SUPPORT OF THE PUERTO RICAN POLITICAL PRISONERS
"LIBERTAD PARA LOS PRESOS POLITICOS DE PUERTO-RIQUENO! Y LIBERTAD PARA TODO LOS PRESOS POLITICOS!
STATEMENT FROM MUMIA ABU-JAMAL FOR THE AUGUST 29TH MASS RALLY IN SUPPORT OF THE PUERTO RICAN POLITICAL PRISONERS
On the Move! As in the case of the imprisoned captives of the African National Congress at the height of the anti-apartheid movement, so too in the case of the Puerto Rican independence fighters who are captives, the call of the oppressive state is for a vow of "non-violence." Forced to consider freedom because of growing freedom movement both at home and abroad, the state, which claims the right to possess a monopoly on violence, now holds out the ‘reward’ of freedom, only if the oppressed will vow ‘non-violence’.
The call must, as it was in the case of Lolita Lebron, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Oscar Collazo and Irving Flores: UNCONDITIONAL FREEDOM! Freedom means freedom or it means nothing at all! The late, great Black nationalist, Malcolm X taught us that ain’t no such thing as half-freedom. Half-freedom, he explained, was as silly as half pregnant! The same for mis hermanos y hermanas de PuertoRiqueno! Full-freedom! For us all! On a Move! "
Mumia Abu-Jamal