT AND FUND STATE SANCTIONED VIOLENCE AGAINST ALL OPPRESSED PEOPLE.
WE DEMAND A SOCIETY WHERE THE PEOPLE SOCIALISTICALLY CONTROL THEIR LABOR, LAND, AND BODIES!
WE DEMAND ALL MILITARIZED OCCUPATION BY IMPERIALIST GOVERNMENTS TO WITHDRAW FROM OCCUPIED LANDS INCLUDING TAIWAN, PALESTINE, HONG KONG, IRELAND, AUSTRALIA, AND ALL INDIGENOUS LANDS STILL UNDER MILITARIZED OCCUPATION. WE DEMAND REPARATIONS AND THE IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL OF AMERIKKKAN MILITARY FORCES AND BASES FROM PUERTO RICO, CUBA, OKINAWA, AND ALL COMMUNITIES OPPRESSED BY US IMPERIALISM. WE DEMAND AN END TO ALL JROTC PROGRAMS, YOUTH MILITARY PROGRAMS, COURT MANDATED MILITARY SERVICE, AND PREDATORY RECRUITING TACTICS IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. OUR YOUTH DESERVE TO BE EDUCATED ON ALL PERSPECTIVES OF US IMPERIALISM AND THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX WITHOUT MANIPULATION BY PREDATORY MILITARY RECRUITERS AND IMPERIALIST PROPAGANDA. WE DEMAND PEOPLE'S CONTROL OF ALL MILITARIZED FORCES AND THEIR FUNDING TO REMOVE IT FROM THE HANDS OF FASCIST GOVERNMENTS WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY ABUSED THEIR MILITARY POWER. WE DEMAND TO CUT THE CORPORATE PUPPET STRINGS PULLING US CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT TO SEND THE PEOPLE TO RISK THEIR LIVES AND OPPRESS OTHER COUNTRIES FOR THE INTERESTS OF THE RULING CLASS AND THEIR PROFITS, WITH NO SAY FROM WE THE PEOPLE. AMERIKKKAN MILITARIZED FORCES ARE ORDERED TO SERVE WHITE-SUPREMACY, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE RULING CLASS, AND CAPITAL. WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH VETERANS WHO WANT TO SERVE THE PEOPLE, NOT FASCIST GOVERNMENT THAT SERVES THE RULING CLASS AND SACRIFICES THEIR VETERANS WITHOUT ADEQUATE CARE AND RESOURCES TO HEAL FROM THEIR EXPERIENCES. WE SERVE THE PEOPLE TO FIGHT OPPRESSION, EXPLOITATION, HUNGER, AND ANYTHING THAT STANDS IN THE WAY OF SELF-DETERMINATION FOR ALL OPPRESSED PEOPLE! WAR AND HUMAN LIVES ARE NOT FOR PROFIT! FASCIST INDOCTRINATION HAS NO PLACE IN OUR SCHOOLS!
FREE PUERTO RICO AND ALL COUNTRIES OPPRESSED BY COLONIAL MILITARY OCCUPATION!
WE WANT ALL PUERTO RICANS AS WELL AS ALL PEOPLES LIVING UNDER IMPERIALIST COLONIAL STATUS FREED. WE DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE AND REUNITING OF ALL ILLEGALLY DETAINED MIGRANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. WE ALSO DEMAND THAT ALL CHILDREN ARE REUNITED WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND GIVEN CONTINUED MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES FOR THE TRAUMA CAUSED BY SEPARATION. WE RIGHTFULLY DEMAND THAT ALL FEDERAL AGENCIES, CORPORATIONS, AND OTHER PARTIES THAT PROFIT FROM THE DETENTION, TRANSPORT, AND SEPARATION OF THESE FAMILIES BE BROUGHT UP ON CHARGES FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY UNDER UN LAW. WE WANT ALL FREEDOM FIGHTERS AND POLITICAL PRISONERS RELEASED FROM JAIL, AS THEY WERE TRIED BY THE RACIST COURTS OF COLONIZERS, AND NOT BY THEIR OWN PEOPLE OR PEERS.
NO HUMAN BEING IS ILLEGAL!
WE WANT LIBERATION FOR ALL LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITIES, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, BLACK, INDIGENOUS, LATINX/LATINE PEOPLE, AND ALL MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. THE FIRST PRIDE WAS A RIOT LED BY BLACK TRANSGENDER WOMAN, MARSHA P. JOHNSON, AND PUERTO RICAN TRANSGENDER WOMAN, SYLVIA RIVERA, HAILING FROM NEW YORK CITY. AMERIKKKA CONTINUES TO TARGET WOMEN JUST LIKE MARSHA AND SYLVIA, AND THIS HISTORY MAKES TRANSGENDER WOMEN THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO VIOLENCE. UNDER CAPITALISM, PEOPLE OF ALL GENDER IDENTITIES HAVE BEEN OPPRESSED BY SOCIETY AND OUR GOVERNMENT. THE DOCTRINE OF THE PATRIARCHY HAS BEEN USED BY CIS GENDERED MEN TO MAKE OPPRESSIVE LAWS AGAINST WOMEN, THE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY, YOUNG ADULTS AND CHILDREN. WE DEMAND BODILY AUTONOMY FOR ALL, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE ABORTIONS. CIS GENDERED MEN MUST GET ALONG WITH PEOPLE OF ALL GENDER IDENTITIES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EQUALITY AND RECOGNIZE THAT ALL GENDER IDENTITIES ARE PART OF THIS REVOLUTIONARY ARMY.
WE'RE ALL EQUAL FIGHTING FOR OUR PEOPLE!
WE WANT LIBERATION FOR ALL LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITIES, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, BLACK, INDIGENOUS, LATINX/LATINE PEOPLE, AND ALL MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. THE FIRST PRIDE WAS A RIOT LED BY BLACK TRANSGENDER WOMAN, MARSHA P. JOHNSON, AND PUERTO RICAN TRANSGENDER WOMAN, SYLVIA RIVERA, HAILING FROM NEW YORK CITY. AMERIKKKA CONTINUES TO TARGET WOMEN JUST LIKE MARSHA AND SYLVIA, AND THIS HISTORY MAKES TRANSGENDER WOMEN THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO VIOLENCE. UNDER CAPITALISM, PEOPLE OF ALL GENDER IDENTITIES HAVE BEEN OPPRESSED BY SOCIETY AND OUR GOVERNMENT. THE DOCTRINE OF THE PATRIARCHY HAS BEEN USED BY CIS GENDERED MEN TO MAKE OPPRESSIVE LAWS AGAINST WOMEN, THE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY, YOUNG ADULTS AND CHILDREN. WE DEMAND BODILY AUTONOMY FOR ALL, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE ABORTIONS. CIS GENDERED MEN MUST GET ALONG WITH PEOPLE OF ALL GENDER IDENTITIES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EQUALITY AND RECOGNIZE THAT ALL GENDER IDENTITIES ARE PART OF THIS REVOLUTIONARY ARMY.
WE'RE ALL EQUAL FIGHTING FOR OUR PEOPLE!
ANYONE WHO RESISTS INJUSTICE IS DEEMED A THREAT BY THE OPPRESSIVE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT. OUR PEOPLE ARE BRAINWASHED BY SOCIAL MEDIA, TELEVISION, RADIO, NEWSPAPERS, SCHOOLS, AND BOOKS, TO OPPOSE PEOPLE WITHIN THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM. THROUGH PROPER POLITICAL EDUCATION, NO LONGER WILL OUR PEOPLE BELIEVE THE ATTACKS AND SLANDER DISTRIBUTED BY THE PROPAGANDA ARM OF THE GOVERNMENT.
WE WILL KNOW HOW TO INTERPRET THE MANIPULATION OF MEDIA AND KNOW OUR TRUE ENEMIES!
WE ARE OPPOSED TO VIOLENCE-THE VIOLENCE OF HUNGRY CHILDREN, ILLITERATE ADULTS, DISEASED OLD PEOPLE, AND THE VIOLENCE OF POVERTY AND PROFIT. WE HAVE ASKED, PETITIONED, GONE TO COURTS, DEMONSTRATED PEACEFULLY, AND VOTED FOR POLITICIANS FULL OF EMPTY PROMISES, BUT WE STILL AREN'T FREE. THE TIME HAS COME TO DEFEND THE LIVES OF OUR PEOPLE AGAINST ALL SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION. WHEN A GOVERNMENT OPPRESSES OUR PEOPLE, WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO ABOLISH IT AND CREATE A NEW ONE.
ALL AGENTS OF SUPREMACY, TRAITORS AND COLLABORATORS BEWARE!
WE WANT LIBERATION, FREE CLOTHING, FOOD, FREE EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION, UTILITIES, LIVABLE WAGES AND EMPLOYMENT FOR ALL. WE WANT A SOCIETY WHERE THE NEEDS OF OUR PEOPLE COME FIRST, AND WHERE WE GIVE SOLIDARITY AND AID TO THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD, WITHOUT OPPRESSION AND RACISM.
PA'LANTE!