Difference between revisions of "Antonio Rodriguez"

Revision as of 04:04, 14 February 2011

Antonio Rodriguez

Hard Times Conference

In 1976 Antonio Rodrigue, Secretary General CASA attended the Weather Underground and Prairie Fire Organizing Committee organized Hard Times Conference Jan 30 - Feb 1 at the University of Chicago.^[1]

Cuba trip

According to Portia Sieglebaum, writing in the Communist Party USA's Daily World, Wednesday March 3, 1976 page 4, in late February, the Marxist-Leninist Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola and Angola government officials led a two-dav seminar in Havana to acquaint a large United States delegation with the struggle of the Angolan people.

A day and a half presentation by three Angolan leaders: Commandante Dibala, a member of the MPLA central committee and political commissar of the Eastern Front; Olga Lima, director of political affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Relations; and Pedro Zinga Baptista, a member of the Foreign relations department of the MPLA, was followed by a question and answer period. The MPLA spokesmen affirmed that MPLA doesn't believe that revolutions can be exported, but that it does believe that examples are followed.

Attending the seminar were 26 North Americans representing a wide range of organizations as well as several journalists.

Among the representatives were Marjorie Boehm from Women's International League for Peace and Freedom; James Bristol of the American Friends Service Committee; Robert Chrisman of the magazine Black Scholar: Henry Foner of the Fur and Leather Workers Joint Board; George Houser of the American Committee on Africa; Lee Johnson of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists; Brenda Jones of Freedomways Magazine: Willis Logan of the Africa Office, National Council of Churches; Anthony Monteiro of National Anti-Imperialist Movement in Solidarity with African Liberation ; Patricia Murray of National Conference of Black Lawyers; Antonio Rodriguez of Centra de Accion Social Autonomo (acasa), a Chicano organization and Jose Velazquez of the Puerto Rican Socialist Party.

A telegram sent to the gathering by Rep.Charles Diggs (D-Mich) expressed regret that he could not attend and offered his hope for a frank and fruitful meeting.

North Americans in Support of Angola

The Angola Support Conference ran from May 28 - 30, 1976 in Chicago. The event was sponsored by the U.S. Out of Angola Committee and the National Conference of Black Lawyers.

At the conference, Antonio Rodriguez of CASA was selected to go on the National Steering Committee.^[2]

Chicano movement

The 40th Anniversary Commemoration Committee of the Chicano Moratoriums was formed in the summer 2009 by the Chair of the National Chicano Moratorium Committee of August 29, 1970 along with two independent Chicano Movement historians whom although not of the baby boomer generation, have become inspired by the Movimiento. The organization posted a list of significant “Chicano movement” activists on its website which included Antonio Rodriguez.^[3]

References

Template:Reflist

↑ Outlaws in Amerika, West Goals 1982, Pg33-35
↑ Letter to all persons who attended the Angola Support Conference, July 8, 1976
↑ Chicano Moratorium website: Moratorium Participants (accessed on April 16, 2010)

[1] Outlaws in Amerika, West Goals 1982, Pg33-35

[2] Letter to all persons who attended the Angola Support Conference, July 8, 1976

[3] Chicano Moratorium website: Moratorium Participants (accessed on April 16, 2010)

[1]

[2]

[3]

@@ Line 11: / Line 11: @@
 Attending the seminar were 26 North Americans representing a wide range of organizations as well as several journalists.
-Among the representatives were [[Marjorie Boehm]] from [[Women's International League for Peace and Freedom]]; [[James Bristol]] of the [[American Friends Service Committee]]; [[Robert Chrisman]] of the magazine [[Black Scholar]]: [[Henry Foner]] of the [[Fur and Leather Workers Joint Board]]; [[George Houser]] of the [[American Committee on Africa]]; [[Lee Johnson]] of the [[Coalition of Black Trade Unionists]]; [[Brenda Jones]] of [[Freedomways Magazine]]: [[Willies Logan]] of the Africa Office, [[National Council of Churches]]; [[Anthony Monteiro]] of [[National Anti-Imperialist Movement in Solidarity with African Liberation]] ; [[Patricia Murray]] of [[National Conference of Black Lawyers]]; [[Antonio Rodriguez]] of [[Centra de Accion Social Autonomo]] (acasa), a Chicano organization and [[Jose Velazquez]] of the [[Puerto Rican Socialist Party]].
+Among the representatives were [[Marjorie Boehm]] from [[Women's International League for Peace and Freedom]]; [[James Bristol]] of the [[American Friends Service Committee]]; [[Robert Chrisman]] of the magazine [[Black Scholar]]: [[Henry Foner]] of the [[Fur and Leather Workers Joint Board]]; [[George Houser]] of the [[American Committee on Africa]]; [[Lee Johnson]] of the [[Coalition of Black Trade Unionists]]; [[Brenda Jones]] of [[Freedomways Magazine]]: [[Willis Logan]] of the Africa Office, [[National Council of Churches]]; [[Anthony Monteiro]] of [[National Anti-Imperialist Movement in Solidarity with African Liberation]] ; [[Patricia Murray]] of [[National Conference of Black Lawyers]]; [[Antonio Rodriguez]] of [[Centra de Accion Social Autonomo]] (acasa), a Chicano organization and [[Jose Velazquez]] of the [[Puerto Rican Socialist Party]].
 A telegram sent to the gathering by Rep.[[Charles Diggs]] (D-Mich) expressed regret that he could not attend and offered his hope for a frank and fruitful meeting.