APOC/Circle A Interview With Revolutionary Dylcia Pagan

Interview here: http://kboo.fm/node/12260

Interview excerpts:

Dylcia went underground with her infant son and was arrested in 1980. Charged with Seditious Conspiracy in relation to activities of the FALN, she refused to take part in her trial and claimed prisoner of war status on grounds that she did not recognize the authority of the United States government. She was sentenced to 63 years of imprisonment in state and federal facilities in the US.

Interview excerpts:

Puerto Rican freedom fighter Dylcia Pagan has packed an amazing amount of action and activism in her 62 years. In time, she would find herself persecuted for living as a proponent of the Puerto Rican struggle for independence.

By the mid-seventies, Dylcia became heavily immersed in the struggle for Puerto Rican independence. At this time, the FALN was actively involved in bombings in the US of corporations that they said were important decision makers in the planning of domestic and foreign policy that benefited from the exploitation and oppression of Puerto Rico and other third-world nations as well as the North American working class.

It must be made clear that Dylcia Pagan never claimed to be a member of this organization.

Sometime in 1979 she went underground with her infant son and was arrested in 1980. Fearing for the safety of her child, steps were taken to hide him from the government. Charged with Seditious Conspiracy in relation to activities of the FALN, which again, she never claimed involvement with, she refused to take part in her trial and claimed Prisoner of War status on grounds that she did not recognize the authority of the United States government. She was sentenced to 63 years of imprisonment in state and federal facilities in the USA. The jailing of the Puerto Rican independence activists is just one of many severe acts of domestic repression. No evidence was presented linking any of the defendants to specific acts of violence. All were convicted of conspiracy and sedition charges after brief trials in which they refused to participate as prisoners of war.

Dylcia was granted clemency by President Clinton in 1999.

I recently spoke with Dylcia from her home in Puerto Rico...

Interview written and conducted by Marlena Gangi with production done by Erin Yanke, Honna Veercamp and Marlena Gangi.

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