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Vieques: Celebration and commitment
May 09, 2003Hundreds of people stood waiting outside the gates of Camp Garcia, the U.S. Navy’s firing zone in the island municipality of Vieques. They were waiting until 12:01 AM, May 1, the first full day when the Navy would no longer be in control of Camp Garcia. At 12:01 they cut the chains holding the gate together. Fences were torn down and hundreds entered, some shouting in jubilation, others with tears...
Read moreThe artists choice: freedom or slavery
April 11, 2003Paul Robeson was born April 9, 1898. Robeson, often refered to as the “tallest tree in the forest,” was a world-famous political activist and leader, actor, singer – truly an American hero. At great personal sacrifice, Robeson stood for peace, equality, workers’ rights, democracy and, yes, socialism, during one of the most difficult and repressive times of our country’s history. At the time of his death in 1976, the World...
Read moreU.S. policies in Latin America protested
April 11, 2003Thousands of activists are expected to converge on Washington, D.C., April 10-15 for the “Mobilization against military and economic intervention in Latin America and across the globe.”
Read moreFamilies of military personnel and veterans speak out against war
March 14, 2003The world has been galvanized into action against the Bush administration’s drive to war with Iraq. This is no less true in the United States. In all sectors of the U.S. population you will find anti-war sentiment – including in the armed forces and their families.
Read moreBostons first Latino City Councilor sworn in
January 23, 2003BOSTON – History was made in this New England city with the coming of the new year. Felix Arroyo, the first Latino member of the City Council was sworn into office on Jan. 6. Arroyo is originally from Puerto Rico and works as the Deputy Director of the Hispanic Office of Planning and Evaluation, a multi-service agency affiliated with the National Council of La Raza. Arroyo ran for one of...
Read moreNavy still bombing Vieques
January 16, 2003The U.S. Navy started another round of military maneuvers and bombing on the island municipality of Vieques, Jan. 13, even though they have officially announced they will leave Vieques by May 1, 2003 Before the new round of bombings, hundreds took part in a 32-mile peace march to San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico. On the first day of the bombings protestors entered the bombing area in acts of...
Read moreThe fight for water. A fight for human rights
January 07, 2003Water. We see it everywhere. (see related story below) Many of us take water for granted. All we have to do is open a faucet and this life-sustaining liquid just pours out into our glass to quench our thirst. But in many places it is not so simple to get that clean glass of water. Over 70 percent of the Earth’s surface is covered with water. But, fresh potable water...
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Martín Espada, singing truth in dark times
October 24, 2002Espada has stubbornly insisted on writing from, for, and with the communities he grew up in.
Read moreGrito de Lares celebrated
October 03, 2002Hundreds of visitors came out to the village of Lares, Puerto Rico, to celebrate the anniversary of the revolutionary uprising of September 23, 1868, an attempt to liberate Puerto Rico from Spanish colonialism. This is the third year of united celebrations, with different Puerto Rican pro-independence organizations speaking from the same platform. Vieques was again front-and-center at the celebration, as was a repudiation of the Bush administration’s plans to attack...
Read moreLatinos to make gains politically
October 03, 2002In the last presidential elections, the Republicans made strong efforts to take Latino votes away from the Democrats. The Democrats also pumped up their efforts to keep this vote in their column. Everybody expected a stronger showing from the Latino voters than in previous national elections. The surprise came when almost seven million Latinos turned out to vote making it the largest number of Latinos voting in any election in...
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