[act-ma] Sat Sep 29 Forum on Puerto Rico (+ Boston Support for Puerto Rico Tribunal) 4pm in Jamaica Plain

[David Rolde]

Forum on Puerto Rico, tomorrow Saturday September 29, 4pm-6pm, at the Workers World Party office in the Brewery Complex at 284 Amory St. in Jamaica Plain. Short walk from the Stony Brook orange line T station.  

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Boston Support for Puerto Rico Tribunal
Public · Hosted by FIRE Boston <https://www.facebook.com/Boston4Migrants/?eid=ARAVvBjd4gswpuf8kpMFj5u6iIm1-fvMei97BZla2Gu-DhWtorDAxfii2AHlQ3ri2pisIMZsjBl2p3_R> and Puerto Rico Tribunal <https://www.facebook.com/puertoricotribunal/?eid=ARCDrxv5D7HwEhVYwtLb_77-18IRQbHa-Inw9tEZYopPkZ9VRJctDFt5Za6L9yHB-ctyWCNt1jqPvzAc>


Saturday at 4 PM – 6 PM

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284 Amory Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02130


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As we mark the anniversaries of Hurricane María and the Grito de Lares, join the Boston branch of FIRE for a discussion on the history of Puerto Rico and its continued status as a US colony.

Colonial policies like the Jones Act and the inability of the Puerto Rican people to control their own policy at the highest levels were decisive factors in the debt crisis that led to the PROMESA Act. This criminal law handed control of the island to an unelected fiscal junta which has destroyed education, healthcare, and basic infrastructure on the island in service of Wall Street vultures who have placed the profit they can make off of holding Puerto Rican debt over the lives of the Puerto Rican people.

The destruction of the island was brought to a new level last year when Hurricane María made landfall on the island. While the US government blocked material aid from countries like Cuba, Venezuela, and Mexico, lucrative reconstruction contracts were handed out to US companies. Now, the fiscal junta is looking to sell off the island piece by piece to business interests as more school close and much of the island remains without power.

Organizers on the island and across the United States are holding the Puerto Rico Tribunal <https://www.facebook.com/events/222592841680891/> in New York City next month (Oct 27), to expose US colonial crimes on the island. https://www.facebook.com/events/222592841680891/

After the talks, we'll discuss the tribunal and how you can help support.

If you are interested in endorsing this event or the Tribunal, please message FIRE Boston <https://www.facebook.com/Boston4Migrants/>. https://www.facebook.com/Boston4Migrants/

Endorsing organizations:
United American Indians of New England <https://www.facebook.com/groups/UAINE/>
Cosecha Massachusetts <https://www.facebook.com/cosechaenmassachusetts/>
J <https://www.facebook.com/FreeSiham/>ustice for Siham Campaign
Women's March on the Pentagon <https://www.facebook.com/events/184236778838247/>
Committee for Peace and Human Rights (Boston)
United for Justice with Peace <https://www.facebook.com/justicewithpeace/>
Workers World Party-Boston <https://www.facebook.com/WWPBoston/>
Boston May Day Coalition <https://www.facebook.com/bostonmdc/>
Greater Boston Chapter: Green-Rainbow Party <https://www.facebook.com/GreaterBostonChapterGreenRainbowParty/>
Center for Marxist Education <https://www.facebook.com/CenterForMarxistEducation/>

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Mientras marcamos los aniversarios del huracán María y el Grito de Lares, únase con nosotros para hablar sobre la historia de Puerto Rico y su continuada situación de colonia estaunidense.

Políticas coloniales como el Acta Jones y la incapacidad de los habitantes de la isla de controlar la política en los más altos niveles fueron factores decisivos en la crisis de deuda que llevoó a la ley PROMESA. Esta ley criminal pasó el control de la isla a una junta fiscal que ha destruido la educación, los servicios médicos y la infraestructura básica de la isla en servicio de los buitres de Wall Street que priorizan sus ganancias en deuda Puertorriqueña sobre las vidas de los Puertorriqueños.

La destruccioón de la isla llegó a un nivel más alto con la llegada del huracán María. Mientras el gobierno estadounidense bloqueaba ayuda de países como Cuba, Venezuela, y México, las empresas estadounidenses recibieron lujosos contratos para la reconstrucción de la isla. Ahora, la junta fiscal busca vender por pedazos la isla a los intereses financieros mientras se cierran más escuelas y muchas partes de la isla siguen sin electricidad.

Organizadores en la isla y en lo largo de los Estados Unidos han convocado un Tribunal sobre Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico Tribunal <https://www.facebook.com/events/222592841680891/>) en Nueva York a finales de octubre para dar luz a los crímenes coloniales en la isla.

Después de unas presentaciones, hablaremos del tribunal y cómo puede apoyarlo.

Si está interesada/o en endosar este evento o el Tribunal, por favor envíe un mensaje a FIRE Boston <https://www.facebook.com/Boston4Migrants/>



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