Puerto Rican Independence

Puerto Ricans Resist Austerity Measures and Corporate Corruption

November 12, 2021 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Puerto Rico

By Monica Cruz, published on Peoples Dispatch, October 20, 2021 On October 15, protestors shut down Puerto Rico’s Highway 18 in the capital San Juan chanting “Fuera Luma!”, our “Out Luma”, demanding an end to the government contract with the private energy company, Luma Energy. Their cries were echoed at protests on the same day in New York City, Miami and Philadelphia.[…]

Interview: Rising Hopes for Puerto Rican Independence

September 30, 2019 UNAC Editor Caribbean, Interview, Puerto Rico, Resistance

By Ernie Gotta, Published on Socialist Action, August 27, 2019 “Every day, folks now more than ever wake up daily with a new notion of politics that is not bound to a vote every four years but to direct action.” The recent protests in Puerto Rico, taken in the context of uprisings across the globe in Sudan, Hong Kong, and[…]

International Tribunal to expose U.S. colonial crimes in Puerto Rico

October 30, 2018 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Indigenous peoples, Neocolonialism, Protest

By Berta Joubert-Ceci , from International Action Center (IAC) website, July 24, 2018 This year marks the 120th anniversary of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Puerto Rico during the Spanish-U.S. war, which ended with the U.S. capturing Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Philippines and Guam. July 25, 1898, was the day when U.S. ships, commanded by General Nelson A. Miles[…]