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Support Victor Toro, NYC Activist Fighting Deportation

12/08/2007 - 6:00pm
12/08/2007 - 11:00pm

Support Victor Toro, NYC Activist Fighting Deportation

See the SP-NYC statement in support of Victor Toro.


SAT 12/8: Support Victor Toro, NYC Activist Fighting Deportation sabado 8 dic: Apoyemos a Victor Toro, activista peleando su deportacion

La Lucha Sigue! The Struggle Continues!

[texto en espanol sigue al ingles]

  • Saturday, December 8, 2007 6pm-11pm
  • Fundraising party for Victor Toro, NYC Activist Fighting Deportation with
  • live music (Los Chamanes, Rebeldiaz) and DJ Laylo International
  • suggested donation: $10 food/drinks, dancing, music & conversation- -and no speeches!
  • At Martin Luther King Jr Labor Center, 310 W. 43rd St in Manhattan (between 8th & 9th Aves, A/C/E to 42nd St-Port Authority)

[Jane Guskin and David Wilson, authors of "The Politics of Immigration: Questions & Answers," published July 2007 by Monthly Review Press, will be on hand selling and signing copies of our book--and we'll donate the profits from these sales to Victor's campaign. Join us in celebrating our book release and the resistance of a comrade in struggle, Victor Toro.]

If you can't attend, please give generously to Victor's campaign: make checks payable to "Las Peñitas Inc." and mail to P.O. Box 739, Bronx, NY 10454.

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.

Victor's next hearing is set for January 18, 2008 before immigration Judge Paul Defonzo at 9:00 am at 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278.

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. 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

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  • Sabado, 8 de diciembre, 2007 6pm-11pm
  • Fiesta para recaudar fondos para Victor Toro, activista neoyorkino luchando contra su deportacion
  • con musica en vivo (Los Chamanes, Rebeldiaz) y DJ Laylo Internacional donacion sugerida: $10 comida/bebidas, baile, musica y conversacion. .. y nada de discursos!
  • En el Martin Luther King Jr Labor Center, 310 W. 43rd St en Manhattan (entre avenidas 8 y 9, trenes A/C/E a 42 Street-Port Authority)

[Jane Guskin y David Wilson, autores de "The Politics of Immigration: Questions & Answers" (La politica de la inmigracion: preguntas y respuestas), que se publico en julio pasado en la editorial Monthly Review Press, estaremos presentes, vendiendo y firmando copias de nuestro libro--y destinaremos todas las ganancias de estas ventas a la campan~a de Victor. Vengan a celebrar con nosotros la publicacion del libro y la resistencia de un compan~ero en la lucha: Victor Toro.]

Si no puede asistir, por favor envie su 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.

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 de Rochester, 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. La proxima audiencia de Victor es programada para el 18 de enero, 2008, ante el juez de inmigracion Paul Defonzo, a las 9:00 am en 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278.

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.

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

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