Thursday, August 20, 2009

8/26 WED: Protest for Victor Toro

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videos: < http://is.gd/2oU1B-/> < http://is.gd/2oUlb-/> < http://is.gd/2oUgV-/>

From Rebel Diaz: SUPPORT VICTOR TORO!!! PROTEST NEXT WEDS. 08/26, 12PM, 26 FEDERAL PLAZA.....PLEASE REPOST AND SPREAD THE WORD!!! MY UNCLE DOES SOOO MUCH FOR REBEL DIAZ, FOR THE ARTS COLLECTIVE, FOR THE BRONX AND BEYOND.....GET INFORMED ON HIS SITUATION...ANOTHER ATTACK ON OUR ELDERS BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT....

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[DIRECTIONS added for 26 Federal Plaza/Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, front entrance on Broadway & Thomas St., btw. Duane and Worth Streets. Sometimes during construction & even since, protests have been pushed instead to the remote NE corner of the 26 Fed Plaza building complex at Lafayette & Worth St., near Foley Square & Centre St. But these days check Thomas & Broadway first.
= > TRAINS:
J, M, Z to Chambers St. (north exit near Lafayette & Pearl then walk 2 blocks/0.2 mi. west on Duane against traffic);
#4, 5, 6 to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall (north exit near Lafayette & Reade then walk 2 blocks/0.2 mi. west with Reade traffic & turn right/north on Broadway);
R/W to City Hall (north at Broadway & Warren then walk 4 blocks/0.2 mi. uptown against Broadway traffic);
A, C to Chambers (north exit at Chambers & Church St. then walk 3 blocks uptown with Church traffic & turn right/east on Thomas: total 3 blocks/0.2 mi.);
#1, 2, 3 to Chambers (at Chambers & West Broadway then walk 3 blocks uptown/north against West B-way traffic & turn right/east on Thomas: 5 blocks/0.3 mi.);
N, Q to Canal (west exit furthest from Brooklyn near Broadway then walk 7 blocks/0.3 mi. south with Broadway traffic)
= > BUSES: M6 via Broadway & Church; weekday M1 via Broaway, Trinity, Worth & Centre Sts.
= > Manhattan BUS MAP http://tinyurl.com/4pcjhb/
= > Manhattan/Queens BIKE MAP: <http://is.gd/1o6vM-/ > <http://is.gd/p7Ol- >
MAPS <http://is.gd/IIPI-/> < http://tinyurl.com/mg9bb/>.
See Foley Square entry; Javits Federal Building is unrelated to the Javits Convention Center in West Midtown.

FRI 1/18: Support Victor Toro, NYC Activist Fighting Deportation

Viernes 18 ene: Apoyemos a Victor Toro, activista peleando su deportacion

La Lucha Sigue! The Struggle Continues!

[texto en espan~ol sigue al ingles]

Demonstration, Friday, January 18, 2008, at 9am
Stop the Deportation of NYC Activist Victor Toro
26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan
(at the corner of Worth Street & Lafayette St)

Victor's hearing before immigration Judge Paul Defonzo is set for January 18, 2008, at 9:00 am, at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan. Please come and support him, and help us send the message: Victor belongs here in NYC!

Victor Toro is a citizen and national of Chile who was jailed and tortured there because of his opposition to the illegitimate Pinochet government (1973-1990). For more than 23 years, Victor and his wife Nieves Ayress (also a survivor of torture by the Pinochet regime) have been living in New York City and engaging in activism in the South Bronx, where they founded Vamos a La Peña, a nonprofit community organization that has served as a space for free expression and people's power for undocumented workers and other disenfranchised community members. On July 6, 2007,Victor Toro was arrested by US Border Patrol, an agency of the US Department of Homeland Security, while on board an Amtrak train in Rochester, New York. He was released on bond on July 9 and is now seeking political asylum with the help of his legal team. His wife Nieves is a US citizen; their daughter, Rosita Toro, is a legal permanent resident.

Pickets in support of Victor Toro are held every Friday (weather permitting) from noon to 1pm at the federal building in Manhattan, northeast corner, Worth St at Lafayette St. (There will be no noon picket on Jan. 18, the day of the 9am demonstration.) For more information, contact the Victor Toro Defense Committee: 718-292-6137, 212-631-7555, 646-291-2778, lapena2006@hotmail.com, mrncrls@aol.com, may1@leftshift.org

Please give generously to Victor's campaign: make checks payable to "LasPeñitas Inc." and mail to P.O. Box 739, Bronx, NY 10454.

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Manifestacion, Viernes, 18 de enero, 2008, a las 9 AM
Alto a la Deportacion del activista neoyorkino Victor Toro
26 Federal Plaza en Manhattan (esquina de Worth Street & Lafayette St)

La audiencia de Victor ante el juez de inmigracion Paul DeFonzo es programado para el viernes 18 de enero, a las 9am, en 26 Federal Plaza en Manhattan. Por favor venga a apoyarlo, y ayudenos a enviar el mensaje: Victor pertenece a nuestras comunidades, su casa es aca en NYC!

Victor Toro es un chileno quien fue encarcelado y torturado en ese pais por su oposicion al gobierno ilegitimo del dictador Pinochet (1973-1990). Durante mas de 23 años, Victor y su esposa Nieves Ayress (tambien sobreviviente de torturas bajo el regimen de Pinochet) han estado viviendo en la ciudad de Nueva York e involucrados en la lucha social en el Sur del Bronx, donde fundaron Vamos a La Peña, una organizacion comunitaria sin fines de lucro que ha sirvido como espacio de libre expresion y poder popular para los trabajadores indocumentados y otra gente marginada de esa comunidad. El pasado 6 de julio, 2007, Victor Toro fue arrestado por la Patrulla Fronteriza, agencia del Departamento de "Seguridad de Patria" de EEUU, mientras viajaba en un tren de Amtrak pasando por la ciudad deRochester, New York. Fue liberado bajo fianza el 9 de julio y ahora busca asilo politico con ayuda de su equipo legal. Su esposa Nieves es ciudadana estadounidense; su hija, Rosita Toro, es residente permanente legal

Piquetes en apoyo a Victor Toro se llevan a cabo cada viernes (cuando el clima permite) desde 12:00 mediodia hasta la 1pm afuera del edificio federal en Manhattan, esquina noreste, calle Worth con calle Lafayette.(El dia 18, dia de la manifestacion, no habra piquete al mediodia.) Para mas informacion: contactese con el Comite de Defensa de Victor Toro: 718-292-6137, 212-631-7555, 646-291-2778, lapena2006@hotmail.com,mrncrls@aol.com, may1@leftshift.org

Para enviar una donacion a la campaña de Victor: escriba su cheque a nombre de "Las Peñitas Inc." y envielo al P.O. Box 739, Bronx, NY 10454.

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