My Oldest Brother, Rudy, Jr.

Last night my brother Rudy, Jr. and I embraced and cried together, especially when I was reminding him of how he dropped out of school to work, so that I could have

the best clothes to wear and to be able to play football instead of working after school in the way that our father had demanded. I became the football star because of my brother Rudy, Jr. He sacrificed his life for me and now I am going to sacrifice my life for him and for Mom.

For such a long time Rudy, Jr. has been waiting to come forward and only God knows why the time has come now. He shares that he could feel my pain and suffering like never ever before in his life and in my life and at times when I was in solitary confinement he could hear me cry out for our mother Hilda and him like never ever before and he knew that the day would be soon when he would be able to come and embrace me and love me like we use to when we were together as brothers and family. Irma, I could feel his embrace and I could feel as if he was crying for some time and at the same time

I could feel his strength and courage as my brother. He would give everything that he had, so that I could succeed in life for he would even fight for me if someone would say anything negative about me - in his heart he would always say that I was destined to be a great Mexicano in our history - our mother Hilda and our brother Rudy had me spoiled like you have no idea and when he died, I could not stop crying for days and nights. As you well know, our Mother Hilda never recovered from his death because of the love that he had in his heart and soul and now he has returned like you have no idea and he says that he is ready and that God is ready. He admires the fact and the right that I have in loving Mom just as I would love our mother Hilda and he will be there for Mom also because he says that she is full of love and many refuse to see that and one day they will be judged in God's court. I love you very much and as you can tell I am in the

life and hands of God almighty and everything is coming and getting so clear that it is unreal. I do not even know how and why I sleep because I am constantly in a spiritual transformation and they all say that our lives have just begun.

Amor,

TEZ  

Your father cannot wait to come and visit those that doubt his words of wisdom. He says, “I dare them.”


Dearest Husband:
It is only right that you and your brother exchange the love that you have shared for many years. It still amazes me that in heaven they feel our sadness as well as the happiness that we feel here on earth. Now we know!

There must be different levels of abilities in heaven and your brother is now with you like never before. No wonder you feel the way that you do! We have a powerful brother and spiritual advocate with us. As I write these words I cannot help but cry, because I need to know that you are surrounded by love for all that you have experienced in your life.God is providing this.

How beautiful it is to hear that he too will be here for mom. Love is a powerful protector and it gives us all the reason to endure this challenging yet awesome life given to us by God.
I wish you a most beautiful day today. Know that I love you with all my heart, and I thank
God for allowing the presence of our loving mother, Hilda, and loving brother, Rudy, Jr.

With all my love,
Irma

I Was With All the Spirits Who Are in Heaven

It is now 3:00 p.m. and I have experienced the heaviest spiritual transformation ever in my life. To be honest with you, I did not think that I was coming back. It was that heavy but the messages were very heavy and you cannot imagine how I feel. I know in my heart it will be only a matter of time before you and I will be free, because as long as I am confined, subconsciously your mind and body will also be confined. I am still in amazement because I was able to communicate very heavy with your father and our mother Hilda like never ever before. The officer had to go and wake me up and he stated that it took about two minutes for me to come out my wandering into space as he called it.

Right now I am inside the unit getting ready to count and will be lockdown for about an hour but I continue to feel very strange and at the same time so strong and powerful that it is unreal. I feel as if God has chosen me and the family for what the world needs to see with their hearts and souls. I have never felt so in love with you and I would be willing to give my life for you to be happy and content. You are going to witness and be with a completely different man ever. I promise you that. Everyone here wishes to know the secret to my looking so young and I tell them that it is love, love, love, and more love like never ever before. Whenever you have time tomorrow please do not forget to wire the monies to me for I will be going to the store on Wednesday morning. I definitely wish to buy some photo tickets for the visit for our visit is going to be extremely historical like never ever before. Remember me. I will give the names of the attorneys later for there is no rush. I promise you that.

I was in heaven this afternoon and I was with all the spirits who are in Heaven. Is that heavy or what.

Amor,

TEZ

My Mother, Hilda, Will Be With Me Tonight

There is no question in my heart and mind that our Mother Hilda will be with me tonight. During my prayers and meditation I kept going back to her time and time again, as if she was actually preparing for the most fruitful and spiritual night ever.




She always reminds me that I suffered a lot when she passed. I was there next to her when she died, and she made me promise that I would not cry, and that I would stand tall in front of her body so that everyone could witness the son that she had brought into this world stating that we as a family had just begun to make history in this world and on this earth like never ever before. I was pouring out my tears and she spoke so closely to my face that to this day I can still feel her presence. She was and is such a beautiful woman and mother like no other on this earth.

Irma, how do you think I felt then and how do you think I feel at this very minute and second knowing that the greatest most powerful and profound love of my life was getting ready to go into heaven and serve God? I cried and cried and cried. She would hold me close to her and she would tell me again and again, “Ramsey, my dearest son, please promise me you will not cry in front of anyone. Let them see and know the man that you are and are going to be in this world to be admired one day in its history.” When she finally passed, I held her in my arms for the longest time and did not want to let go asI cried and cried. I would yell out loud and scream as loud as i could because i knew that soon I was not going to cry anymore.

As I stood next to her coffin, many came by to pay their respects and would break down like you have no idea. All my brothers would be crying and screaming and I would just stand there next to her because I had made a promise to her. I was her strongest son ever, and the world would begin from that day forward to speak about how strong and brave that son of hers was and continues to be. Yes, as I share these words of spiritually like never before, tears are pouring down my face like you have no idea, and I can feel the essence of our Mother, Hilda all around me right now.

I already know in my heart and soul that she is going to share that she wants for me to give all of my love and life to Mom. My mother is there with her and will not ever part from her because Mom has loved me like a son and as a family member from the first time that you mentioned me to her.

This will be one of our best Mother's Day ever and this is only the beginning of our lives like never ever. I know you feel what I feel because of the love that we possess. Take care of Mom because our Mother, Hilda is taking care of you for she loves you dearly. Happy Mother's Day!

Yes, we are in the process of recreating history and your father states that he is the one that is creating - I love that! 

Amor,

TEZ  

We cannot ever be defeated, because we believe and we love God, Jesus Christ, and La Virgin de Guadalupe who are with us all the time. I know that you can feel the life and the love in my heart.

Love for Irma, my Mother-in-Law 2012

All indications are that I will eventually be celebrating Mother's day with our Mother, Hilda, and our grandmother, Rosa, and my most loving God-sent mother, Benita. You know that I will be getting ready for Saturday night since Mother's Day is on Sunday. This all came about because I do not stop speaking and advocating that Mom is the most wonderful and most powerful mother and woman that I have ever known in my entire life. There is so much to learn from her and sometimes we are missing it all because we go on an "American trip" that she is too old and does not know what she speaks about or desires at this time, when in reality she is at her prime because God has given her the gift of staying alive, enabling her to be with us so that she can give us more like never ever before. I would give my life right now to be able to  embrace her and tell her that I love her very much and that I am grateful for bringing the Ramos/Alvarez family into the world. It is because of her and your father that we are actually creating history like never ever before and your mother, Irma, is the prinicpal of that history. There are millions and millions of families but very few have been chosen by God to bring  pride, discipline, faith, hope, spirituality, and love, love, love, and more love like the world has never ever known.

Amor,
TEZ

No Bad Feelings Toward Others

I do not feel any hate or wishful thinking that life goes bad for those that have decided to let me die here in the prisons of America... In fact, there is no question in my mind and soul that the spirits who are in heaven, especially your father, Salvador, and my  Mother, Hilda, will not let me have hate or jealousy or lack of forgiveness in my heart and soul. They state that it is for these reasons that I have a lot of life in me, as if I was born all over again, and that now in this life, I must struggle and fight for our freedom because like never ever before we have come to engulf into our hearts that very truth that freedom is a gift from God and that God wishes for us to fight with all the energies and intelligence that we have in order to bring that gift back into our lives. Yes, always remember that freedom is a gift from God and that everything that we try to do and speak about and write about is all going too come true and it is going to happen because we are seeking that gift that God gave to us from the time of our birth.

Amor,
TEZ

God Blessed Me Because of my Continuous Suffering

My intentions were to wait until we visited and in person but every minute and second all I think about is last night and the message your father shared with me at the conclusion of the night.  He states that because of continuous suffering and pain like no other human at this time God has bestowed a blessing upon my heart and soul like I have no idea and for those reasons I keep sharing with you that i feel like a brand new kid that just came into this world and life. He states that God, Jesus Christ, La Virgin de Guadalupe and all our spirits are coming forth like never ever before not only so that I can be free but most importantly so that the entire family can be free and that it is time for me to get close to Mom and to embrace her and to be next to her at all times (I told you in previous messages that there were certain feelings in my heart and soul about Mom and our Mother Hilda kept confirming those feelings).  He stated that those who embrace you and seek your love will know immediately the feelings of God and the power of spirituality for soon the entire world is going to know about how you were chained and shackled and at times naked in the cold dark dungeons that were finally shut down because of inhumane cruel and unusual punishment, and that I survived that for three years and came out seeking God, Jesus Christ, La Virgin de Guadalupe and our spirits who could not come to me at that time because God wanted for me to be what He was seeking in this world. Your father states that I have so much love in my heart that those who come close to me will immediately know that I have been blessed like never ever before. I love you very much and I know that we will be successful in everything that we do in order to bring about not only my freedom but the freedom of Mom and the freedom of the family like never ever before.

Amor,
TEZ  

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Dearest Husband:

Thank you for sharing such encouraging words that have been revealed by our father who resides in heaven.  His message of God’s blessing provides consolation for me, and I have no doubt that you feel the same. I need to learn to trust God with all my heart, for He is in control and He has been with us throughout the journey that we continue to take.

It’s not just God that remains with us. Those who are closest to Him as well as our holy loved ones are allowed to be with us as well. I consider this a blessing beyond words that only you will know. You were chosen to have Jesus Christ, La Virgen de Guadalupe help us find the way to becoming a whole family once again. Our father, Salvador, and our mothers, Hilda, Rosa, and Benita will be with us as they have always been. They will be with us forever and I am humble to have the love of heaven around us.

I needed this consoling message, because I have felt a sense of urgency to free you from your imprisonment, yet I feel helpless. I need God’s help and He will make it happen if we continue to move forward in faith and love.

I know that people who embrace you will immediately sense the feelings of God because I feel it every time that I am with you. It takes me a while to become familiar with you again, and once I do there is no question in my mind about the man that I have been blessed to have in my life.

If God wanted for you to be what He was seeking in this world, there is no question in my mind that you have proven to be this and so much more. It is for this reason that you have been blessed like no other.

I thank God for the miracle of having you in my life.

Your loving wife,

Irma

Importance of Cinco de Mayo

With the chains and shackles of solitary confinement, barely able to hold a pen, he would express his heart to humanity.  We ask why they have given Ramsey a death sentence when he has never taken another person’s life.

   “History, culture, and freedom are the most important spiritual gifts from God.”

                                                     Cinco De Mayo

For the last 20 years of my life I have been incarcerated in the federal prisons of America. Every year of my imprisonment, on Cinco de Mayo, I feel  in my “corazon” that it is my ultimate destiny to share with the world the historical importance of Cinco de Mayo as it relates to our lives in the past, the present, and the future of those who will one day read these words that come with pain, suffering, and imprisonment.

This historical day is one of many events in the history of our people as we came into existence not only in Mexico, but throughout the world. Historians have written many volumes and have shared accounts of how we became the people that we are this very day. That is why it is stated that people that have no knowledge of their history will forever be in a mode of oppression, discrimination, and will forever suffer injustice.

On the morning of May 5th, which is known throughout the world as Cinco De Mayo, the French army ran into resistance by unexpected valiant Mexican troops at Guadalupe Hill -- a name that I consider spiritual. It was just outside of Puebla, Mexico.  The majority of our Mexican troops, under the command of General Ignacio Zaragoza and Porfirio Diaz, were brave barefooted indigenous people from the Zacapoaxtla Sierra. They held the day, and forced the French to pull back to Cordoba and Orizaba. This famous battle of Puebla came to be our celebrated Cinco de Mayo.

The last French troops were driven out of Mexico City, Tenochtitlan, on April of 1867. On this very day of remembrance we share the same spiritual, cultural power that our heroes maintained. They rose with such pride and dignity into the region of Huitzilopochtli, god of war/sun, with their spiritual force of will and power that overcame the impossible and conquered all barriers.

As we celebrate this most spiritual, cultural, political day in history, we must continue with the same pride, dignity, courage, and respect that must be given not only to us here in America, but to our sisters and brothers in Mexico who set an example for others who seek justice and liberation.

Even tonight, as I share these words of spiritual wisdom that come from the depths of my heart, my body and soul are confined in this 6 x 9 cell. But I stand before you accepting the sorrow, sadness, grief, sacrifice, and death of our ancestors on Cinco de Mayo, a day of remembrance. For the last 20 years of this oppressive unjust confinement, I too stand in the center of all of God’s creation, just as our past ancestors and heroes did.

I remain balanced in mind, body, and soul in who I am and have always been. On this day of celebration, I gaze into the sixth sun of consciousness, as I have awakened from that strange nightmare of ill movements to the self-realization and acceptance of our spirituality that made Cinco de Mayo historical.  

We continue the process of recreating another page of history today, tomorrow, and in our future. It is written that one day soon I shall be free once again and together we shall all celebrate this day of remembrance.

Tu hermano,

Ramsey Muñiz

www.freeramsey.com

To hear your voice makes all the difference in the world to me. I can even tell how your heart and soul feel just by the tone of your most beautiful and most profound voice on the phone - I wish I could reach into that phone and touch your lips with my lips and my heart and soul with your heart and soul. I have missed you very much and we have a lot to catch

up with and please once again do not worry or put any pressure on yourself because freedom is not about pressure freedom is a gift from God and God does not believe in pressure He believes in the truth and in the faith of seeking that gift that He has bestowed upon our lives now and forever... Please know and you may feel free to share that every night I would get on my knees and thank God not only for giving me the strength, courage, faith, discipline, and dignity of doing this time in lock/down but as I was thanking Him for keeping me alive for those three (3) years that i was confined the dungeons of Leavenworth and at times with shackles and chains and naked for days, weeks, and months at a time.

He knew that I would survive because He knows that I will be the vital symbol of what freedom is all about and it is not about guilt or innocence it is now about freedom and what they have done to me as humanity on this earth. This is only the beginning and we have just begun to struggle for our freedom like never ever before in our lives.

I love you very much and I will be touch later for the lines are long and I must be fair.

Amor, TEZ  

"Then slowly my Mexika (me-shee-ka) spirituality took hold of itself, raising itself out of that pain, misery, hunger, and humiliation. A tiny fire, a speck in the beginning was born in the center of my heart, thus drawing life, growing until it became a powerful flame that carried my Mexika spirituality up and out of my torment. I was alive and never again would this happen to me. When I opened my eyes, I realized I would be free within my soul because pain, suffering, agony, and the shackles on my naked body had liberated me forever."

Ramsey

God and the Spirits Know That I Am in Constant Prayer and Meditation

Even your father agrees that it will be God who will free us one day soon but that we must do what has to be done to carry out the word and the truth of God and the gifts that He gave to us from the time of our creation as humans on this earth - freedom, justice, equality, and love, love, love, and more love. All the spirits know that it is not what Ramsey thinks or wishes to do and that it will get done because God and the spirits know that I am in constant prayer and meditation asking for guidance and for the intelligence that they wish to bring forth into my mind and heart.
 
I am in total agreement with my brother in Eagle Pass that it is all in the hands and in the heart of God. I knew that especially when I was chained and shackled and naked for days, weeks, and months and had no communication at all with the outside world. I never gave up praying and meditating and asking God to please give me the strength and the courage to overcome those hard oppressive and cruel days and months of my life. It was then that in my mind and in my heart I could hear the words of my brother Jesus Christ for me to rise from my knees and to overcome all the oppression and brutal treatment and to let the oppressor know that instead of becoming weak and fragile it was time for me to demonstrate courage, faith, pride, and spirituality like never before in my life. I stood up and I looked up and I said as loud as I could , " Thank you God!” So now a day does not go by that I do not do what has to be done in order for us to take our freedom back and the more I pray, the stronger that I become. I thank my brother from Eagle Pass for his prayers.

Amor,

TEZ  

My Most Powerful Transformation

April 18, 2012

The calling was so powerful and strong that it didn't even take me more than fifteen minutes to flow into my spiritual transformation and it was so strong that afterwards it took me time to realize that I was confined in this institution of the oppressor. The messages were very heavy and the spirits are all in agreement that I am becoming such a strong spiritual messenger that soon the doors to liberation will be open not only for me for those who are seeking love and peace in their hearts and souls. They are in agreement with me that the time has come after 20 years of such suffering and pain for the world to know and not be silent anymore - that the suffering and pain does not go away and that it is constantly there when they shut my doors and locking me in as if I was an animal and should not even be here to begin  with that the biggest injustice committed against any human in this present history of humanity. They share with me that anyone else like those that begin their sentences when I was in Leavenworth who recently passed away and those that had to be confined in the house of insanity because their minds could not take the incarceration anymore and here I am getting stronger and stronger and stronger in every phases of life including the openness of my heart and soul and to find forgiveness to this oppressor after what he has done to my life and to the lives of my family. The spirits who  are in Heaven give me such love and tenderness and when they embrace me I can feel as if i was born all over again and

I am full of love and wisdom and knowledge and intelligence like you have no idea.  Words cannot truly be found to describe how I feel inside my heart and soul it is that powerful spiritually. The time has come for the world to know about my 20 years of such drastic suffering, pain, sorrow, and the chains and shackles that sometimes I get up and jump from my bunk thinking that i have those chains and shackles attached to my body and i find myself in a cold sweat. It is then I begin to cry like a child and I thank God and my brother Jesus Christ for letting me live such cruel and brutal conditions that not even an animal could have survived. Sometimes at night I would leave the crumbs of food on the floor so that the rats that came into the cell would eat the crumbs and not bit on me but they would come out every night and I lived through that for three years of my life. Now you know how I feel in my heart and soul for your love and for your kindness

because if you would not have been there i would not have survived. You must know that because the spirits wish for you to know that and to take that to the Altar at church and at the Altar at the house and thank God for keeping me alive knowing that we are getting ready to make history once more in this world and that history will be about love, about Mom, about the family, and about you fighting for our freedom like no other woman on this earth - you were destined and chosen by God without even knowing so.

Amor, TEZ 

 

I have just begun to live like never ever before. I am in love with you like never ever before in my entire life. Give my love to Mom and Norma they will never recognize me again.

A Grass Roots Destiny of Seeking God

"True God-sent spirituality, even from this oppressive mode of inhumane mode of darkness and injustices, is a grass roots destiny of seeking God, a journey of deep insight and inspiration of the soul involving authenticity and purpose that might or might not happen in a church, synagogue, or mosque. True spirituality that comes from such suffering, pain, agony, sorrow, chains, shackles, and imprisonment of one's soul is an expression of true faith and does not always fit into accepted patterns of theology or practice."

There is a calling in my heart and soul to go outside and pray like never ever before. I feel the coming of a heavy spiritual transformation like never ever before.

Amor,
Ramsey

Freedom, Justice, and Love are Gifts From God

In my heart and soul I already know that it will be a very heavy spiritual night and that after we communicate I will sleep like a child as if it was meant for me . Your father was in total agreement that we should begin to always think positive not only about ourselves but about our struggle for our freedom - not only my freedom but he states that it is also your freedom and the freedom of the Ramos/Alvarez family because he knows that certain members of the family pray at night for me and that one day I will be free and with the family once more. He states that there is no reason thatwe should even have the elements of negativity around us or within us because the injustices and the oppression and the chains and shackles have all been experienced by me for no human reason at all they did it just to punish me and break my spirits but instead God sent  Jesus Christ, my brother into that dungeon and He gave me such strength and willingness and I was always thinking positive that the oppressor finally realized that instead of breaking me I was breaking them with my spiritual feelings and love in my heart and soul. Your father asked me to share with you and tell you that you have every reason on earth and in Heaven to walk with your head up high and don't ever let anyone look down because you have proven to God and all the spirits that what you are seeking - freedom, justice, and love, are all gifts from God and that God has chosen you to be with Him forever and ever.

My Continued Confinement Here Violates my Constitutional Rights

To continue to have me confined in this institution is a complete violation of my constitutional rights under the 8th amendment (cruel and unusual punishment), the 5th amendment (Due process of law) and the 14th amendment (equal protection of the law).

This is an institution for all gang members and i should be in a low-level institution especially because of my age - nearly 70 years old and I have to protect myself at all times because sometimes the youth think that the old cannot protect themselves but everyone knows in this institution that I workout every day of the week for more than two hours and I walk the track and I do all of my exercises so that everyone can see me as if I was getting ready for football season. I am strong - I am very strong and God wishes for me to be like this for I constantly ask for Him to give me strength and discipline all day and all night. It is time for me to return to my family and it is time for me to be close to you like never ever before.

In Remembrance of the Life and the Death and the Rebirth of Jesus Christ

In Remembrance of the Life and the Death and the Rebirth of Jesus Christ

FROM THE CROSS TO THE DUNGEONS OF AMERICA
A conversation with Ramsey Muniz
by

Raul Garcia

As I prepared to visit Ramsey Muniz, a political prisoner for the last 20 years, I thought about the many years we have known each other.  In fact, we go all the way back to high school days.  Though each visit through the years has been educational and inspirational, there seemed to be something different and special about this visit.  We had scheduled the visit for April 22, 2011 without my realizing it would fall on Good Friday.  Maybe that's the reason why as I dressed that morning there seemed to be something guiding me toward my black clothes -- a symbolic color of what happened on Good Friday in 33 A.D.

When I saw Ramsey that morning and we sat down, he said, " Do you realize today is Good Friday, the day that Jesus Christ was crucified?"  I knew then that this visit would be different, given the significance of the day. I realized that prison is like being in what the Hebrews called "Golgotha" and Latin Rome called "Calvary", a place to suffer and die.  All over the world, including America, the Christ is being crucified, particularly the innocent ones who are thrown along with the criminals and crucified along with the Christ.  Ramsey believes that the arrest of Jesus was a political event, given that the Roman Empire felt threatened by a young revolutionary who would say things like "You have heard it said of old, but I say unto you."

The Jesus movement had grown so big, that a new direction, a new vision, a new ethic came out from the lips of Jesus.  The authorities had to get rid of him, so they monitored him wherever he went.  The authorities had to get rid of him.  Muniz thinks and believes that his own arrest was also a political event in order to silence the leaders of the Chicano movement.  Reises Lopez Tijerina, a leader of the Land Grant Alliance in New Mexico, once said to me that Chicano leaders were constantly monitored during the height of the Chicano Movement.  He showed me evidence which he obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. 

Let us keep in mind that Jesus was betrayed by some of his closest followers, some for money, others because their egos mattered to them more than the one who had come to speak in the name of Justice.  Yes, justice is also a form of salvation, both individual and social.  Muniz thinks that he, like Christ, was betrayed as the years went by, as the silence of some who were close to him during the movement ran scared, like the followers of Jesus who scattered and hid in and around Jerusalem. 

It was Mary Magdalene to whom Jesus appeared first after the resurrection, she whom Jesus loved the most, and in whom He entrusted his deepest secrets which not even the  disciples were privy to.  yes, she rallied the doubters, the scared, the deniers.  It is no accident that Ramsey's wife , Irma, has suffered all these years along with her husband, for she knows him like no one else does, and has worked incessantly in his behalf. 

Ramsey said to me that he now understands the agony of the Christ on the Cross, an agony that is so profound that it pierces the heart of the soul.  From the dark dungeons of America, Ramsey has come to understand why Jesus himself felt totally abandoned on the cross.  But through loneliness and suffering, he says, Christ became a pure man, a man of spiritual strength, to which I added that perhaps that is the reason why we can also see Jesus' divinity in the strength of his humanity made pure through the holiness of suffering and sacrifice.  But just as Jesus forgave those who abandoned him or did him wrong, Ramsey likewise forgives those who accused him of a crime he did not commit. 

In the end, Jesus was given a death sentence just as Socrates was sentenced to die.  Because he raised the standard of love and holiness in a world gone astray, Jesus was crucified, while Socrates faced death because of his devotion to truth in a world built on falsehood.  The death penalty comes in difference forms.  That's why Muniz refers to his life imprisonment, which is a life sentence with no possibility of parole, as a death sentence.

After our theological conversation Ramsey touched on other matters.  He said he'd been thinking of Cesar Chavez, the great civil rights leader whom Archbishop Mahoney of Los Angeles called the prophet of the poor.  Ramsey said that Chavez once told him that La Raza was no longer afraid, that the people would no longer hold back and would speak without fear. He said that Chavez was convinced that the future would be ours.  This is why Ramsey Muniz says that we need to reach the young, for they appear to be clueless about our history and do not seem to know what is going on in the world.  There is no excuse for this, he says, given the power of the Internet as a vehicle for communication within the masses.  I mentioned to him that this is how the Zapatistas in Chiapas had gained world-wide support by mastering the new technological forms of communication.  Mastery of this modern form of communication, he says, is going to be a major key in the role we play in the 21st century.  He says that history is on our side, that the rising speed of the growing Raza population is overwhelming the centers of power which do not know how to handle us other than by passing futile immigration laws.  Laws cannot stop the inevitable. 

When Ramsey says that history is on our side I cannot help but think of the great prince Cuauhtemoc who rallied the Aztecs when the Sun seemed to be in an eclipse as they fought the European invaders. Though defeated temporarily, Cuauhtemoc prophesied that the people of the Sixth Sun would rise again.

Finally, before we ended the visit, my friend of 50 years asked that we pray, which we did.  We had visited on Good Friday, the day of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.  But we both knew that history does not end with crucifixion and death. It does not end with a tear or with suffering, for there is always an Easter, always a day of freedom and joy.

Raul Garcia, a graduate of Baylor University, presently teaches at Lamar State University.


www.freeramsey.com

White House Petition to Free Ramsey

Dear Friends:

KRIS TV aired a newscast on Ramsey Muñiz. See the link (http://www.kristv.com/news/petition-drive-to-free-ramsey-muniz) that describes his family’s efforts to free him after 20 years of wrongful incarceration. Ramsey is a natural born leader who advocated freedom, justice, equality, and love. He is 69 years of age, and he remains wrongfully incarcerated. We petition the White House to investigate his case and we need 25,000 signatures by March 4, 2012!

Please follow the instructions below to sign the petition and forward our appeal to others. Forward this message through email, facebook, and twitter. We need to gather many signatures to bring this to the attention of the White House!

PROCEDURES

Step 1: Register for an Account in the White House Website

1.         Go to www.whitehouse.gov. (Click on No Thanks. Go to the website).

2.         Scroll down. On the right, below the words We the People, click GET STARTED NOW. 

3.         Click on SIGN IN/CREATE AN ACCOUNT on the bottom right (blue area).

4.         Click Create an Account

5.         Fill in the required blanks (shown in yellow).

6.         Type the code displayed on the bottom right in the blank below it.

7.         Click the Register button.

8.         Close the window and open your email.

Step 2: Open Your Email and Paste the Link in the Address Bar

1.         Open the message from whitehouse.gov.

2.         Highlight the link given, paste it in the address bar, and press enter.

3.         You go to the White House website. Enter a password and confirm it.

4.         Click Save Changes.

Step 3: Copy/Paste Ramsey’s Petition in the Browser (You MUST be logged in).

1.         Click GET STARTED NOW to enter petitions in the White House website.

2.         Copy/paste the link below in the address bar, and press enter. WAIT for the petition to appear. Click to sign the petition and then log out.

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/commute-life-sentence-ramsey-muniz-former-candidate-governor-texas-who-has-already-served-20-years/tNTslv1l?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl

THANK YOU for helping us petition the White House to review the case of Ramsey Muñiz, a leader who advocates freedom, justice, equality, and love for all humanity.

Irma Muñiz imuniz1310@earthlink.net

National Committee to Free Ramsey Muñiz

www.freeramsey.com

Write to President Barack Obama

We are launching a new campaign to free Ramsey! New plans are underway, and we will begin with a letter writing campaign to President Barack Obama.

A new student blog has also been created to involve students in using social media to get the word out on a humanitarian cause.  We invite them to use social media and other online technology tools to help us spread the word about the case of Ramsey and our struggle for freedom.

If you are a parent and wish to get students adults involved, have them visit studentsfreeramsey.blogspot.com to receive messages dedicated to them, and  post comments.

Below is a sample letter to President Barack Obama. Copy and paste the contents to forward by mail, email, facebook and twitter!
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                                                                     Current Date


Your Name
Your Address
City, State, Zip

The Honorable Barack Obama
President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

      Re: Ramiro R. Muñiz – 40288-115

Dear Mr. President:

I am writing on behalf of the National Committee to Free Ramsey Muñiz. We seek to obtain his freedom for humanitarian reasons and many supporters throughout the country are involved in this issue. We ask for your mercy, compassion, and support.

Ramsey Muñiz, a former leader during the Civil Rights Movement, has suffered greatly for many years, and we ask that you help end his suffering. Muñiz is a man of good character who is admired for his dignity, courage, compassion, love, and spirituality; he has helped many people throughout his life.

Thank you for your help in obtaining the humanitarian release of Ramiro “Ramsey” Muñiz. For additional information, go to www.freeramsey.com.

                                                                       Sincerely,


cc:   Office of the Pardon Attorney
       1425 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 11000
       Washington, D.C. 20530