Today, March 23 at 4:30 pm in front of the New York Athletic Club, an emergency rally and protest against Puerto Rican Governor Luis Fortuño has been organized via Facebook. Fortuño is scheduled to speak at a $1,000-per-plate event sponsored by the Office of Puerto Rico in New York.
Here is the full text on Facebook from rally organizers:
LONG BEFORE WISCONSIN’S RIGHT-WING REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR, SCOTT WALKER, THERE WAS LUIS FORTUÑO, THE RIGHT-WING, CONSERVATIVE, REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR OF THE U.S. COLONY OF PUERTO RICO WHERE OVER 50% OF ITS 4 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE.
UNDER HIS REIGN OF TERROR, FORTUÑO AND HIS PARTY-CONTROLLED LEGISLATURE AND COURTS HAVE/ARE:
• SYSTEMATICALLY ELIMINATED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RIGHTS FOR WORKERS
• FIRED UP TO 30,000 PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS
• PRIVATIZED OR ATTEMPTED TO PRIVATIZE NUMEROUS PUBLIC AGENCIES AND SERVICES
• ATTEMPTED TO PRIVATIZE PUBLIC EDUCATION INCLUDING THE UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO AND HAVE OUTLAWED THE INDEPENDENT TEACHER’S UNION
• IMPOSED A FINANCIAL HARDSHIP ON THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS STRUGGLING TO GAIN A HIGHER EDUCATION
• MILITARIZED PUBLIC COLLEGE CAMPUSES AND HAVE USED POLICE AND SHOCK TROOPS TO VIOLENTLY END PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS WHILE ALSO SEXUALLY ASSAULTING FEMALE STUDENTS
• BEEN CONDEMNED BY THE ACLU AND AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FOR REPEATEDLY VIOLATING THE HUMAN, CIVIL AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF THOUSANDS OF WORKERS, STUDENTS AND JOURNALISTS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS
• PRIVATIZED HUGE SWATHS OF VALUABLE AND ECOLOGICALY SENSITIVE PUBLIC LANDS AND SOLD THEM OFF TO PRIVATE DEVELOPERS
• IN THE WAKE OF THE JAPANESE NUCLEAR DISASTER, ARE ATTEMPTING TO BUILD AN EXPENSIVE, UNNECESSARY, AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS GAS PIPELINE THROUGH THE HEART OF THE ISLAND WHICH WILL DESTROY THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF SENSITIVE WOODLAND AND IMPERIL THE LIVES OF UNTOLD NUMBERS OF RESIDENTS ALONG THE PIPELINEGOV. FORTUÑO HAS THE COMPLETE AND UNEQUIVOCAL SUPPORT OF THE TEA PARTY, THE CONSERVATIVE PAC (WHERE HE SPOKE RECENTLY) AND THE RACIST JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY (WHERE HE ALSO SPOKE). THE WALL STREET JOURNAL IN AN OP-ED HEADLINED “PUERTO RICO’S GOVERNOR CHANNELS RONALD REAGAN: MOVE OVER, NEW JERSEY GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE. YOU’VE GOT A TAX-CUTTING, PRO-GROWTH COMPETITOR WHO MAY BE EVEN BOLDER THAN YOU. HIS NAME IS LUIS FORTUÑO AND HE IS THE GOVERNOR OF PUERTO RICO, A PLACE THAT, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT, IS IN WORSE SHAPE THAN THE GARDEN STATE.”
LET’S SHOW FORTUÑO THAT WE ALL CONDEMN HIS ADMINISTRATION’S ATTACK ON THE GOOD PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO AND WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THOSE FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE IN ALL ITS FORMS!
Franky Benítez 
Que semejante barbaridad, plagada de exageraciones, medias verdades, solamente una una mente fanatica y antidemocratica, una mente socialista puedo expresar tanta basura intectual, el tiempo me dara la razon, solo es cuestion de esperar un poco mas, LO IMPOSIBLE, SOLO TARDA UN POCO MAS…
Wow, sí el individuo que escribió esto es un comunista de Castro, agente de Chavez, amigo de Qaddafi.
so… what is the lie there? que conoces sobre el socialismo?
Nada porque soy puro capitalista y odio el socialismo. Pero creo en la libertad, tal vez Furtuño podrá practicarla?
Before you go attending any protest or joining any party you better clearly understand who your enemies are. The United States is controlled by a power elite, who finance key politicians to write laws for them. They control the media, i.e. television, newspapers, radios, colleges, universities, text book publishers. What ever organization that exist that influences generally they buy controlling interest. These people use the government to further their agenda of control. In schools they confuse the issue of money creation, the confuse the issue of the income tax. The power behind the power elite is a system called Fractional Reserve Banking, which is aided by the Federal Reserve Central Banks. When you attended school did you ever remember anyone teaching you how money comes into existance? Do you ever remember them teaching you about Federal Reserve Notes and Treasury Bonds? Do you know what the money aggregates are? Additionally do you know what a direct or indirect tax is? The Government is a front man for the Power Elite. Do you actually think that Obama came up with the healthcare reform all by himself? Do you think that it was him that decided to go against Libya’s government.
You better wake-up because one day the most expenise piece of real estate is going to be owned by the banks. And we are going to end up renting from them. If you think you want to know more or if you think i am wrong you can email me at joolyo@gmail.com
Thanks for sharing!