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Foreign in a Domestic Sense

99% Invisible

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Uncovering History: The Burden of Surveillance on Puerto Rican Activism

This chapter examines the surveillance of Puerto Rican independence advocates through the discovery of a police dossier about the narrator's grandfather. It highlights the intersection of personal history and political activism amid the broader context of Puerto Rico's fight for self-determination and the repercussions of government monitoring.

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