First Published: The Call, Vol. 3, No. 1, October 1974.
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THE NATION THAT OPPRESSES ANOTHER NATION FORGES ITS OWN CHAINS ... (Karl Marx)
October 27 is being organized as Puerto Rican Solidarity Day. On this day, thousands of people will rally through, out the country to express the solidarity of the people of the U.S. with the Puerto Rican independence cause. The largest rally is planned for Madison Square Garden in New York, where upwards of 20,000 people are expected.
The October League and THE CALL fully support Puerto Rican Solidarity Day, and are among the co-sponsoring-organizations. We demand that the U.S. end its colonial domination of Puerto Rico and we express our total support for the independence movement in all its forms. We also demand equality for the thousands of Puerto Ricans living and working in the U.S.
We urge the broadest possible united front action on October 27, calling on people of every nationality and political persuasion to take part. It is only through such broad mobilizations that the real friends of Puerto Rican independence can come forth and the false friends, who promote “peaceful development” of the Puerto Rican struggle can be exposed.
Because Puerto Rico is a direct colony of the U.S. and the colony closest to our shores, the liberation of this country must be a number-one priority for the working class movement in the U.S. The oppression of Puerto Rico is used by the forces of reaction in order to weaken the revolutionary struggle here and turn worker against worker.
No important steps forward in the U.S. workers’ movement can be made without the closest links to the anti-imperialist struggle in the colonies. The liberation of Puerto Rico will be a great step forward in the fight against imperialism, and for the liberation of all people.
ALL OUT FOR OCTOBER 271! INDEPENDENCE FOR PUERTO RICO!! DOWN WITH U.S. IMPERIALISM! !