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DESCRIPTION:The Fight Against Colonialism, Capitalism and 
 Imperialism\nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2016/2016schedule.htm\n\nJuly 14 
 (Thursday) 7:00 PM (Free) ILWU 34 Hall  - 801 2nd St., next to AT&T Ball 
 Park \nPuerto Rico, Colonization, Privatization, and Human Rights 
 \n\nPuerto Rico has been a colony of the United States since 1898. The 
 first free trade zone was set up in Puerto Rico during the 1950’s and it 
 was called “Bootstrap”. It set up tax free zones for US multi-nationals 
 and the US has also pushed privatization of the Puerto Rican economy in 
 energy, healthcare, and other services.\n\nThe result has been deprivation 
 and forced exile of the majority of the people in Puerto Rico. Today the US 
 government has taken direct control of Puerto Rico like the bankrupt cities 
 in Detroit and Flint, and this is being used to attack the working class. 
 This forum will look at the present situation and also what US workers can 
 do about this.\n\nThe following list is some of the speakers:\n\nRoberto 
 Pastrana is 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.\n\nRicardo Ortiz, 
 labor activist and supporter of the workers movement in Puerto Rico. He was 
 a leading member of the Frente Socialist de Puerto Rico, and was part of 
 the student movement at the University of Puerto Rico., the Comite de 
 Trabajadores de Caguas and the Regional Trade Union Council of the Caguas 
 Region during the 1980's. \n\nSponsored by United Public Workers for 
 Action\nwww.upwa.info\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/06/29/18788346.php
SUMMARY:Puerto Rico, Colonization, Privatization, and Human Rights
LOCATION: ILWU 34 Hall  - 801 2nd St., next to AT&T Ball Park 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/06/29/18788346.php
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