

Cool ReRun: The Young Lords: How Some Puerto Rican Socialists Changed Everything Part 1+2
Jan 17, 2024
Margaret interviews Alynda Segarra from Hurray for the Riff Raff. They discuss the impact of Puerto Rican radicals on the speaker's life and music. The podcast explores the formation of the Young Lords street gang and their fight against English as the official language. Alynda talks about the Young Lords' involvement in community activism, gang unity, and their occupation of religious institutions for urban renewal. They also address sanitation issues and promote other works.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
Introducing Alinda Sagata and discussing the Young Lords
02:29 • 11min
Migration, Operation Bootstrap, Racial Tensions, and the Formation of the Young Lords
13:49 • 6min
Puerto Rican Youth Protest English as Official Language
19:32 • 15min
Priest's Scolding in Puerto Rico
35:00 • 12min
The Young Lords: Becoming Politicized and Community Activism
47:28 • 17min
The Young Lords, Gang Unity, and the Power of Numbers
01:04:45 • 3min
Occupation of McCormick Theological Seminary and Armitage Avenue Methodist church
01:07:52 • 17min
Discussing a Speech and Cursed Objects
01:25:05 • 4min
Taking Action on Sanitation Issues
01:29:34 • 14min
Brief discussion on a song and its video, and promotion of 'Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff' and 'I'm ****ing the future'
01:44:03 • 2min