Irish Republican Socialist Bernadette Devlin McAliskey speaks at a press conference in Boston in 1979. Devlin expressed criticism of the racist positions held by many Irish Americans, opposing the desegregation of the Boston Public Schools; reminding them of their historical roots as being oppressed by British colonialism, and the position of internationalist solidarity and influence of the Civil Rights movement and Black Freedom struggle on the Civil Rights movement in the north of Ireland.
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Luisa Capetillo y los Movimientios Populares en Puerto Rico
Luisa Capetillo y los Movimientios Populares en Puerto Rico - Conversatorio con Carmen Romeu Toro y Ivys Fernandez
Sábado, 16 de junio, 5:30-7:30
Boston, MA
Lxs activistas y organizadores en todo el mundo están aprendiendo y tomando acción en solidaridad con los movimientos de base populares en Puerto Rico - desde las luchas en contra del cierre de las escuelas y la Junta de Control Fiscal no elegida y colonial, hasta los centros de apoyo mutuo floreciendo en todo el archipielago. La activista y profesora puertorriqueña, Carmen Romeu Toro visitará a Boston para compartir sobre las raíces históricas de los movimientos - en particular la feminista, sindicalista y anarquista, Luisa Capetillo. Activista local y diasporica, Ivys Fernandez nos va a poner al día con unos reportes sobre los movimientos contemporaneos, y cómo y dónde en ellos se encuentran los principios anarquistas. Únete a nosotrxs para educarnos sobre las historias de los movimientos y para llevar las lecciones hacia adelante en las luchas organizadas de Boston y más allá.
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Luisa Capetillo and Popular Movements in Puerto Rico - An evening with Carmen Romeu Toro and Ivys Fernandez
Saturday, June 16th, 5:30-7:30PM
Boston, MA
Activists and organizers around the world are learning about and acting in solidarity with grassroots movements in Puerto Rico - from the fights against school closings and the unelected, colonial Fiscal Control Board to the mutual aid centers blossoming across the archipelago. Puerto Rican activist and professor, Carmen Romeu Toro will visit Boston to share about the historical roots of the movements - in particular, the feminist, labor organizer and Anarchist, Luisa Capetillo. Local diasporan activist, Ivys Fernandez will bring us up to date with a report on contemporary movements, and how where anarchist principles are found within them. Join us as we educate ourselves on movement history and take the lessons forward into on-the-ground organizing in Boston and be
Remember and Resist: 70 Years of Ethnic Cleansing in Palestine
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Solidarity with Afrin! Turkey out of Rojava and Syria! Biji Rojava!
When we fight, we win! // Cuando luchamos, ¡ganamos