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January 8th – Oscar Lopez Rivera Birthday Party!January 3rd, 2016![]() Friday January 8th, 2016, @ 7 pm-10 pm1199/Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Join us Friday January 8th, 2016, as we celebrate Oscar Lopez Rivera’s 73rd birthday! For the past 34 years, Oscar has spent his birthday (January 6th) in prison without his family or friends! Why is he in jail? For being a revolutionary who fought for the independence of Puerto Rico from U.S. colonialism. Join us we celebrate life, work, and legacy of this extraordinary man! Poetry by: Rafael Landron, Jesus Papoleto Melendez, and Mariposa Special Invited Guests: Lynne Stewart, former Political Prisoner Daniel McGowan, former Political Prisoner Nelson Denis, author of “War against all Puerto Ricans” Estela Vasquez, 1199/SEIU Dr. Johanna Fernandez, Campaign to Bring Mumia Home Laura Whitehorn, former Political Prisoner Francisco “Cisco” Torres, of the San Francisco 8 Artisans: Botanicafe and Jesus Mangual/Taino Cemí Food, Music, Poetry, Birthday cards for Oscar and Fun! Donation: $5-$10 (No one will be turned away due to lack of funds) Sponsors: The ProLibertad Freedom Campaign; Las 34 Mujeres NYC por Oscar; Call to Action on Puerto Rico; Frente Socialista NYC; PIP-NYC; NYC Jericho; Malcolm X Commemorative Committee; SODC; NYC Free Peltier; NYC Anarchist Black Cross; Daniel McGowan, Former Political Prisoner; The Campaign to Bring Mumia home; Freedom Socialist Party; Radical Women; International Action Center; Resistance in Brooklyn; Free Mumia Coalition NYC; New Abolitionist Movement; Lynne Stewart Organization; NY Fee Leonard Peltier. List still in formation.
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