Puerto Rico
Packed house at 3rd annual Vito Marcantonio Forum
October 29, 2014Vito Marcantonio (1902-1954) was a fourteen-term Congressman from East Harlem.
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Today in labor history: Puerto Rican labor organizer and feminist Luisa Capetillo born
October 28, 2014She lived intensely: she fought for workers causes and the emancipation of women till here death.
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Demand investigation of murder of progressive Cuban-American in 1978
May 8, 2014Demands are being raised for a government investigation of the murder of a progressive young Cuban immigrant in Puerto Rico on April 28, 1979.
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Puerto Rican teachers strike to oppose attack on pensions
January 16, 2014Thousands of elementary and secondary school teachers in Puerto Rico carried out a two day strike to protest a raid on their pension plans.
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Visit to giant’s gravesite: Vito Marcantonio
August 28, 2013Vito Marcantonio has been virtually erased from the study of the progressive movement of the 1930s and 40sand this has dealt a severe blow to the movement.
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