Left POCket Project - Episode 3 - "Que Viva Puerto Rico Libre" w/ Guest Lauren Lefty

Left POCket Project Podcast - Episode 3 - "Que Viva Puerto Rico Libre" w/ guest Lauren Lefty Intro music: "Mastica, Chupa y Jala" by Ghetto Brothers Outro music: "Que Viva Puerto Rico Libre" by Ghetto Brothers (music & suggested reading list by Lauren Lefty) --- Suggested Reading Academic Literature on Puerto Rico and its Diaspora: Lorrin Thomas. Puerto Rican Citizen: History and Political Identity in Twentieth Century New York City Virginia Sánchez Korrol. From Colonia to Community: The History of Puerto Ricans in New York City Andrés Torres and José E. Velasquez, eds.. The Puerto Rican Movement: Voices from the Diaspora Sonia Song-Ha Lee. Building a Latino Civil Rights Movement: Puerto Ricans, African Americans, and the Pursuit of Racial Justice in New York City Carlos Alamo-Pastrano. Seams of Empire: Race and Radicalism in Puerto Rico and the United States Solsiree del Moral. Negotiating Empire: The Cultural Politics of Schools in Puerto Rico Nelson Denis. War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America’s Colony Ogbar, Jeffrey O.G. "Puerto Rico en Mi Corazón: The Young Lords, Black Power and Puerto Rican Nationalism in the U.S., 1966-1972," CENTRO Journal 18:1 (Fall 20016): 149-169. Radical History Review issue: “Puerto Rico: A U.S. Colony in a Postcolonial World?”: http://www.radicalhistoryreview.org/features/puerto-rico-a-us-colony-in-a-postcolonial-world/ Jones Act: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-jones-act-20170927-story.html Education (General): And privatization/neoliberalism (recent): https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/05/education-privatization-charters-public-schools-betsy-devos Podcast about Ed in the Time of Trump/Neoliberalism: https://soundcloud.com/haveyouheardpodcast Puerto Rican Education Activism in NYC Anthony DeJesus and Madeline Perez, “From Community Control to Consent Decree: Puerto Ricans Organizing for Education and Language Rights in the 1960s and 70s NYC,” Centro Journal XXI, 2 (2009): 7-31. Lillian Jimenez, “Puerto Ricans and Educational Civil Rights: A History of the 1969 City College Takeover,” Centro Journal XXI, 2 (2009): 159-175. Lauren Lefty, "Evelina's Harlem: A Puerto Rican Educational Journey Through Space and Time," Columbia Teachers College Educating Harlem Project, http://educatingharlem.cdrs.columbia.edu/omeka/neatline/show/evelinas-harlem Debt crisis and school closures/austerity: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/28/hedge-funds-puerto-rico-close-schools-fire-teachers-pay-us-back Post-hurricane schools situation: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/ewa-radio-115287/episodes/after-the-storms-uncertain-fut-22103781 Whitefish Contract Scandal: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/puerto-rico-governor-says-contract-to-whitefish-company-should-be-canceled/2017/10/29/e5336cda-bcb8-11e7-97d9-bdab5a0ab381_story.html?utm_term=.6fe582ec606a Ed and gentrification in NYC/El Barrio: http://sfonline.barnard.edu/navigating-neoliberalism-in-the-academy-nonprofits-and-beyond/ujju-aggarwal-edwin-mayorga-from-forgotten-to-fought-over-neoliberal-restructuring-public-schools-and-urban-space/ https://waragainstallpuertoricans.com/2016/11/18/a-master-plan-for-gentrifying-el-barrio-nyc/ Debt/Austerity: PR Syllabus: https://puertoricosyllabus.com/ Austerity Post-María: https://jacobinmag.com/2017/10/puerto-rico-natural-disaster-hurricane-maria https://www.democracynow.org/2017/10/31/san_juan_mayor_carmen_cruz_on UPR Strike: https://www.thenation.com/article/students-are-now-leading-the-resistance-to-austerity-in-puerto-rico/