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DESCRIPTION:Oscar López Rivera’s strong conviction that Puerto Rico should be free 
 from U.S. colonial control led him to fight for Puerto Rican independence. 
 He was arrested in 1981, and convicted of seditious conspiracy and related 
 charges, along with ten others who were arrested the previous year. 
 Sentenced to 55 years in prison, he became the longest held Puerto Rican 
 political prisoner in the history of Puerto Rico’s struggle for 
 independence, regarded as the “Nelson Mandela of the Americas.” In 
 2017, as the result of a broad human rights campaign, and after he served 
 almost 36 years in prison, President Obama commuted his sentence. The 
 Puerto Rican people and their allies celebrated the end of his sentence on 
 May 17, 2017.\n\nLearn how individuals and organizations are helping Puerto 
 Rico's recovery, Oscar López Rivera's work, and how you can 
 help.\n\nTopics discussed:\n* The Puerto Rican diaspora\n* The prison 
 experience in the U.S.\n* Community organizing in Puerto Rico\n* The 
 struggle to audit the colonial debt\n* Decolonizing Puerto Rico\n\nFree and 
 open to the public.\nLight Refreshments will be served.\nPM Press will have 
 Oscar’s book, Between Torture and Resistance and other books available to 
 purchase.\n\nSponsored by: The Department of Sociology and 
 Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, the Department of Justice Studies, 
 Chicanx Studies, MOSAIC Cross Cultural Center, and the San José Peace and 
 Justice Center.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/30/18830217.php
SUMMARY:Oscar López Rivera – Two Years Later Resistance and Resilience
LOCATION:Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Library, Room 225 \n150 East San Fernando 
 Street\nSan Jose CA 95112 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/30/18830217.php
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