U.S. Unions in Puerto Rico

U.S. Unions in Puerto Rico

Network activists at the May Day March in Havana, 2010. (credit: Jimmy Roque Martínez)In recent years, pro-revolutionary but generally anti-bureaucratic ...
Political Thesis Of The Puerto Rican Socialist Party: The Socialist Alternative

Political Thesis Of The Puerto Rican Socialist Party: The Socialist Alternative

There is a troubling reality that those of us who sympathize with the underlying objectives and achievements of the Cuban ...
Puerto Rico at the United Nations

Puerto Rico at the United Nations

The United Nations General Assembly may review the ques­tion of Puerto Rico’s colonial status next year, thanks to a resolution ...
Hawai'i: Strings in the Colony

Hawai’i: Strings in the Colony

On January 17, 1993, on the hundredth anniversary of the overthrow of the inde- pendent Hawai'ian Kingdom, more than 15,000 ...
QUINCENTENARY Colonial Legacy of Anti-Semitism

QUINCENTENARY Colonial Legacy of Anti-Semitism

Six thousand meters up Mt. Acon- cagua in southern Argentina a graffito proclaims: "losjuden son cerdos" (yids are pigs). The ...
Open Wounds

Open Wounds

The steam railway I rode out of Lima, zig-zagged up the steep western slopes of the Andes and stopped at ...
The Colonial Case of Puerto Rico

The Colonial Case of Puerto Rico

1. Puerto Rico is a Latin American country. It has a nationality of its own which was crystallized as early ...
A Sea of Poison

A Sea of Poison

Now we’re close to León. Liberated territory. A burning reddish-orange light, like the red-hot tip of a cigar. Corinto: the ...