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Puerto Rican workers come out in force against massive layoffs
On Oct.15, after weeks of planning and preparations, Puerto Rico's working-class movement staged a demonstration of 200,000 people. The action…
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Puerto Rico’s unemployment reaches 16.5 percent
Jobless claims in Puerto Rico reached 19,000 in July, raising the unemployment rate to 16.5 percent. Out of nearly 4…
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Young Lords, Palante: Lessons in struggle
The author was a member of the Young Lords Party. Forty years ago, news headlines focused on a group of…
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Remembering Joe Cuba, Boogaloo music legend
Many in the music world and Puerto Rican community are mourning the death of music legend Joe Cuba, the "Father…
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The impact of the Black struggle on Puerto Rican immigrants
The historical struggle of the African American people was the inevitable consequence of the introduction of slavery by capitalists in…
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Commemorating the 1950 Jayuya Uprising
On Oct. 30, 1950, the Puerto Rican independence cry of "Que viva Puerto Rico libre" resounded for the whole island…
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The Cerro Maravilla Incident: Thirty years later
Thirty years ago, the brutal killing of two young pro-independence Puerto Rican activists in a police ambush—the Cerro Maravilla Incident—would…
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Puerto Rico’s turn
Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada is the president of Cuba’s National Assembly of People’s Power. On June 1, primary elections will…
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Puerto Rico’s 42,000 teachers strike
On Feb. 21, the Federation of Puerto Rican Teachers (FMPR) along with other sectors of the labor force, students and…
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Defend Puerto Rican independentistas!
On Jan. 11, 400 activists and supporters of the Puerto Rican independence struggle demonstrated in front of the Brooklyn Federal…
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