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Opinions about the responsibility of US Puerto Ricans to the island's liberation struggle had been the subject of debate for some time.
Through the Eyes of Rebel Women: The Young Lords, 1969-1976 (2016)
We believed that the women’s struggle for equality was the ‘revolution within the revolution.’
Through the Eyes of Rebel Women: The Young Lords, 1969-1976 (2016)
At its best, the Young Lords offered revolutionary ideals and examples of movement-building strategies and tactics, and tough, hard-hitting, and painful lessons from its setbacks and failures.
Through the Eyes of Rebel Women: The Young Lords, 1969-1976 (2016)
In the spirit of the Young Lords and all of our ancestors who have fought oppression and injustice, we must continue to fight for human liberation.
Through the Eyes of Rebel Women: The Young Lords, 1969-1976 (2016)
We must study and reclaim our past so that we can move forward; so we understand why and how we came to be who we are, and where we are going.
Through the Eyes of Rebel Women: The Young Lords, 1969-1976 (2016)
In Puerto Rico, the Young Lords Party came under intensified scrutiny by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Through the Eyes of Rebel Women: The Young Lords, 1969-1976 (2016)
It is important for us to know the history of third world women who fought and are fighting for the freedom of our peoples. We usually don't know anything about yhem because even today people believe women have no role in revolution. The world and especially the vietnamese have shown that revolution is the duty of both men and women.
I revisit the past to arrive at the present. We are again in an important historical moment, a time to mobilize masses of people in order to transform society for the benefit of poor and working people, for the advancement of all humanity.
Through the Eyes of Rebel Women: The Young Lords, 1969-1976 (2016)
When I met Cha Cha Jiménez and other Young Lords, I was impressed with their political ideals and militancy–with their sense of urgency and need for action.
Through the Eyes of Rebel Women: The Young Lords, 1969-1976 (2016)
The Puerto Rican Nation must continue. We must open our eyes to the oppressor's tricknology and refuse to be killed anymore. We must, in the tradition of Puerto Rican women like Lolita Lebrón, Blanca Canales, Carmen Pérez, and Antonia Martínez, join with our brothers and, together, as a nation of warriors, fight the genocide that is threatening to make us the last generation of Puerto Ricans.