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  Victory as Tito Kayak walks free
Kayak’s attorney, Martin Stolar, a civil rights lawyer and supporter, said this was a victory for the people.
He had argued that Kayak had the right on First Amend ment grounds to express his sentiments, and that what he had done was not criminal.
In Kayak’s closing comments to the judge, he had raised his left fist in the air and said, “¡Filiberto vive!” He continued, “You can put me in jail but there are many Puerto Rican women and men who will follow in fighting for a just cause.
www.workers.org /2005/world/tito-kayak-1027   (521 words)

  
 publish.nyc.indymedia.org | Israeli detention of Puerto Rican activist Tito Kayak continues after protest
Sunday: Tito's action was part of the weekly Friday demonstrations against Israel's Apartheid Wall in the village of Bil'in, which has stolen 60% of the land from the village.
Tito was scheduled to leave Palestine on Sunday.
Tito may face trial at the Ofer military court on Sunday.
nyc.indymedia.org /or/2007/04/85354.html   (0 words)

  
  A recibir a Tito Kayak, su regreso a Puerto Rico : CMI-PR
A recibir a Tito Kayak, su regreso a Puerto Rico : CMI-PR Castellano
A recibir a Tito Kayak, su regreso a Puerto Rico
Tito Kayak estará de regreso a Puerto Rico a eso de las 8:55 de esta noche.
pr.indymedia.org /news/2007/04/23374.php   (271 words)

  
  Tito Kayak - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Alberto De Jesus Mercado (born circa 1958) —better known as Tito Kayak— is an enviromental activist from Vieques, Puerto Rico.
Kayak and others were protesting against the building of an apartment complex on the prelude.
In June 13, 2005, Kayak was arrested inside the United Nations headquarters after he tried to switch the United Nations flag with the Puerto Rican one, while the U.N. Descolonization Comittee discussed the political situation of Puerto Rico.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Tito_Kayak   (334 words)

  
 Tito Kayak
1958), better known all over Puerto Rico as Tito Kayak is a Vieques native who became one of the most outspoken leaders of the movement against United States military presence in his native island-city.
He and Ismael Guadalupe[?] are often pointed out by newspapers such as El Nuevo Dia and El Vocero as two of the main leaders of those who wanted the military out of Vieques, and he has been interviewed several times by both newspapers.
Before being arrested for that, he had been arrested in Puerto Rico for trespassing military property in Vieques, and after extinguishing his Puerto Rico sentence at a jail in Guaynabo, he was extradited to New York.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ti/Tito_Kayak.html   (215 words)

  
 Touring Kayak -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving across water.
Folding kayaks are the descendants of ancient boats made of animal skins stretched over frames made from wood and bones, and combine modern technology with this ancient design.
The earliest commercial folding kayaks were developed in the late 19th century in Germany by Johannes Klepper, and were very popular for their compact size and ease of transport.
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/149/touring-kayak.html   (1610 words)

  
 Tito Kayak Biography
Kayak gained great notoriety after the 1999 death of David Sanes, when a group of Vieques natives and people from all over Puerto Rico and from some other countries began protesting.
For this action, Kayak faced federal charges and he was jailed in New York.
Kayak once again expressed his anti-military views to Puerto Rican newspapers after the death of young Vieques Cancer patient Milivi Adams.
www.biographybase.com /biography/Kayak_Tito.html   (234 words)

  
 CAAB - Tito Kayak Held in Infrahuman Conditions - 15/8/01
However, Tito said that the word was written in English and that he neither knows who wrote it nor what the word means.
Yesterday Monday at 5:00pm was Tito's visiting hour, but the guard at the information desk sent a friend of Tito's back for not being on the visiting list yet.
We denounce the subhuman conditions to which Tito Kayak is being subjected and demand that he be treated with respect and dignity.
cndyorks.gn.apc.org /caab/articles/vieques99.htm   (0 words)

  
 Jornada en Kayak por el Caribe: Con viento y lluvia : CMI-PR
Amigos del MAR decidió continuar la jornada ambientalista a pesar de los riesgos y al día de ayer Tito Kayak tuvo que enfrentar solo una tormenta en alta mar, completamente incomunicado.
Tortola — Yesterday (Wednesday) Alberto de Jesús (Tito Kayak) kayaked from Virgen Gorda to Tortola, finishing the first track of the environmental excursion through the Caribbean by Amigos del MAR. Halfway through strong winds and rain surprised them but he was able to come out of it unharmed and reached Tortola.
Amigos del MAR decided to continue its journey in spite of the risks, and yesterday Tito Kayak had to face a storm at sea alone and incommunicado.
indymediapr.org /news/2004/08/3920.php   (0 words)

  
 Worcester Indymedia
Tito Kayak beaten and arrested at San Juan protest camp
On September 3rd and 4th, Worcester will host prominent Puerto Rican environmental activist Tito Kayak, and recognized Palestinian documentarian Emad Bornat with two events building connections and discussing the relationship between the struggles for land in both Puerto Rico and Palestine.
Kayak is a founding member of the collective Amig@s del M.A.R. (Movimiento Ambiental Revolucionario) in Puerto Rico and Bornat is a longtime film journalist in Palestine.
worcester.indymedia.org   (0 words)

  
 YouTube - Tito Kayak Plants Palestinan Flag on IDF Tower
On April 20, 2007, Kayak was arrested in Bil'in, a village near the West Bank barrier, after he climbed a surveillance tower close to the separation barrier and planted a Palestinian flag in support of their country.
Kayak spent about five hours in the tower, before climbing down and being arrested.
Tito Kayak scales Israeli surveillance tower in Bil'in
www.youtube.com /?v=JI2J4diLkpo   (0 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "Tito Kayak": Key Phrase page
Among the demonstrators was the environmentalist, Alberto de Jesus, better known as Tito Kayak.
Two days after David Sanes was killed, the Puerto Rican environmental activist Alberto de Jesús (known as Tito Kayak) decided to stay on the bombing range to prevent more navy bombing exercises.
But then a mem- ber of the group, Albert de Jesus (Tito Kayak), a self-proclaimed environmen- tal "warrior" from Vega Baja,...
www.amazon.com /gp/phrase/ref=cap_kpm_pdp_12?phrase=Tito-Kayak   (364 words)

  
 WBAI, New York - 99.5 FM Pacifica Radio - Support Puerto Rican Activist Tito Kayak Facing Charges
Tito Kayak was arrested on Monday June 13, 2005 for attempting to lower the United Nations flag and replacing it with the Puerto Rican flag; this was attempt to call attention to the colonial condition of Puerto Rico and to the contamination on the island of Vieques.
Tito Kayak was released from prison on Tuesday, June 14 and was told to report back to New York City for a hearing on Thursday September 8th.
Tito Kayak was charged with reckless endangerment, with a sentence of 3-7 years, and trespassing, with a maximum sentence of 90 days in jail.
www.wbai.org /index.php?option=content&task=view&id=7194&Itemid=0   (895 words)

  
 [indymediapr] Tomorrow: Tito Kayak in NYC
Próximo mensaje: [indymediapr] Tito Kayak and Jorge Farinacci is NYC
As many of you remember, Tito Kayak was responsible for hanging the Puerto Rican and Vieques flags from the Statue of Liberty on November 2001.
Tito was sentenced to jail for this act of civil disobedience and served his time in New York City and Puerto Rico.
lists.indymedia.org /pipermail/cmi-pr/2005-October/1010-j8.html   (513 words)

  
 Tito Kayak Information
On March 15, 2005, Kayak returned to activist action, when he chained himself to a vehicle after invading a Marriott Hotel property in a Carolina beach.
Kayak and others were protesting against the building of an apartment complex on the prelude.
On June 13, 2005, Kayak was arrested inside the United Nations headquarters after he tried to switch the United Nations flag with the Puerto Rican one, while the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization discussed the political situation of Puerto Rico.
www.bookrags.com /Tito_Kayak   (342 words)

  
 americas.org - Protest Hits Statue of Liberty   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The protest was planned by a group called Friends of the Sea and Friends of Vieques, said Carlito Rovira, one of the activists.
Held by a rope around his waist, Alberto de Jesús Mercado, an environmentalist also known as “Tito Kayak,” stepped outside one of the windows at the bottom of the statue’s crown to hang the flags and the banner.
Tito Kayak was charged with criminal mischief, reckless endangerment and unlawful demonstration, and was released after 30 hours in jail; federal judge Theodore Katz set bail at on $50,000 but suspended it.
www.americas.org /item_6427   (166 words)

  
 pr-update-0705-1
Alberto de Jesús, known as Tito “Kayak,” and the activist group “Amigos del M.A.R.” entered lands in March known as Boca de Cangrejo (Mouth of Crabs) in Carolina, a public beach facility.
Kayak chained himself to a truck and obstructed the passage of heavy construction machinery.
Kayak was one of the Vieques activists who stepped onto the top deck of the Statue of Liberty in November 2000 and flew a banner reading “Bieke o Muerte,” an action that led to his spending a year in a U.S. prison.
www.forusa.org /programs/puertorico/pr-update-0705.html   (1810 words)

  
 Peace for Vieques
Tito Kayak and Gazir Sued are reportedly still in solitary confinement.
Tito De Jesús, Johny Alverio, and Gazir Sued, along with two PIP members have been repeatedly held in solitary confinement for their noncooperation.
Only Tito Kayak and two other men from Vieques, Johny Alvario and Gazir Sued, were in prison so far, refusing to post bond.
www.serve.com /nukeresister/nr120/nr120vieques.html   (3361 words)

  
 ‘We are revolutionaries, and revolution is change’ [S&L Magazine]   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Tito Kayak is a leader of the Puerto Rican environmental group “Amigos del MAR,” or “Friends of the Sea.” He is also active in the Puerto Rican national liberation movement.
He was interviewed by Socialism and Liberation magazine’s Monica Ruíz in early September while on trial for attempting to lower the UN flag and raise the Puerto Rican flag on June 15, 2005, outside the United Nations, where the colonial status of Puerto Rico was being discussed.
Tito Kayak arrested in San Juan, Puerto Rico in May 2001 protesting the U.S. Navy presence in Vieques.
socialismandliberation.org /mag/index.php?aid=525   (1085 words)

  
 Arrestan a activista independentista puertorriqueño | terra
San Juan, 16 ago (EFE)- El independentista puertorriqueño Alberto de Jesús, conocido como "Tito Kayak", fue arrestado hoy por agentes de Aduana a su llegada al puerto de Mayagüez (oeste) a bordo de una embarcación procedente de Santo Domingo, informó la Policía.
Los manifestantes, entre ellos "Tito Kayak", acusaban a Labatut, exiliado en Puerto Rico, de ser quien financió el asesinato del activista independentista Carlos Muñiz Pérez hace 27 años.
Recientemente, "Tito Kayak" navegó en una canoa por las aguas del mar Caribe en protesta por la presencia de soldados estadounidenses en América Latina y por la hermandad entre su país y la República Dominicana.
www.terra.com /noticias/articulo/html/act470175.htm   (423 words)

  
 puertorican.com
When Tito Kayak tried to bring down an American flag on Capitolio property he was intercepted by police officers.
Tito was reportedly upset because someone had greased the pole thus making it impossible for him to climb up the metal pole and get the offensive symbol.
If Tito Kayak wants to burn an American flag because he doesn’t like Julito Labatud, (again how the two are connected is beyond normal people to understand), he is free to do so.
www.puertorican.com /prcom_erey406a.html   (859 words)

  
 Tito Kayak bajo arresto domiciliario : CMI-PR
Tito Kayak bajo arresto domiciliario : CMI-PR Castellano
Carolina, P. ----- A eso de las 6:40 de la tarde de hoy, Amig@s del M.A.R. recibió la información desde Bi’ lin que Alberto (Tito Kayak) De Jesús, miembro fundador de esta organización, quedó en arresto domiliciliario luego de intensas negociaciones con las autoridades israelíes desde ayer.
Gaby Lasky están negociando con las autoridades israelíes la salida de Tito Kayak para que pueda regresar a Puerto Rico.
pr.indymedia.org /news/2007/04/23324.php   (381 words)

  
 Centro de Medios Independientes de Puerto Rico
Declaración de la CCB en apoyo a Tito Kayak y Mairead Maguire
Frente Socialista exige liberación de Alberto de Jesús "Tito Kayak"
Denuncian agresión de empleado del Marriott contra Tito Kayak A27 8:32AM
indymediapr.org   (0 words)

  
 Aplazan el juicio contra "Tito Kayak" : Aplazan el juicio contra "Tito Kayak"
¿Qué piensas de las acciones de Tito Kayak?
Nueva York - El inicio del juicio por entrar una propiedad privada sin autorización contra el activista puertorriqueño Alberto de Jesús Mercado, conocido como "Tito Kayak", se fijó para el 11 de octubre.
El abogado Martin Stolar, que representa al activista, quien encabeza en Puerto Rico la organización Amigos del Mar, pidió al juez que se lleve a cabo un proceso rápido.
www.univision.com /content/content.jhtml?cid=688043   (439 words)

  
 Vieques Resisters Stand Firm
Six climbed to the observation area, where they broke out a window in Lady Liberty's crown and Tito Kayak slipped out to hang Vieques Libre banners and the Vieques and Puerto Rican flags from the crown's spires.
Kayak remained there for two hours before coming in, while police arrested eleven supporters, including several on the ground who were videotaping the action.
Tito Kayak, barred from returning to Vieques by a condition of probation from an earlier protest conviction, may be ordered back to court after videotape made public shows him raising the Vieques flag above the mayor's office at a recent demonstration.
www.serve.com /~nukeresister/nr122/nr122vieques.html   (1181 words)

  
 FOR- Programs - Puerto Rico
Vieques mayor Dámaso Serrano was released from federal prison in December after serving his four-month sentence.
And on February 12, "Tito Kayak", who flew a banner reading "Bieke o Muerte" from the Statue of Liberty in 2000, was finally transferred to Puerto Rico from New York, where he has been serving a one-year sentence.
A federal judge in Washington recently threw out the Puerto Rican government’s lawsuit against the Navy, which was based on an anti-noise ordinance passed in April.
www.forusa.org /programs/puertorico/archives/viequesupdate0202-a.html   (605 words)

  
 Tito Kayak and Jorge Farinacci in NYC (10/11 court date) : Indybay
Tito Kayak and Jorge Farinacci in NYC (10/11 court date) : Indybay
TITO KAYAK on the morning of Oct. 11th at his court hearing.
Tito Kayak, a Puerto Rican environmentalist and civil disobedient, was
www.indybay.org /newsitems/2005/10/09/17734781.php   (478 words)

  
 U.S. NAVY OUT!  VIEQUES SUPPORTERS DRAPE STATUE OF  LIBERTY
Six militants from Amigos del MAR (Movimiento Ambiental Revolucionario) and Amigos de Vieques seized the crown of the Statue of Liberty.
One, identified by the organizers as Tito Kayak, braved powerful gusts of wind to rappel down the statue's torch arm and hang the flags of Puerto Rico and Vieques and a sign reading "Peace in Vieques."
Other activists blocked the narrow stairway leading to the statue's crown, preventing others from coming in.
www.iacenter.org /puertorico/vieq_liberty.htm   (495 words)

  
 TexasKayakFisherman.com :: View topic - Titowoody's New SOT ""M.V. Woody - Northern Editio
Flafish has a good reason to pursue it with his shoulder problems, not sure why Tito wants a motorized yak.
I emailed you at the Hotmail address Tito, don't know if that one is active or you got it.
The FnD is p'bly the biggest kayak you would put one on and the 30# has plenty of power.
www.texaskayakfisherman.com /forum/viewtopic.php?p=481478   (2613 words)

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