🇵🇷 Writer + independence advocate. Comms @civicyouth + President @BUDPR, but views my own. Bylines: @jacobin, @newrepublic, @curaffairs, @thehill, etc.
Aurora, CO
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I write about Puerto Rico’s political status here: freepuertorico.substack.com
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ICYMI: You can also read my latest piece on Puerto Rico in @YahooNews.
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Será que no queda espacio porque él y sus secuaces lo están ocupando todo.
Thomas Rivera Schatz lanza advertencia: “En este partido, no hay espacio para la corrupción ni la mediocridad” - via @elnuevodia elnuevodia.com/noticias/poli…
La cuestión es que trabajar como perro y aún así no poder vivir con dignidad también es un tipo de violencia, diaria e inescapable.
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ICYMI: More and more leftists are concluding that statehood for Puerto Rico is not enough. thenation.com/article/world/…
New on my Substack, a little follow-up to my article in @thenation yesterday:
"This is the beginning of a sea change in American politics; the first steps in a much-needed, long-time-coming transformation in how U.S. leaders talk about Puerto Rico’s status."
Link in next tweet!
Read the full piece here and subscribe (free!) for more writing on Puerto Rico: freepuertorico.substack.com/…
American leaders like @chrisrabb @DarializaforNY @CoriBush @HartzellForKC @SenadoraJulie @associatesmayra and more are standing on the right side if history.
Read my piece in @thenation about why all progressives should support Puerto Rico’s independence: thenation.com/article/world/…
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The US has ruled Puerto Rico for longer than the Britain Raj.
As Ghandi was winning independence, Puerto Ricans were browbeaten into accepting only limited self government.
But even that has now been replaced by direct rule - stirring support for independence again, as @AlbertoMedinaPR explains in his @thenation piece.
Note: By "browbeaten", I mean they were threatened with losing their war pensions and with economic disaster, while advocates of independence were imprisoned using draconian laws made in America and targeted for covert disruption by the FBI. My book has the details!
More and more progressives are backing Puerto Rican independence—and it's about time, writes @AlbertoMedinaPR. thenation.com/article/world/…
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More and more progressives are backing Puerto Rican independence—and it's about time, writes @AlbertoMedinaPR. thenation.com/article/world/…
"Something is changing in the political conversation about Puerto Rico. In recent months, major leaders and organizations on the American left have explicitly signaled their support for the island’s independence."
My latest for @thenation: thenation.com/article/world/…
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More and more people on the left are concluding that backing statehood for the island is insufficient. thenation.com/article/world/…
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“Only by advocating for freedom can Puerto Ricans and Americans, together, end a colonial relationship that has lasted for more than a century,” @AlbertoMedinaPR #FreePuertoRico
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To steal from one of my readers. Zelda and GTA are not ‘the barbenheimer of games’.
They’re the Ocarina of Crime.
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Puerto Rico's independence party (PIP) was formed in 1946 just as the US was sharpening the repressive tools of McCarthyism. Everyone opposed to colonialism was targeted as Washington tightened its grip on its vital military asset.
But a nation's aspirations can't be crushed. Today, PIP is enjoying a surge in support as it celebrates its 80th anniversary.
The status that masqueraded as 'free association' was exposed as a sham in 2016 when Washington used the colony's debt crisis to impose a fiscal board to control its finances. Puerto Rico was not even given the opportunity to file for bankruptcy protection, as a US city would.
The word ‘debt’ is itself a misnomer. US politicians talk of Puerto Rico like it's a burden but colonial powers do not keep their possessions out of charity. It has served as a major US military base and test bed for all manner of nasty weapons. Its economy has been shaped for the coloniser's purposes, first as a supplier of sugar and later as a low-tax, cheap labour producer of pharmaceuticals and electrical goods. Recent years have seen its prime Caribbean coastal land plundered for development, pricing Puerto Ricans out of their own communities.
The US has tried to destroy Puerto Rico's independence movement through repression and covert action for decades - but it has failed.
Congratulations to PIP on its 80th anniversary.
For more on this, read "The colony Washington could not afford to lose" here: therestisbullshit.substack.c…
The clip is from my Q&A for the Center for Puerto Rican Studies in New York. You'll find the full version here: youtube.com/watch?v=x9Y3TBte…
New from me in @thenation:
“Politicians like @chrisrabb and @DarializaforNY are stepping up to support the movement for Puerto Rico’s sovereignty. They must be joined by … millions of progressives who want their country to stop being an imperial power." thenation.com/article/world/…
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Today we're proud to officially endorse @chrisrabb, the next U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 3rd district!
Rabb has affirmed his support for Puerto Rico's decolonization and independence. We look forward to working with him in Congress to free our nation!
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