"Voices for Independence:

In the Spirit of Valor and Sacrifice"

Jean Zwickel


Index

i. Mark Twain on Imperialism
ii. Introduction by Congressman Ronald V. Dellums
iii. Foreword by Prof. Richard Levins
iv. A Note to Conservatives from Daniel Zwickel
v. Preface by Jean Zwickel

[Asterisk (*) indicates those, besides Don Pedro, J. Benjamín and Antonio Morales, deceased since first publication of this book. Todos, ¡presente!]

1. Don Pedro Albizu Campos

—Nationalist leader for independence
2. Laura Albizu Meneses

—Albizu's daughter and peace activist
3. J. Benjamín Torres

—professor and biographer of Albizu Campos
4. Pedro Aponte Vázquez

—educator, historian and journalist; investigator of the death of Albizu Campos
5. Gutiérrez del Arroyo Sisters

—intimate friends of Albizu Campos
6. Jacinto Rivera Pérez

—former president of the Nationalist Party
7. Carlos Vélez Rieckehoff

—former acting president, Nationalist Party
8. José Antonio Negrón*

—former treasurer, Nationalist Party
9. Isolina Rondón*

—secretary, Nationalist Party
10. Isabel Rosado Morales

—retired social worker, elderly activist
11. Blanca Canales

—one of the leaders of the 1950 revolution
12. Antonio Morales Ramírez

—restaurant manager, co-founder, Nationalist Party
13. Rosa* y Lydia Collazo

—wife and step-daughter of Oscar Collazo
14. Oscar Collazo

—attacked the Blair House while Truman was there
15. Rafael Cancel Miranda

—participant, 1954 attack on Congress
16. Irvin Flores Rodríguez

—same as above
17. Doña Consuelo Corretjer*

—widow of "Comandante" Juan Antonio Corretjer
18. José Luis Rodríguez

—served time in prison
19. Alberto Rodríguez Santana

—serving time in prison
20. Norberto Cintrón Fiallo

—victim of Federal Grand Jury
21. Sylvia Maldonado

—AFSC staff, house searched by FBI
22. Jorge A. Farinacci García

—one of Hartford Sixteen, arrested during raid of August 30, 1985
23. Tinti Deyá y Alexis Massol

—opposing 2020 Plan
24. Neftalí García

Industrial Mission, environmental expert
25. Francisco Matos Paoli

—educator and outstanding poet
26. Andrés Jiménez

—Jíbaro singer and composer
27. Arturo Meléndez

—UPR (University of Puerto Rico) professor, president, University Professors Association
28. Iván O. Hernández

—Psychologist
29. Alfonso Damman

—priest, founding member of PRISA and union worker
30. Lydia Milagros González

CEREP, author of La Otra Cara de Puerto Rico
31. Obispo Antulio Parrilla-Bonilla

—Catholic Bishop and author
32. Padre Pedro Del Valle Tirado

—deposed Episcopal priest
33. Obispo Francisco Reus Froylán

—retired Episcopal Bishop of Puerto Rico
34. Padre André Trevathan

—Episcopal priest
35. Jorge Luis Landing

—mason, lawyer
36. Ada Rivera Ruiz y Miguel González Rodríguez

—founders of "Villa Sin Miedo"
37. Roberto Resto Piñero

—leader of Villa Sin Miedo
38. Ramón "Chino" Santiago

—poet and philosopher of Villa Sin Miedo
39. Rafael Hernández Ramos

—poet
40. Rubén Berríos Martínez

—President of the Independence Party and former Senator
41. Juan Mari Bras

—lawyer, former Secretary General of Socialist Party
42. Carlos Gallisá

—Secretary General of Socialist Party
43. Jorge Rodríguez Beruff

—professor; authority on militarism in Puerto Rico
44. Ismael Guadalupe

—native of Vieques
45. Richard Levins

—professor, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Department, Harvard School of Public Health
46. Margarita Pérez

—director of Proyecto Caribeño Para Justicia y Paz (AFSC)
47. Carlos Zenón

President of Vieques Fishermen's Association, protestor against U.S. Navy occupation of Vieques
48. Piri Thomas

—author and poet
49. Ruth Reynolds*

—long-time American activist for independence
References and Resources