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DESCRIPTION:Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library\n\nPuerto Rico: The Fight Against 
 Colonialism, Capitalism, and Imperialism\n\nWe are inviting three Bay Area 
 Puerto Rican activists to discuss the the history and current situation of 
 the deepening crisis and the fight against colonialism, capitalism, and 
 imperialism. Confirmed speakers include:\nKatherine Adames Rodríguez is  
 a pro-independence socialist from Puerto Rico who moved to the Bay Area 
 last year. She has been a member of the Organización Socialista 
 Internacional, the Puerto Rico Network of Solidarity with Palestine, and 
 the Committee Against Homophobia and Discrimination. As a militant teacher, 
 she was very active in the Puerto Rico Federation of Teachers, whose 
 organizing efforts she supported and with which she mobilized against the 
 government's attack on public education and its neoliberal 
 policies.\nRoberto Pastrana Pagés is a nonprofit worker and a member of 
 SEIU Local 1021. In 2014, he moved from Puerto Rico, where he had been a 
 member of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) organizations on 
 the islands, such as Puerto Rico para Tod@s, and the Committee against 
 Homophobia and Discrimination at the University of Puerto Rico. A militant 
 pro-independence socialist, Roberto was part of the Movimiento al 
 Socialismo (MAS) and the Federación Universitaria Pro Independencia 
 (FUPI). He was part of the push for LGBT rights and worked for visibility 
 and solidarity within the working class.\nRicardo Ortiz is a past and 
 former member of the Frente Socialista of Puerto Rico. He has been part of 
 the student, worker, nd community struggles both in the island and 
 participated in the 1990 general strike in Puerto Rico as well as other 
 struggles. Currently he lives in the Bay Area and is active in social 
 struggles for revolution.\n\nSunday, June 26, 2016 - 10:30am to 
 12:30pm\n6501 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland (just North of Alcatraz 
 Ave.)\n\nSeating is limited, so plan to come early. We start 
 promptly.\nFREE - but hat will be passed for donations to NPML\n\nAbout 
 Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library\nA weekly discussion series inspired 
 by our respect for the work of Karl Marx and our belief that his work will 
 remain as important for the class struggles of the future as they have been 
 for the past. \n\nFor info or to subscribe to our weekly announcements, 
 \nCall Gene Ruyle at 510-332-3865 or email: cuyleruyle@mac.com\nFor our 
 full schedule, go to icssmarx.org\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/06/16/18787623.php
SUMMARY:Puerto Rico: The Fight Against Colonialism, Capitalism, and Imperialism
LOCATION:Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library\n6501 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland (just North 
 of Alcatraz Ave.)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/06/16/18787623.php
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