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In Honor of Pedro Albizu Campos
Pedro Albizu Campos, leader of the Nationalist Party, speaks to striking sugar cane workers in Guayama, Puerto Rico in 1934 (Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños/Hunter College/CUNY)History, it is often...
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The People of Puerto Rico Are Marching
(Oscar Rohena/Flickr)The people of Puerto Rico are marching today. Twenty-five thousand are marching through the streets of the capital city, joined by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City...
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The Money Behind the U.S. Colony of Puerto Rico
La Fortaleza, the official residence of Puerto Rico’s governor (Harvey Barrison/Flickr)While on stage during one of his many legendary standup comedies, late comedian George Carlin once said, “The...
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Why I Refused to Join Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Team
(Paula Lively/Flickr)An earlier version of this post appeared on my Facebook page last night.I was just contacted by Florida Democratic Party officials and Hillary Clinton’s campaign team informing me...
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Colonialism Perpetuated Like a Thief in the Night
(Juan Cristobal Zulueta/Flickr)As part of my ongoing campaign to expose the truth about Puerto Rico’s colonial relationship with the United States and the manipulated political system on the island...
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Barack Obama, King of Puerto Rico
thierry ehrmann/FlickrThe Supreme Court and the Obama administration found themselves in an awkward discussion on Wednesday. Hearing arguments on how the Double Jeopardy rule applies to Puerto Rico,...
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Puerto Rico’s Colonial Status Dealt Another Blow
While walking along Norzagaray Street in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico (Harvey Barrison/Flickr)Puerto Rico’s political status has been thrust into the spotlight once again, this time in dramatic fashion.On...
View ArticleRep. Gutiérrez to Congress: “Free Puerto Rico” (VIDEO)
On Thursday morning, Congressman Luis Gutiérrez of Illinois took to the floor of the House of Representatives once more to blast the U.S. Congress for perpetuating its colonial policy in Puerto Rico,...
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How Wall Street and U.S. Colonialism Created Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis
Castillo San Felipe del Morro in San Juan, Puerto Rico (Ricardo Mangual/Flickr)The following article first appeared on Freedom Socialist.Most tourists see Puerto Rico as a care-free island paradise....
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Nothing New Under the Puerto Rican Sun
In the run up to Congress’s vote on the Jones-Shaforth Act — which was signed by President Wilson 99 years ago this month, granting the people of Puerto Rico something unlike U.S. citizenship — Speaker...
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Saving Puerto Rico
El Batey in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico (Jorge Gonzalez/Flickr)Last Saturday NBC News published an op-ed by Julio Ricardo Varela, in which the founder of Latino Rebels proposes several courses of action...
View ArticleThe People of Puerto Rico Are Marching
A centuries-long battle has raged over the future of Puerto Rico, and now is as good a time as any to choose sides.
View ArticleThe Money Behind the U.S. Colony of Puerto Rico
Research conducted after the federal government failed to implement the results of a 2012 status referendum reveals mountains of cash spent maintaining the status quo.
View ArticleWhy I Refused to Join Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Team
When the Hillary Clinton campaign reached out to Phillip Arroyo and asked him to join the presidential candidate onstage at an upcoming event, he respectfully declined.
View ArticleColonialism Perpetuated Like a Thief in the Night
How U.S. law profits Wall Street in Puerto Rico at the expense of locally owned businesses.
View ArticleBarack Obama, King of Puerto Rico
In a Supreme Court hearing this week, the Puerto Rico government argued that it receives its authority from the people of Puerto Rico. But the Obama administration corrected it.
View ArticlePuerto Rico’s Colonial Status Dealt Another Blow
“We knew it!” screams the independence movement in Puerto Rico. Now what remains is justice.
View ArticleRep. Gutiérrez to Congress: “Free Puerto Rico” (VIDEO)
"Free Puerto Rico so she can solve the problem of her crushing debt without being handcuffed by Congress, its distant and inattentive colonial master."
View ArticleHow Wall Street and U.S. Colonialism Created Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis
A people's history of Puerto Rico's longtime economic, fiscal and political crises.
View ArticleNothing New Under the Puerto Rican Sun
Ninety-nine years after Puerto Ricans were granted second-class citizenship, why should anyone be surprised that many of the rights of U.S. citizenship don't apply in Puerto Rico?
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