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we went to bed and 2017. the and woke up and it was 19 o 3. nope. our life. a water. no cell phones somebody is just like, nothing was working. you didn't know how your loved ones were doing except the ones and you had you need immediate mission 80. ready hospitalization, without our doctors doing procedures with the flashlight from their cell phones. so once like you're on your on or what is on

the brain with the peoples we have to re real up with with and we also love puerto rico the response to maria was really like a poster child of on the relationship between, you know, puerto rico and, and the united states the situation in mario is not just created by maria, but what is maria plays bear the reality of strips it down to the

bare bones. and you can really see that colonialism still exist in a few places. and for today, go as one of them, the directions we're getting to those a yes, it is possible to resist break the colonized mentality that these guys can't be part of that there's nothing we can do to change the situation. the sensor inputs

the, the in the 19 seventy's when once that guy was in his early twenties, he chose to fight for the independence of his homeland. although many, puerto ricans were angry to by a lack of political economy. only a small percentage advocated full independence from the united states. even fewer chose ones passed of parent military operations and robbing banks. the last one i did was 33 years ago in the most of the times, my role was as the protection against the police coming

so i was ready to engage in gunfire if it had to be to protect my comrades from, from getting caught. so i had thought that through the the island of point the vehicle was 1st colonized by spain in 15 o 8. in 1898. it became a us called yet it has retained its own cultural identity.

the today, nearly 3 and a half 1000000 people live a population greater than 21 of the 50 us states, but close to has to live in poverty. the puerto rico is a us territory, powerless to challenge options of the united states government. that effect exp, residents have no vote in congress or in presidential elections. the we had a subscription to time magazine and there was an issue of which the cover story was on prep schools in the us. and i read in and over was covered prominently there and said they had 7 indoor basketball court that very much made it for very eyes

while the i had like a shark skin suit which i thought was so cool. the 1st time i walk into the dining hall, maybe half an hour after my parents left and i felt homesickness. and as soon as i walk into the show and take maybe 10 steps, some guy goes, hey, you know, that's the 1st time i'd heard that word, let alone addressed in me. but i went up and slapped him in the face. you know as hard as i could do so and he was so shocked that he didn't do anything. and i went into the, to the cobra does hang out of my coat and then go into the,

the dining room. and you know, i said, holy water, if i've gotten mice for the senior year and over my, my professor for american history, mr. len james, he said, so now would you like to do a term paper in lieu of the final exam? i said yeah, sure. and he said, why don't you do a paper on the spanish american war? and i didn't, i came to our door in the library to bottles of the library to read the congressional record. and there's nothing like reading these guys talk on filtered on the one side, but it was referring to us for practically, as monkeys in like the brown races and this and that are going away. and then you

had guys like a william jennings bryan and the anti imperialist, saying this be trays all over the united states has about, well, you know, we, for the colonies, referral for independence. what are we? we're going to become a empire now. the for over 400 years for adult eco suffered as a spanish colon but in 1897, spain granted the island, a degree of autonomy. many hopes that this was a step towards independence. but it turned out to the addendum, the just months after when so he goes to 1st election. the united states invaded the item within 10 weeks, hopes of independence were dashed as the island was

a next by the us. and then in 1970 the jones act to made point though he can see us citizens are like, ok, we're gonna make you american citizens, which you didn't ask for even if we were offered citizenship with that. and we would prefer the you guys in line for rubbing the statue or i don't know we were supposed to, i'm and all i see a lot of people doing it. so there you go. ok. who's next? i don't know that. that's not john harvard know that there's no because he was dead by the time they did that. so some, some young man posed. so all done,

okay. is this a year is not right. and he wasn't just the founder because he was one of, of a whole lot of so that's why they say this was the statute was a 3 lice. ok. the year the that was my dorm room window on the top floor there. the as i looked down that morning i was just starting to be light. it was a mist still on the yard which added to this kind of serial quality. and there was a ring of policeman setting up an outer perimeters. i mean, they all had these the elements on visors and they set up

a gauntlet on, on this door here. and you could hear the screaming and everything else and then started seeing the guys students who were in the building being evicted, one by one. the bigger everybody. i just pulled it on. and as, as they brought you down the stairs, a kicking you and hitting you until you got to the battery, i can throw you in the battery rag and filled up anyway and drove it out. and then brought to an extra one of the stuff that was, was basically made the break for me from being an advocate of peaceful change and thinking that we could change things peacefully. the understanding that these guys had to be for in a different way. for me,

that was the beginning of my radicalization, the crowd, man, the people inside the building, the, the 1st 3rd of the 19th century was marked by the aggressive expansion of the united states. the americans sought to seize as much territory for settlement as possible, ignoring the sovereignty of the neighboring states and the interests of the indigenous peoples. in 18. 45, washington announce the annexation of mexican texas. and in march,

1846 american troops invaded mexico. however, mexico itself did not have enough means to effectively confront the enemy. besides, it was being torn apart by internal conflicts. the americans managed to turn the died of the war in their favor. in september 18, 47, the us army captured mexico city. mexico was course designed a humiliating peace treaty, according to wait to get lost 55 percent of its territory. cnx ation of the lands to the united states led to terrible consequences. bloodshed, genocide was committed against the indians in california. during the 1st half century of the american ruled, the number of the indigenous people in the region decrease from 150216000 people. slavery, which had been abolished in mexico long before the united states attacked was restored on the occupied territories. this will later become one of the reasons for

the civil war in the united states themselves. nations like individuals are punished for their transgressions. we got our punishment. american president ulysses grant wrote about the consequences of aggression against mexico several decades later, the the 50 years earlier. another port authority can student matriculate at harvard. federal i'll be so complex. in 1921, he graduates from harvard law school with the highest grade point average in his class. and the only one of the privilege minds of pottery lies produced and

was not recognized as such because you know, he was blackboard reading so not out the after harvard be so campus returns to ford. don't recall where he witnesses the us controlled sugar cartels, extracting higher profits from plantation workers than any other place in the world . the in 1934 b. so compost organizes sugarcane cutters, or much of data to strike against us. sugar companies. they are quickly met with

a bloody crackdown but the strikers prevail. and the wages are double to a $1.50 a day. the emboldened diesel compost forms the cadets of the republic who take an oath to fight for point the week of independence. on palm sunday. 1937, they plan a peaceful march. at the last minute, the colonial governor revokes their permit to assemble and they are surrounded by 200 police. some armed with thompson, the on the police begin firing. marchers and bystanders attempt to sleep the last there is the 1st to be killed.

a 7 year old girl picks up the flags and she is a medium shot. the wounded cadet drags himself to the wall and writes in his own blood. viva la republica. of the whole assessing of long lived the republic down with the murders, the $235.00 were 19 killed including the 7 year old girl. the 20000 mourners attend the funeral ceremonies. the none of the police are held

accountable. the i didn't know any of that. when i was growing up the, you know, i was like this, what did i know? and i, it wasn't until years later that i sent me on to have a different historical perspective on, on the vehicle. and you know, the guide law made, find the board or you can fly by itself illegal and punishable by prison. you know you can speak in favor of independence or you'd be thrown into prison. the in 1948 law. 53 lay the mod garza known as the gag order, makes it a crime to display a puerto rican flag speaking out for independence or seen a patriotic point. 30 can song can lead to 10 years in prison.

the a 1950 nationalist across the island read the staging. coordinated attacks on police station, the governor's mansion and the us federal court. the national guard responds with heavy artillery motors for needs and p. 47. the. this is the 1st time fighter planes are tackling the, in the aftermath. 2000, puerto ricans around it, up and arrested. the in retaliation to national list form a plan, the

outside warehouse, the presidents temporarily. washington homes. extreme fanatics of the puerto rican nationalist party tried to force their way in guns blazing to assassinate the president of the united states. assassin, oscar, colorado, and 2 other guards are wounded as the plotters for washington's emergency hospital . the 24 hour guard watches over co, you also who despite a chest wound, recovers to face trial for murder. have tried to kill me, and i knew that they'd try it again. i knew who they were there, a bunch of fanatics that a lot of an independent puerto rico actually one of the common views is that the nationalist rose up like a bunch of and the government squashed on it. and fact,

it was the us government policy, the governor's policy, to push these guys into a corner and get them to a point where it's either give up or go down and fight and so they were pushed into that situation. and then of course, they responded and thought crushed and crushing away that is like, you know, like when they do, when they put the invaders, you know, put down all the freedom fighters, cut their hands off and put them on a place so everybody knows knows that don't mess with the us because this is which waiting for you the, was approached by somebody i trusted very much. you said listeners saw the

underground movement is being organized in puerto rico for independence. and you know, we think you're a good candidate. what do you say? i said, yes, the in 1954, 4.3 kids living in new york decide that they are willing to sacrifice their lives for independence. communicating from prison, be so campus presents them with admission. to bring the fight for independence to the american public. purchases new sunday dress clothes advise one way. tickets to washington dc. then they enter the us capital building. now congress is in session, leads them and reciting the lord's prayer. then she stands up and shouts from the gallery. steve, i pointed frequently with a long live free point,

the legal wire in the house of representatives and the police that in crowd rushing to the capital the shuttle down wild. i'm aboard or we can put out a gravel miranda as photograph moments after he and wrist. andres cordero at joined with the lead on that button and buying more than 20 shop sets in crowded house for 5 congress. when our wounded and the murderers of the time, the sale i am, the woman is hustled from the angry, menacing crowds the next time to see them from night. and that i would like this to happen today, awake because of the amount of good will the government united bank to pay for the recall immediately the headings

times that the nobody will pay them some way because all the other ways have been tried or the frontier political is not the only problem can you, me when it is to get a fire and i asked that i came here to be made statements not to us and the most americans that there's no context to that. it's like these guys are totally insane. you know, these fanatics are pottery, gun dependence, all you know, when we've done such good for them, how good they do that. the. the criminal investigation reveals that li,

delivered on fired her weapon into the ceiling, harming no one. the capitol police find a note in her hand bag. my life i give for the freedom of my country. the united states has be trained the sacred principles of mankind with the continuous subjugation of my country, the feeling better all head audio was born in puerto rico. in the 1930s. as a child, he saw his grandparents lose their land to the north american sugar monopolies. he witnessed the slaughter of the onset, mastercard. he saw the death of colonialism globally, but experienced it lingering on tenaciously at home. in his twenties, already and accomplished jazz musician, he gave up his career as

a trumpet player and began to fight for independence. it was clear to feeling better to hear that the us was not going to change of its own accord the single savvy cause of wherever though if that's the end or what he means. so, you know, at the end of the main thing is convincing me into the game that will be in the vice court only. so big a point by the room that going on my, that a big get done that 3. and that also will look as a pretty good handle see the best 3 i'm going to make or sad about about the the in the fall of 1969, dozens of bombs began exploding in puerto rico and us base hotels, casinos and department stores,

or like sheraton howard johnson's and will work for all his there were few injuries, but hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage. go ahead, i called these actions farms propaganda the the the

the to produce k as those here, as for the initial setup with, i'm not going to be on the bottom of the dora slash pursuing the flash. yeah, because i moved enough. i just wonder if they quoted level of symbol, which is really for those who will need to be moved on to something on a computer that's really good you too bye the

disturbing images. so that goes off hospital as it hits breaking, employed over run with casualties on the funding baffled over $700.00 housing children of been killed in the idea of strikes with parents pointing fingers of the united states symmetry support. the elizabeth this is sam, 8 years old. this is use right 70 years old. look at how young they are, the us sense weapons to the jews, to kill children. let them see. this son says city in a south of garza where is the fullest policy used to flee towards civilians on the

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