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SYMPATHY UPON THE DEATH OF CRISPIN BELTRAN
On behalf of Chelsea Uniting Against the War (CUAW), a small
anti-imperialist war organization based in the Latin American immigrant
working class community of Chelsea, Massachusetts, we extend our deep
sympathy to the family, friends and colleagues of Crispin Beltran, beloved
leader and friend of the Filipino people and of workers and oppressed
peoples around the world.
As an affiliated organization of the International League of Peoples'
Struggle (ILPS), CUAW benefited from Brother Beltran's anti-imperialist
and internationalist efforts as the founding and honorary chairman of the
ILPS. We joined together with thousands around the world to protest his
unjust and cruel detention by the Filipino government. We rejoiced at his
release and were happy that he was able to join the workers out on the
street once again in protests this May Day, 2008.
We believe that Brother Crispin Beltran was a living example of the slogan
which has been chanted in May Day demonstrations in the USA the last few
years as workers here are once again beginning to join hands with the
international working class – "The working class struggle has no borders."
Brother Crispin Beltran was a true internationalist working class leader
and we will miss him greatly. We commit ourselves in his memory to
continue the struggle to which he dedicated his life.
In solidarity,
Lyn Meza
John Harris
Coordinators,
Chelsea Uniting Against the War
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