Puerto Rico

An Anthology of Puerto Rican Anarchist Texts from the Start of the 20th Century

Cover imgage of: "Free Pages: A Brief Anthology of Anarchist Thought in Puerto Rico (1900-1919)"

From 80grados.net English translation by Anarchist News

[Free Pages: A Brief Anthology of Anarchist Thought in Puerto Rico (1900-1919)], edited by Dr. Jorell Meléndez Badillo and published by [Emergent Education Editions] in 2021, compiles a sample of texts from anticlerical and secular Puerto Rican anarchism from the first two decades of the 20th Century, one of the least studied periods of that century.

Successful Expropriation of Arms from Police Station in Guayama, Puerto Rico

From AMW English along with additional MSM translation of a text via El Nuevo Día at the end via anonymous submission to Anarchist News

Following a series of uprisings that began last weekend in Puerto Rico, police in Guayama woke on Thursday morning to discover that their station had been raided. A total of thirty pistols, eighteen rifles, and approximately 4,000 rounds of ammunition had been successfully expropriated. A message threatening Governor Rosselló was found on a wall in the storage room from which these arms were taken.

Anarchism and Socialism in Puerto Rico

From From Below Podcast

Interview and discussion with historian Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on the history of anarchism and socialism in Puerto Rico covering the early 20th century, the rise of urban and rural workers movement, feminism and figures such as Luisa Capetillo, the rise of the nationalist movement and discussion of contemporary activism since the impact of Hurricane Maria. Hosts Markie and Pedro relate the discussion to themes of historical memory, woman in the Sandinista revolution and more.

Jorell Meléndez-Badillo is a historian and assistant professor at Dartmouth College focusing on the global circulation of radical ideas from the standpoint of working-class intellectual communities in the Caribbean and Latin America. He is the author of “Voces libertarias: Orígenes del anarquismo en Puerto Rico.” (PDF version)

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