The Socialist Workers Party sends fraternal solidarity to your meeting commemorating the life of comrade Jorge Farinacci, a leader of the Socialist Front. A victorious struggle for the independence of Puerto Rico, of which Farinacci was a long-time leader, is in the deepest interests not only of the people of that nation but of the vast majority of the U.S. population.

Working people in the United States and Puerto Rico have a common enemy: the imperialist rulers of the United States and their worldwide system of oppression and exploitation. We have a common stake in defending the Cuban Revolution, whose workers and farmers have opened the socialist revolution in the Americas and stood down Washington’s threats for nearly half a century. And we have common class interests in supporting resistance by working people in Puerto Rico, the United States, and around the world.

Above all, we share the conviction—a conviction to which Jorge Farinacci dedicated his political life—that the ruling families of U.S. finance capital will no more grant independence to the Puerto Rican people short of revolutionary struggle than willingly cede power to the workers and farmers of the United States.

We join with you in our commitment to this fight. Free all Puerto Rican political prisoners now! Independence for Puerto Rico!  
 
 
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