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A Relational Genealogy of the Puerto Rican Left Since the 1990s
In memory of Frank Velgara Valentín
While the genealogies of pro-independence socialism in Puerto Rico—up to the 1970s or so—have been widely studied, in the present it is often treated as a closed tradition. Its heirs in the (...)
Five years ago just how rickety the electrical grid on the U.S. colony of Puerto Rico was exposed in the aftermath of two powerful Category Five hurricanes, Irma and Maria. It was the latter storm that made a direct hit and caused the most damage to the grid. The blackout that engulfed the (...)
The first Congress of Democracia Socialista (DS- Socialist Democracy) opened in San Juan last weekend with discussion on the climate crisis and ecosocialism as the alternative. Congress activities began on Friday, August 5 with a presentation by Professor Jorge Colón entitled, “The Climate (...)
As the eyes of the world remain fixated on the outcome of the U.S. presidential election, the U.S. colony of Puerto Rico produced a more satisfying and historic outcome for the Puerto Rican left after its local election on November 3, 2020. Puerto Rico’s vote is historic (a claim that should (...)
After mass street protests unseated a governor, the left organized, ran — and won. What might come next?
On Nov. 3, along with the rest of the United States, Puerto Rico went to the polls. Voters delivered a blow to its mainstream parties and boosted new left-leaning parties. The (...)
Any attempt to address the electoral issue in Puerto Rico from a socialist perspective must begin by pointing out the limits of the electoral process in the island. It is important to recognize the broad restrictions that the colonial status imposes on the elaboration of a national policy. (...)
In the 2020 Puerto Rican general elections, the trend of decreased support for the Partido Popular Democrático (PPD) and Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP), the principal political forces for the last half a century, continued. After decades of neoliberal politics, after the government’s complete (...)
The United States has suffered 135,000 deaths from COVID-19 and has tens of millions of unemployed and both crises continue now into the fifth month, but nowhere has the economic crisis been greater than in the U.S. colony of Puerto Rico.
Governor Wanda Vázquez was the first governor in the (...)
Disgraced Puerto Rican governor Ricardo Rosselló is slated to leave office today. It’s a victory for the mass protest movement — but as elites struggle to name a successor, the colony’s future remains uncertain.
For weeks, Puerto Rico has been rocked by mass protests against the governor, (...)
The discredit attained by the dominant parties, by the legislature, by the “politicians” and even “politics” itself, defined inaccurately, but viscerally despised by many people, recalls the concept of “organic crisis” advanced by the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci. Authors such as Stathis (...)
The toppling of Puerto Rico’s centrist governor is a beautiful display of people power. The next target: La Junta, the Washington-imposed board pushing austerity and privatization.
What has happened on the streets of old San Juan and the distant west coast and mountain towns of Puerto Rico (...)
One of the largest mass mobilizations Puerto Rico has ever seen exploded after almost 900 pages of transcripts of leaked online chats between Governor Ricardo Rosselló and a group of his cronies, in and out of government, were published on the Internet July 13.
The leaked documents were (...)
A political scandal recently pushed thousands of Puerto Rican people into the streets to march under the catchword ‘Ricky Renuncia!’, Ricardo, quit! - Ricardo Rossello is the island’s current governor.
On 11 July 2019, an anonymous source published personal messages from the governor’s (...)
We express our solidarity with the people of Puerto Rico in their struggle against the corrupt government of Governor Ricardo Rosselló. Friday [19 July] marked seven days of massive protests demanding the resignation of the governor and his associates. Despite tear gas attacks, rubber bullets, (...)
Battered by scandal and exhausted by austerity, they seek to determine their own political future.
This week has been unlike any other in Puerto Rican history. An estimated 500,000 demonstrators filled Old San Juan’s cobblestone streets on Wednesday to demand the resignation of Governor (...)
The ongoing protests in Puerto Rico are not just about profane chat messages—they are a response to a broader context of violence, degradation, and exploitation.
Puerto Rico Protests (Photo by José Fuentes)
Police donning anti-riot gear—many with their names and badge numbers covered—used (...)
One year after Hurricane María, Monique Dols looks back at the suffering endured by the people of Puerto Rico — and at their determination to fight for their island.
PUERTO RICO was pummeled by Hurricane María on September 20, 2017.
In the year since, that devastating injury has been (...)
One powerful hurricane robbed millions of Americans of reliable access to basic necessities. Almost a year later the psychological effects are still being felt
Shaina kisses her son Keydiel, five, in the yard of the school he attends in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. Photograph: Angel Valentin for (...)
The 109th annual convention of the NAACP recently approved a resolution supporting statehood for Puerto Rico [[http://www.latinorebels.com/2018/07/17/rossellonaacp]. The text refers to a similar statement adopted by its previous annual convention a year ago and ratified by its National Board (...)
The struggle has become more urgent in Puerto Rico since the disaster caused by Hurricane María that still affects the island—and in response, Gov. Ricardo Rosselló’s government and federal authorities are cracking down on the resistance of teachers, students and others against austerity (...)
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