Dead and an assassin in life. Such is the situation of our country, our mother of order rico. The assassin is the power of the United States of north america. Amy we will speak to author of the new book war against all Puerto Ricans and put in Independence Party member Hugo Rodriguez and puerto rico. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The United Nations has estimated up to 815 migrants perished when their boat capsized on route to europe sunday. Confirming its place as the worst migrant disaster in the mediterranean sea. Survivors have put the death toll between 400 900 400 to 900 50 people, with reports hundreds were locked in a hold by smugglers. Italian authorities have arrested the captain and other crew members. On monday, at least three people died when another boat ran aground off the greek island while italian authorities said they rescued over 600. As the European Union lunch to back, protesters ga
Then puerto rico marks the 50th anniversary of the death of independence leader. It is not easy to give a speech when we have our mother dead and an assassin in life. Such is the situation of our country, our mother of order rico. The assassin is the power of the United States of north america. Amy we will speak to author of the new book war against all Puerto Ricans and put in Independence Party member Hugo Rodriguez and puerto rico. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The United Nations has estimated up to 815 migrants perished when their boat capsized on route to europe sunday. Confirming its place as the worst migrant disaster in the mediterranean sea. Survivors have put the death toll between 400 900 400 to 900 50 people, with reports hundreds were locked in a hold by smugglers. Italian authorities have arrested the captain and other crew members. On monday, at least three people died when another boat
With their sharp depictions of political upheaval via hyper-evocative caricature, John Vasquez Mejias’s woodcut panels update the printmaking stylistics forged by the German Expressionists. The forthcoming hardcover edition of Mejias’s The Puerto Rican War comprises ninety-six woodcut panels. It tells the story of the 1950s revolutionary uprising in Puerto Rico against the colonialists, which included a failed assassination attempt against President Harry S. Truman. The book contemplates the complexity and contradictions inherent to the possession of a moral compass, while bringing this lesser-known piece of history to a new audience. Through his visual storytelling, Mejias offers the prospect of a deepened affinity with his heritage.
An obituary by Clay Risen for The New York Times. He was the voice of the Young Lords in the 1970s, pushing to improve life in poor New York neighborhoods. Later, he won Emmys as a local media celebrity. Pablo Guzmán, who gained widespread media attention in the early 1970s as a leader of the…