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PALANTE: Celebration of the Life of

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PABLO "YORUBA" GUZMAN on Sat., Jan 20, 2024, 3-5pm at The People’s Church 163 East 111 Street / Young Lords’ Way at Lexington Ave. El Barrio, NY 10029 It will also be streamed on the church’s YouTube channel:   https://www.youtube.com/@ fsumc3142    Participants include (alpha): • Tony Aiello, CBS reporter • Ti-Hua Chang, former NBC reporter • Gilbert ‘Sabu’ Colón, former Young Lord and Pablo’s cousin • Cyndy Hsu, CBS • Kristine Johnson, CBS • Jamal Joseph, former Black Panther • Juan Gonzalez, former Young Lord • Sally Guzman, Pablo’s mom • Kyle Little, Malik Fraternity Inc., Pablo was an honorary member • La Bruja (Caridad De La Luz), poet • Rene Lopez, musicologist • Felipe Luciano, former Young Lord • Paula Madison, former NBC executive • Mariposa María Teresa Fernández, poet • Ed Morales, author, journalist • Denise Oliver-Velez, former Young Lord • David Perez, former Young Lord • Cleo Silvers, former Young Lord MUCH MORE:  https://www.dailykos.com/ stories/202...

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Entrevista a César Sánchez, Coalición Cuba Sí

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This blog site is a platform for all National and International Solidarity announcements such as events, rallies, and nationwide protests. This is part of the US-CubaNormalization.org, CubaSiNYNJCoalition.org solidarity movement on Cuba.

Solidarity activist says Cuba defends its development against the blockade - Cesar Omar Sanchez

November 1, 2023   Radio Habana Cuba Cuba defends its right to development in the face of the impact of the U.S. blockade, with a high economic cost and suffering for the population, Terence Marryshow, an activist in solidarity with our country, said Wednesday.     The only crime the Caribbean country has committed is the defense of its own model, the doctor and member of the Cuba-Grenada coalition told Prensa Latina. In response, the international community has been demanding for more than three decades that it is time to remove that criminal siege, while the United States does not seem to listen to that demand, he added. For his part, the Ecuadorian César Sánchez acknowledged the marked interest of that policy to economically asphyxiate the Caribbean country. The triumph of the Revolution in 1959 was a stone in the shoe of the United States; from that moment on, the measures seeking a change at any cost began, declared the also member of the organization Cuba Sí. Unfort...

Cops 'unlawfully' arrested man for filming them, ACLU suit says

By Laura Herzog | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com WEST NEW YORK -- The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey is suing West New York on behalf of a resident who says he was unlawfully arrested in July after trying to film local police arresting two teenagers. Cesar Sanchez, 42, of West New York, never got a chance to actually record any video, according to ACLU spokeswoman Deborah Howlett, but his rights were still violated in the interruption. "He got his phone out. He was trying to shoot video. The police immediately came over and told him he couldn't shoot video," she said. Sanchez told NJ Advance Media that his reason for filming wasn't clear when he saw "multiple" police officers allegedly twisting two teens' arms back and pushing them against a wall to arrest them. "I wasn't thinking about posting it online or making a whole political issue out of it. I just thought it was necessary," Sanchez said. "This has nothing to do with ...