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Panelists: Victor Quintana, Andres Torres, José Velázquez and Iris Morales
Moderator: Saulo Colón Zavala
The Puerto Rican Socialist Party, Young Lords Party, and El Comité-Movimiento de Izquierda Nacional Puertorriqueño were the three major socialist pro-independence Puerto Rican political organizations in New York and other U.S. cities during the 1970s. This roundtable will bring together activists from each of the three groups who have authored books and/or films documenting the organizations’ histories as well as their own and others’ experiences within them. Moderator Saulo Colón Zavala, who has been active in student, labor, and other radical movements in New York and Puerto Rico from the late 1990s until the present, will converse with panelists on various topics related to their work and experiences in the context of a broader Puerto Rican radical tradition, including the relationship between grassroots organizing and long-term strategy, race and gender politics, diaspora-archipelago connections and relations, and intergenerational dialogues.
Founded in 1973 by a coalition of students, faculty, and activists, the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (CENTRO) is the largest university-based research institute, library, and archive dedicated to the Puerto Rican experience in the United States. Learn more at centropr.hunter.cuny.edu
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Panelists: Victor Quintana, Andres Torres, José Velázquez and Iris Morales
Moderator: Saulo Colón Zavala
The Puerto Rican Socialist Party, Young Lords Party, and El Comité-Movimiento de Izquierda Nacional Puertorriqueño were the three major socialist pro-independence Puerto Rican political organizations in New York and other U.S. cities during the 1970s. This roundtable will bring together activists from each of the three groups who have authored books and/or films documenting the organizations’ histories as well as their own and others’ experiences within them. Moderator Saulo Colón Zavala, who has been active in student, labor, and other radical movements in New York and Puerto Rico from the late 1990s until the present, will converse with panelists on various topics related to their work and experiences in the context of a broader Puerto Rican radical tradition, including the relationship between grassroots organizing and long-term strategy, race and gender politics, diaspora-archipelago connections and relations, and intergenerational dialogues.
Founded in 1973 by a coalition of students, faculty, and activists, the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (CENTRO) is the largest university-based research institute, library, and archive dedicated to the Puerto Rican experience in the United States. Learn more at centropr.hunter.cuny.edu
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