By: Ben Adler
May 24, 2008
Puerto Rico, the U.S. territory scheduled to hold a closely watched Democratic presidential primary June 1, is unaccustomed to cutting such a high-profile role in presidential politics.
Indeed, you have to look back roughly a decade to find the last time Puerto Rico played a starring role in mainland politics–the summer of [...]
On April 4, over 200 people crowded into Casa Puertorriqueña for the National Boricua Human Rights Network’s (NBHRN) annual fundraiser, entitled “Legacies of Corretjer: Narratives of Resistance and Struggle.”
Qwusu Yaki Yakubu (aka James Sayles) was an extraordinary human being. He died on March 28, 2008, at age 60 after spending almost 40 years in prison. Yaki was a revolutionary, a nationalist and an internationalist in the spirit of Malcolm X. He was an activist and theoretician, and a writer and editor of several [...]
On April, 5, 2008, the Batey Urbano and the National Boricua Human Rights Network (NBHRN) debuted their play Crime Against Humanity to the Humboldt Park community. Over 40 persons attended that opening, with such notables attendees as Miguel Palacio of Association House, ex-political prisoner José Luis Rodríguez, Jan Susler of the People’s Law Office [...]
Durante nuestros viajes a la prisión, Don Juan me relató la historia del Partido Nacionalista, Albizu Campos, los juicios y la represión durante los años 30. Aquà estaba un hombre en el centro de la tormenta, el secretario general del Partido Nacionalista, compartiendo sus experiencias mientras que viajábamos por las llanuras de la región nor-central de los Estados Unidos.
San Francisco Not Enough Space Exhibit during May 2006.
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This following is footage of the “Not Enough Space” art exhibit, taken during May 2006, featuring the artwork of Carlos Alberto Torres and Oscar López Rivera at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Art in San Francisco.
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…Over the years Marilyn’s ability to walk deteriorated requiring her to rely on a cane and then crutches. About a year ago she suffered a nasty fall at the Dublin Federal Correctional Institution where she has been incarcerated…
A federal judge ruled on Tuesday, April 15, that Avelino González Claudio, 65 years old, accused of having participated in a 1983 robbery of a deposit from armored cars, might flee, and thus must remain in jail without bail until his trial.
The celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Puerto Rican National poet and revolutionary independentista, Juan Antonio Corretjer, roused my memories of this great man. I was privileged to have met and spent time with Don Juan in the 1970’s and early 80’s as a result of my work as an attorney on behalf of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Prisoners.
