Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican deaths exposed: Anger spurs resistance

The plaza in front of the Capitol in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has given the most truthful account so far…

June 5, 2018

May Day in Puerto Rico: Mass marches combat austerity & privatization

On May Day, the extreme political devastation in the Puerto Rican archipelago was clearly shown. The lines of combat were…

May 8, 2018

Puerto Rico en 1ro de mayo: el Pueblo Unido traza las líneas de combate

El pasado 1ro de mayo se expuso claramente la extrema situación de devastación política en el archipiélago puertorriqueño. Se trazaron…

May 8, 2018

Boston welcomes Puerto Rican freedom fighter

Boston — Puerto Rican activists, freedom fighters and supporters gathered here on April 28 in the Villa Victoria Center for…

May 3, 2018

Puerto Rican teachers fight ‘disaster capitalism’

Excerpted from an April 28 message from Mercedes Martínez, president of the Teachers’ Federation of Puerto Rico (FMPR). On April…

May 1, 2018

Federación de Maestros de Puerto Rico, un instrumento de lucha

La Federación de Maestros de Puerto Rico (FMPR) realizó una exitosa huelga de un día el 19 de marzo contra…

April 24, 2018

Puerto Rico Teachers Federation: ‘a fighting instrument’

The Puerto Rico Teachers Federation (FMPR) held a successful one-day strike March 19 against legislative attacks on teachers and students.…

April 19, 2018

Teachers strike in Puerto Rico

A broad struggle against the privatization of public education in Puerto Rico began March 19 with a teachers' strike as…

March 20, 2018

Puerto Rican evacuees face homelessness in Philadelphia

Over 1,500 evacuees from Hurricane Maria that devastated Puerto Rico last September, most of them housed by relatives in the…

February 15, 2018

Oscar Lopez Rivera, Puerto Rican independence fighter and former U.S. political prisoner, kicks off southern California tour

Workers World Party and the International Action Center were guests at an invitation-only luncheon with Oscar Lopez Rivera, former political…

February 8, 2018